Open Goldberg Variations - Setting Bach Free
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A new public domain score and studio recording of Bach's Goldberg Variations - set the Goldbergs free!
Backers: 406
Average Pledge Per Backer: $58
Funded: $23,748 of $15,000
Dates: Mar 4th -> Dec 31st (15038 days)
Project By: Robert Douglass
Backers: 406
Average Pledge Per Backer: $58
Funded: $23,748 of $15,000
Dates: Mar 4th -> Dec 31st (15038 days)
Project By: Robert Douglass
$23,748
current pledge level
Last Updated: May 28 @ 16:47 -0400 GMT
158%
of goal
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Kimiko and the 50,000th Bösendorfer 
October 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Exciting news from Bösendorfer: they've celebrated 185 years in existence and have created their 50,000th instrument. When Kimiko Ishizaka visited the Wiener-Neustadt factory, Director Brian Kemble gave us a sneak peek at the instrument, before it... (Read More)
Announcing the Open Well-Tempered Clavier: Ba©h to Bach
September 19th - via: kickstarter.com
It's been over two years since we announced the Open Goldberg Variations, yet so much has happened in that time. Thank you for sticking with us as we made the first "open source" score and recording of Bach's music. We're very happy that we brought... (Read More)
Robert Douglass interviews Aaron Dunn of Musopen
September 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Musopen is running a very exciting project to record and release the entire catalog of Frédéric Chopin into the public domain. I had the chance to talk to Aaron Dunn, Founder of Musopen, and compare notes between this project and the Open Goldberg... (Read More)
Happy Sunday: Some Bach for Open Goldberg Backers
September 1st - via: kickstarter.com
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Twelve Tones of Bach Tour, and a new DVD
August 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Open Goldberg Variations Backer, In 2011 you helped us create a new public domain work of art, the Open Goldberg Variations. Freeing the music of Bach has proven to have deep benefits. For example, Wikipedia was able to update the editorial... (Read More)
100 Goldberg Variations - The Uboxing
January 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Today I received two boxes containing 100 copies of the Open Goldberg Variations score from GRIN. Here's a video I made of the unboxing. Enjoy! (Read More)
The Best of Kickstarter 2012
January 8th - via: kickstarter.com
From groundbreaking projects to inspiring stories, 2012 was a year of many memorable moments on Kickstarter. To celebrate the year that was, our team put together this look back at some of our favorite projects and moments. We hope you enjoy! (Read More)
Soundsnips, a free iPhone app featuring the Open Goldberg Variations
December 21st - via: kickstarter.com
An exciting early Christmas present just arrived by email. A new free iPhone app called Soundsnips has been created by KUSC, a public radio station in southern California, and it features the Open Goldberg Variations by Kimiko Ishizaka. Classical... (Read More)
GRIN.COM publishes crowdsourced musical score of Bach´s Goldberg Variations / New Partnership with Open Goldberg Project for sheet music publishing
December 4th - via: kickstarter.com
MUNICH, December 4, 2012. GRIN.COM, german Online-Publisher of over 200.000 E-Books and textbooks, partners with the Open Goldberg Variations project and releases new crowdfunded, crowdsourced, public domain engraving of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg... (Read More)
Steinway vs Bösendofer: hear the difference
October 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Five of the six Well Tempered Clavier World Tour 2012 concerts have gone by, and Kimiko Ishizaka has played on three Bösendorfers and two Steinways. The best instruments were in Rockport, MA, and Vienna, Austria. Here is a video with the live... (Read More)
Help us celebrate Glenn Gould's 80th birthday by listening to Bach!
September 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Dear Backers, we need your help! On Sunday, Sept. 24, Kimiko Ishizaka and I will be presenting at the "Glenn Gould Variations - Dreamers, Renegades, Visionaries", in Toronto, for the celebration of Gould's 80th birthday (Gould died in 1982). Our... (Read More)
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