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GtrsRGr8 · 02-23-2017, 08:54 PM

I'm not sure what Open Goldberg Variations is or does, exactly. Nor do I know its raison d'etre.But, I do know that you can obtain from them, free, Johann Sebastian Bach's, BWV 988.

It downloads as a zip file, and when I unzipped it, there were 31 tracks that resulted. They were all MP3's, however. More about that, later.

I don't know if this Bach composition was intended solely for the piano or not, but all 31 tracks of this work are played on the piano. Kimiko Ishizaka does the performance. I am almost certain that she also was the pianist for another recent freebie that I or someone else posted in the recent past. She is a fine pianist.

These are . . .
free to download and share. They are governed by the Creative Commons Zero license, which means that they are a part of the public domain, and every use of them is allowed . . . . [they] are free of copyright . . . . (www.opengoldbergvariations.org).

There are at least a couple of places where you can get the download. One is the Open Goldberg Variations in iTunes. Another is The Open Goldberg Variations from Bandcamp. Supposedly, you can download the album from Bandcamp in FLAC, WAV, AIF, MP3, and other formats. However, all of the music that I could find after unzipping the downloaded zip file was MP3's. If someone could help me figure out how to get one of the other formats, I would appreciate it. You can take a look at all of the free (digital) and not free (physical media) options here.

Here's how to get the free album. Navigate to this website. On the lefthand side, about halfway down the screen is the link saying, "Buy Now," followed by "name your price." Click on it. There will be a dialogue box with a place for the amount that you want to pay. If you want to pay nothing, put a zero in that form field, and click on "Check out now." You will get another dialogue box; put "0.00" in the form field. At the very bottom righthand corner there will be a statement that says "Alternatively, continue with zero and," followed by a link that says "download to your computer." Click on that link. You'll need to provide an email address for them to send a link for the free download to. Make sure to complete the country and zip code form fields. Then, click OK.

There is no free lunch in life. Some may be wondering how Ms. Ishizaka can afford to make these recordings when there are so many worthless people around like myself who just grab everything that they can for free. Well, she is supported by the crowdfunding source KickStarter, and the URL for her webpage with them is here.

Aren't Open Source/Access and crowdfunding great?

02-23-2017, 08:54 PM	#1450
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	I'm not sure what Open Goldberg Variations is or does, exactly. Nor do I know its raison d'etre.But, I do know that you can obtain from them, free, Johann Sebastian Bach's, BWV 988. It downloads as a zip file, and when I unzipped it, there were 31 tracks that resulted. They were all MP3's, however. More about that, later. I don't know if this Bach composition was intended solely for the piano or not, but all 31 tracks of this work are played on the piano. Kimiko Ishizaka does the performance. I am almost certain that she also was the pianist for another recent freebie that I or someone else posted in the recent past. She is a fine pianist. These are . . . free to download and share. They are governed by the Creative Commons Zero license, which means that they are a part of the public domain, and every use of them is allowed . . . . [they] are free of copyright . . . . (www.opengoldbergvariations.org). There are at least a couple of places where you can get the download. One is the Open Goldberg Variations in iTunes. Another is The Open Goldberg Variations from Bandcamp. Supposedly, you can download the album from Bandcamp in FLAC, WAV, AIF, MP3, and other formats. However, all of the music that I could find after unzipping the downloaded zip file was MP3's. If someone could help me figure out how to get one of the other formats, I would appreciate it. You can take a look at all of the free (digital) and not free (physical media) options here. Here's how to get the free album. Navigate to this website. On the lefthand side, about halfway down the screen is the link saying, "Buy Now," followed by "name your price." Click on it. There will be a dialogue box with a place for the amount that you want to pay. If you want to pay nothing, put a zero in that form field, and click on "Check out now." You will get another dialogue box; put "0.00" in the form field. At the very bottom righthand corner there will be a statement that says "Alternatively, continue with zero and," followed by a link that says "download to your computer." Click on that link. You'll need to provide an email address for them to send a link for the free download to. Make sure to complete the country and zip code form fields. Then, click OK. There is no free lunch in life. Some may be wondering how Ms. Ishizaka can afford to make these recordings when there are so many worthless people around like myself who just grab everything that they can for free. Well, she is supported by the crowdfunding source KickStarter, and the URL for her webpage with them is here. Aren't Open Source/Access and crowdfunding great? Last edited by GtrsRGr8; 02-24-2017 at 12:23 AM.