If fame is in the name, then Anna Magdalena Bach is history’s most recognizable, indeed celebrated, musical woman. It wasn’t always so. During the grim poverty of her last decade she had already been ...

In the 1720s, J.S. Bach gave his second wife, Anna Magdalena, a book for storing compositions. Some were by Bach, and some she added were by other composers. Bach's French Suites made it into the ...

Warum betrübst du dich Carolyn Sampson, Soprano Mahan Esfahani, Clavichord Cantata No. 82, 'Ich habe genug', Movements: Recit: Ich habe genug! (B) Carolyn Sampson, Soprano Mahan Esfahani, Clavichord ...

News that the United States ranks 30th among nations in infant mortality rates, and is the second worst among developed countries makes me reflect on the role music has long played in preparing for ...

Petzold's Minuets have been wrongly attributed to Johann Sebastian Bach (because of their inclusion in Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena). Ironically, that was one reason for their success. All his ...

A scene from Jean-Marie Straub & Danièle Huillet’s Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (image courtesy Grasshopper Film) One of the striking features of Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet’s The ...

Composer Johann Sebastian Bach is a classical superstar. But little was known about the women of his musical family until now. A rare portrait of Anna Magdalena Bach around 1710. Bach's wife earned ...