Tag: Anna Magdalena Bach
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Written by Mrs. Bach
The long awaited, and much debated, documentary that investigates the role of Anna Magdalena Bach as not only wife but collaborator and, most controversially, composer of the Cello Suites, is now available online. The evidence uncovered and explored by musicologist Martin Jarvis has raised eyebrows, and ruffled feathers, among classical musicians and music enthusiasts around the world. (We’ve…
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New Recording of Bach Cello Suites
It wasn’t that long ago that the question of authorship for the Cello Suites – and the idea that they were written not by Bach but (gasp!) his wife – stirred up musicologists, music journalists, and any music enthusiast with their two cents to add to the conversation. (We wrote about it here.) And while…
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Beyond Mrs. Bach
The classical music world has been all a-tizzy in recent days about Martin Jarvis’ work linking Anna Magdalena Bach to J.S. Bach’s Cello Suites. The story first made headlines in 2008, and again last week now that the theory is explored in a film. The responses to the very idea that Bach’s highly trained wife, who often copied Bach’s…
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Classical Music and Children
NPR’s Classical Music blog, Deceptive Cadence, has been running a series on how to introduce and include children in classical music making and appreciating. The series has included many thoughtful comments by readers as well as guest-posts from some big names – including conductor Marin Alsop. Not surprisingly, while the comments list a range of…