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Anna Magdalena Bach (née Wilcke or Wilcken) (22 September 1701 – 22 February 1760) was an accomplished singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach. ==Biography== Anna Magdalena Wilcke was born at Zeitz, in the Electorate of Saxony, to a musical family. Her father, Johann Caspar Wilcke, was a trumpet player, who had a career at the courts of Zeitz and Weißenfels. Her mother, Margaretha Elisabeth Liebe, was the daughter of an organist. Little is known about her early musical education, but it is possible that Johann Sebastian Bach first heard her sing at Weißenfels during his time as director of music at the court of Köthen. By 1721 Anna Magdalena was employed as a singer at Köthen. Bach married Anna on December 3, 1721, 17 months after the death of his first wife, Maria Barbara Bach. In 1723, Bach was appointed Cantor of the ドイツ語:Thomasschule in Leipzig. Anna Magdalena continued to sing professionally after her marriage. For example, she returned to Köthen in 1729 to sing at Prince Leopold's funeral.〔The lost cantata ''Klagt, Kinder, klagt es aller Welt'', BWV 244a was performed. For Anna Magdalena's participation - Catherine Bott, Andrew Parrott (October 2011) (Reconstructions ) (starts about minute 12), The Early Music Show, BBC Radio 3〕 The Bachs' shared interest in music contributed to their happy marriage. She regularly worked as a copyist, transcribing her husband's music.〔(Yo Tomita, 'Anna Magdalena as Bach's copyist' ) ''Understanding Bach'', 2 (2007), pp. 59-76〕 He wrote a number of compositions dedicated to her, most notably the two ''Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach.'' During the Bach family's time in Leipzig, Anna Magdalena organized regular musical evenings featuring the whole family playing and singing together with visiting friends. The Bach house became a musical centre in Leipzig. Apart from music, her interests included gardening.〔Werner Neumann, Hans Joachim Schultze: ''Bach-Dokumente Band II – Fremdschriftliche und gedruckte Dokumente 1685–1750''. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1969, p. 423.〕 Together they raised the children from his first marriage and had 13 children of their own from 1723 to 1742, seven of whom died at a young age: *Christiana Sophia Henrietta (1723–1726) *Gottfried Heinrich (1724–1763) *Christian Gottlieb (1725–1728) *Elisabeth Juliana Friederica, called "Liesgen" (1726–1781), married to Bach's pupil, Johann Christoph Altnickol *Ernestus Andreas (1727–1727) *Regina Johanna (1728–1733) *Christiana Benedicta (1729–1730) *Christiana Dorothea (1731–1732) *Johann Christoph Friedrich, the 'Bückeburg' Bach (1732–1795) *Johann August Abraham (1733–1733) *Johann Christian, the 'London' Bach (1735–1782) *Johanna Carolina (1737–1781) *Regina Susanna (1742–1809) After Bach's death in 1750, his sons came into conflict and moved on in separate directions, leaving Anna Magdalena alone with her two youngest daughters and her stepdaughter from Bach's first marriage. While they remained loyal to her, nobody else in the family helped her financially.〔Koch-Kanz, Swantje & Luise F. Pusch (1988) "Die Töchter von Johann Sebastian Bach", in: Pusch, Luise F. Hg. 1988. ''Töchter berühmter Männer: Neun biographische Portraits.'' Frankfurt/M. Insel TB 979. S. 117-154. ISBN 3-458-32679-0〕 Anna Magdalena became increasingly dependent upon charity and handouts from the city council; when she died on February 27, 1760, she was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave at Leipzig's (St. John's Church). The church was destroyed by Allied bombing during World War II. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anna Magdalena Bach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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