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Offline persona

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Maybe the dumbest question so far...
on: June 03, 2006, 07:20:08 AM
This might be a really stupid question, but here it goes anyway:
I think we all know Woody Allen's joke about Bach's Goldberg Variations, but seriously, why would he name the variations that way? Was Goldberg someone he knew or what? Does anybody know?
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Offline sharon_f

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Re: Maybe the dumbest question so far...
Reply #1 on: June 03, 2006, 12:32:25 PM
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Re: Maybe the dumbest question so far...
Reply #2 on: June 03, 2006, 02:22:11 PM
Quote from: persona on June 03, 2006, 07:20:08 AM
This might be a really stupid question, but here it goes anyway:
I think we all know Woody Allen's joke about Bach's Goldberg Variations, but seriously, why would he name the variations that way? Was Goldberg someone he knew or what? Does anybody know?

It's not really a dumb question as you said, I just never thought of it. In fact, what is the Woody Allen's joke about Bach's Goldberg Variations?  Maybe this is really a stupid quesion.
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Offline donjuan

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Re: Maybe the dumbest question so far...
Reply #3 on: June 03, 2006, 07:52:53 PM
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Offline persona

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Re: Maybe the dumbest question so far...
Reply #4 on: June 04, 2006, 05:23:29 AM
supertonic:
In one of his movies, Woody Allen says "I never knew that much about classical music. My whole life I thought the Goldberg Variations was something Mr. and Mrs. Goldberg tried on their wedding night" ;D ;D ;D

sharon_f:
Thanx for the link!
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Offline princessdecadence

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Re: Maybe the dumbest question so far...
Reply #5 on: June 11, 2006, 09:19:13 PM
^Oh dear.  I never knew that Woody joke.  ;D laughable.
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