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Thomaskirchhof 1749. Im Gebäude in der Mitte lebte Anna Magdalena Bach mit ihrer Familie. - Kopie_edited.jpg

Anna Magdalena Bach

née Wilcke (1701-1760)

A blog for all those who would like
to learn more about
Johann Sebastian Bach’s second wife –
for reading and listening.

St. Thomas Square, Leipzig, 1749

The theory that Anna Magdalena Bach had to end her career as a singer when she married and moved to Leipzig is not tenable. This is shown by thorough research presented in several articles in this blog. “The Singer. Part V” is the final part.

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Title of the Libretto for the cantata “Vergnügte Pleißenstadt” (“Happy City on the Pleisse”)

My publications about Anna Magdalena Bach:
Wissenschaftlich fundierte Lebensbeschreibung von Anna Magdalena Bach

My piece “Anna Magdalena Bach – Ehefrau und Geschäftspartnerin” gives some impressions of what this book is about. It was produced by the German cultural radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur and broadcast on 30th March 2022.

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Dissertation über die Witwe Johann Sebastian Bachs

My piece "Die verwitwete Frau Capellmeisterin Bach als Musikalienhändlerin", produced by the German cultural radio station Deutschlandfunk Kultur and broadcast on 29th May 2019, contains extracts from my research results which I present in this book.

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I would like to thank Alan Shepherd for the English translation.

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