Goldberg Variation No. 28

Unlike many of J.S. Bach's other works, The Goldberg Variations were actually published in his lifetime (1741). This medium level marimba collection provides a flashy duet to feature two players, primarily playing with two mallets. The trading interaction between players one and two keeps this piece moving at a brisk tempo which will prove challenging when factoring some of the quick interval changes during 32nd note passages. The visual aspect of this piece is enhanced with the arranger's suggested stickings are uniform, but in mirror image. While ideally performed on two five octave marimbas, substitutions are offered which allow it to be played on a 4.3 octave instrument (low A).

This piece comes as a professionally printed and bound score and includes individual parts in PDF format for printing or for tablet viewing.