Dates: September 22, 1701 - February 27, 1760
Known for: second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach
Occupation: singer, copyist; mother of 13, stepmother of 4
Also known as: Anna Magdalena Wulken
Background, Family:
- Father: Johann Caspar Wulken, court musician, trumpeter
- Mother: Margaretha Elisabeth Liebe, from a family of musicians
Marriage, Children:
- husband: Johann Sebastian Bach (married 1720; composer)
- 13 children; 7 died before adulthood
About Anna Magdalena Bach:
Anna Magdalena Bach, a cousin of Johann Sebastian Bach, married him after his first wife (another cousin) died. Anna Magdalena Bach was a singer in her own right, and a pianist. She was a copyist for her husband, as well as having 13 children by him and raising four children from his first marriage.
Anna Magdalana Bach likely was more than just a copyist. Some scholars credit her as a musical collaborator, and promote the idea that she wrote several pieces which he published under his (more famous) name and may have had significant influence in a few pieces which were otherwise composed by him.
