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Originally Posted by beppe
About mash-ups
this is the oldest I know
Variatio 30. Quodlibet. a 1 Clav. + the aria da capo
The Quodlibet as it appears in the first edition
This quodlibet is based on multiple German folk songs,[9] two of which are Ich bin solang nicht bei dir g'west, ruck her, ruck her ("I have so long been away from you, come closer, come closer") and Kraut und Rüben haben mich vertrieben, hätt mein' Mutter Fleisch gekocht, wär ich länger blieben ("Cabbage and turnips have driven me away, had my mother cooked meat, I'd have opted to stay"). The others have been forgotten.[10] The Kraut und Rüben theme, under the title of La Capricciosa, had previously been used by Dietrich Buxtehude for his thirty-two partite in G major, BuxWV 250.[11] Bach's biographer Forkel explains the Quodlibet by invoking a custom observed at Bach family reunions (Bach's relatives were almost all musicians):
As soon as they were assembled a chorale was first struck up. From this devout beginning they proceeded to jokes which were frequently in strong contrast. That is, they then sang popular songs partly of comic and also partly of indecent content, all mixed together on the spur of the moment. ... This kind of improvised harmonizing they called a Quodlibet, and not only could laugh over it quite whole-heartedly themselves, but also aroused just as hearty and irresistible laughter in all who heard them.
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I once read a book (fiction) called
The Goldberg Variations. It's unusual for me in that the only thing I can remember about it is the title itself. I have no idea what it was about. I can't even recall whether I liked it or not (my memory has, from previous experience, not been noted for using quality as a basis for its reliability
).
Cheers,
Marc