Folk song used in Bach's Goldberg Variations, Quodlibet (#30): Cabbages and Beets drove me away (Kraut und Rüben haben mich vertrieben)

Cabbages and Beets

Folk song from Quodlibet (#30) in Bach's Goldberg Variations.  ("Ich bin so lang nicht bei dir g'west")

Get closer to me, baby

Second folk song used in 2nd movement of Beethoven's Opus 110 piano sonata (Ich bin liederlich, du bist liederlich)

I'm a slob, you're a slob

Our Cat had Kittens, one of two folksongs in the second movement of Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 110 (Unsa kätz häd kaz'ln g'habt)

Our Cat had Kittens

Bach Goldberg Variations, Quodlibet (variation 30)

Beethoven, Opus 110 piano sonata, second movement, first part.  This isn't music that should be attempted by an an amateur pianist, particularly without a lot of practice beforehand, so I apologize.  I also apologize for the distortion--no sort of level control (as far as I can tell) on SoundCloud.

Beethoven Piano Sonata op 110, second movement, first part

Very, very faint, and recorded indoors on the iPad's microphone. Listen carefully.

Screech owl (very faint) at Guilford, CT

Recording of a wood thrush. Possibly the most beautiful bird song in the Northeast.  Guilford, CT

Wood Thrush (faint) Guilford, CT

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