Bach, Anna Magdalena
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![Bach, (Anna Magd.) Soprano, J.S. second wife. Painted in oil by Cristofori. 2 feet 1 inch high, 23 inches wide. In a gold frame. Entry in the Catalogue of the musical estate of the deceased music director Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), a stepson of Anna Magdalena Bach, printed in Hamburg in 1790.[1] This painting is lost. Today, there is no portrait of her that can be regarded as authentic.[2] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://zoomviewer.toolforge.org/fcgi-bin/iipsrv.fcgi/?iiif=cache%2F3e130b7644a15c0352e8579b05d97737.tif/full/full/0/native.jpg "Bach, (Anna Magd.) Soprano, J.S. second wife. Painted in oil by Cristofori. 2 feet 1 inch high, 23 inches wide. In a gold frame. Entry in the Catalogue of the musical estate of the deceased music director Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), a stepson of Anna Magdalena Bach, printed in Hamburg in 1790.[1] This painting is lost. Today, there is no portrait of her that can be regarded as authentic.[2] (Source: Wikimedia)")
Basic data
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Wilcke, Anna Magdalena Birth Name
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September 22, 1701 in Zeitz
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†February 27, 1760 in Leipzig
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Sängerin (Sopran)
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Köthen, Leipzig
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![Bach, (Anna Magd.) Soprano, J.S. second wife. Painted in oil by Cristofori. 2 feet 1 inch high, 23 inches wide. In a gold frame. Entry in the Catalogue of the musical estate of the deceased music director Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), a stepson of Anna Magdalena Bach, printed in Hamburg in 1790.[1] This painting is lost. Today, there is no portrait of her that can be regarded as authentic.[2] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gem%C3%A4lde_von_Anna_Magdalena_Bach_im_Nachlass_von_Carl_Philipp_Emanuel_Bach.jpg "Bach, (Anna Magd.) Soprano, J.S. second wife. Painted in oil by Cristofori. 2 feet 1 inch high, 23 inches wide. In a gold frame. Entry in the Catalogue of the musical estate of the deceased music director Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), a stepson of Anna Magdalena Bach, printed in Hamburg in 1790.[1] This painting is lost. Today, there is no portrait of her that can be regarded as authentic.[2] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![St. Thomas School in Leipzig (photo pre-1885). The Bach family apartment was on the right side, extended over four floors (three floors before the renovation in 1731/32), and was over 2200 square feet in size.[3] The building was pulled down in 1902. (The first Bach monument in the world can be seen in front of the St. Thomas School. It was initiated by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy who donated it to the city in 1843. It still survives today.) (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomasschule_Leipzig_vor_1885.jpg "St. Thomas School in Leipzig (photo pre-1885). The Bach family apartment was on the right side, extended over four floors (three floors before the renovation in 1731/32), and was over 2200 square feet in size.[3] The building was pulled down in 1902. (The first Bach monument in the world can be seen in front of the St. Thomas School. It was initiated by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy who donated it to the city in 1843. It still survives today.) (Source: Wikimedia)")
![Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Anna Magdalena Bach stayed in contact with her stepson until the end of her life.[15] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carl_Philipp_Emanuel_Bach.jpg "Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Anna Magdalena Bach stayed in contact with her stepson until the end of her life.[15] (Source: Wikimedia)")
![The first page of the Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 in Anna Magdalena Bach's handwriting[23] (Source: Wikimedia)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bachs1a.gif "The first page of the Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007 in Anna Magdalena Bach's handwriting[23] (Source: Wikimedia)")
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