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Who was Anna Magdalena Bach? The literature on her husband J.S. Bach is immense. But with Anna Magdalena, the woman who was at the side of the Köthen Court Kapellmeister and Leipzig Thomaskantor for the longest time, until the end of his life, one has dealt comparatively rarely and even less closely with the facts. In his book, the author Eberhard Spree follows the verifiable traces of the "Frau Kapellmeisterin Bach" and sheds light on her life: from birth to her professional position as a singer at the Köthen court, her time in and with the Bach family in Köthen and Leipzig, finally also the last ten years of her life after the death of the Thomaskantor. Spree proceeds meticulously and describes Anna Magdalena Bach's circumstances, working conditions, possibilities and limitations exclusively on the basis of the available sources. At the same time, he creates a fascinating picture of the circumstances of the time, the social and everyday environment in which the Bach family lived. The most interesting result of his book is: Anna Magdalena Bach was more than just a wife and mother, she was also her husband's business partner and an active singer at the highest artistic level right up until the Leipzig period. The book appears in the 300th year after J.S. Bach married Anna Magdalena Wilcke on December 3, 1721. It continues the author's intensive preoccupation with Anna Magdalena Bach, which was already mentioned in the book "Die verwidowe Frau Capellmeisterin Bach" - there essentially over the years after her husband's death - continued towards a complete picture of life and time. |
