CPEBach Complete Works

I/7: Variations

General Preface  •  vii

Preface: Keyboard Music  •  ix

Introduction  •  xi

Plates  •  xxvii

1. Minuet in G Major by Pietro Locatelli with Variations, Wq 118/7 1
2. Minuet in C Major with 5 Variations, Wq 118/3 14
3. Arioso in F Major with 7 Variations, Wq 118/4 18
4. Allegretto in C Major with 6 Variations, Wq 118/5 22
5a. “Ich schlief, da träumte mir” with 17 Variations (from Musikalisches Allerley), Wq 118/1 27
5b. “Ich schlief, da träumte mir” with 7 Variations (from Musikalisches Vielerley), Wq 118/1 36
6a. Ariette in A Major with 17 Variations (from Musikalisches Allerley), Wq 118/2 40
6b. Ariette in A Major with 5 Variations (from Musikalisches Vielerley), Wq 118/2 49
7. “Colin à peine à seize ans” with 12 Variations, Wq 118/6 52
8. “Les Folies d’Espagne” with 12 Variations, Wq 118/9 59
9. Arioso sostenuto in A Major with 5 Variations, Wq 79 66
10. Canzonetta in F Major by the Duchess of Gotha with 6 Variations, Wq 118/8 70
11. Arioso in C Major with 9 Variations, Wq 118/10 73
Incerta

12a. Arioso in A Major with 6 Variations, H 351 87
12b. Arietta in A Major with 8 Variations (from Löhlein’s Clavier-Schule), H 351 (alternate version) 91
Abbreviations  •  97

Critical Report  •  101
Sources  •  102
Commentary  •  124

Appendix  •  135
Arietta in A Major with 11 Variations (from Haffner’s Opera scielte), H 371.7  •  137

Addenda & Corrigenda (updated January 2024)