# Anna Magdalena Piece Suggested by a Measure in Part II of the Aria to the Goldberg Variations

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**Created:** [April 6, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anna-magdalena-piece-suggested-by-a-measure-in-part-ii-of-the-aria-to-the-goldberg-variations/832148 "2019-04-06T23:10:53Z")\
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In measure 7 of the second part of the aria to the Goldberg Variations, there are three intervals of a 6th to end the measure. These are suggestive to me of a similar passage of the one of the pieces in the Anna Magdalena Notebook. What is this piece?

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Moved to Cafe Society.

Colibri  
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Pffffft. Isn’t it obvious?

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The _Polonaise in G minor, BWV Anh. 123_. Right there they are, practically those same sixths. I had to sleep on it a few nights before it hit me. It wasn’t so obvious to me. 🙂