In 1721 a 20-year-old soprano employed at the princely court in Köthen married the court's
Kapellmeister set to become the greatest composer of the age. As his second wife she married
into a young family with four children and a busy household filled with music. The music book
that Johann Sebastian Bach presented to his new wife Anna Magdalena in 1722 and replaced more
lavishly in 1725 treats us to a tantalizing glimpse inside this unique family allowing us to
sit beside Bach as a composer teacher husband and father. Over the years these notebooks
became a place for the family to share instructional exercises favourite pieces - by Bach and
other composers - to play or sing early composition efforts from the children and first
versions of some of Bach's more ambitious keyboard works. Drawn from Christoph Wolff's new and
cutting-edge scholarly edition of the complete Anna Magdalena Notebooks Edition Peters is
proud to present a new volume of shorter and easier pieces from the notebooks perfect for
practical use by students of all ages and their teachers. Urtext edition by pre-eminent Bach
scholar Christoph Wolff Harvard Professor and former Director of the Leipzig Bach Archive
Represents the very latest in Bach scholarship reflecting up-to-the-minute research on texts
authorship and copyists A selection of the most popular pieces from the two notebooks in a
practical student edition. Contains works for keyboard and vocal pieces following the practice
of musical education and performance in Bach's home.
