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Anna Magdalena Bach (née Wilcke; 22 September 1701 – 27 February 1760) was a German professional singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach.
Oct 9, 2019 · Professor of music and Bach scholar David Yearsley has assembled a portrait of Anna Magdalena Bach in his new book, fleshing out a member of the Bach family who has been termed “history’s most famous musical wife and mother.”
Anna Magdalena was in fact a professional singer employed by the court prior to her marriage to J. S. Bach. Documentary evidence shows us that she had the official position of a chamber musician which she held for 2 years.
German musician and artistic collaborator of husband Johann Sebastian Bach. Born Anna Magdalena Wilcken (or Wilcke) on September 22, 1701, in Zeitz, Germany; died in poverty in February 1760; daughter of Johann Caspar Wilcken and Margaretha Elisabeth Liebe; became second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750), on December 3, 1721; children ...
Apr 3, 2023 · Died: February 22, 1760 - Leipzig, Germany. Anna Magdalena Bach (= AMB) was the second wife of composer J.S. Bach, singer and chamber musician. She was born Anna Wilcken [Wülcken] in Zeitz, Saxony, into a musical family.
Johann Sebastian’s second wife, Anna Magdalena Bach (1701–1760), is a fascinating figure for all who would seek to know more about his inner world. For twenty-nine years she was his most intimate partner. Their professional lives were closely entwined and they endeavored to raise seventeen children together.
Anna Magdalena Bach. née Wilcke – Biography. 22nd September 1701 (Zeitz): Margaretha Elisabeth Wilcke, née Liebe, gives birth to a daughter who is baptised Anna Magdalena on the 23rd September in the palace chapel. The father is the Zeitz court trumpeter Johann Caspar Wilcke.
