In the absence of surviving letters or portraits, Johann Sebastian Bach's wife becomes a projection screen. It is known that she was a trained musician, composer and celebrated singer when she married the widower Bach at the age of twenty. It is thanks to her efforts as a music copyist that many of his works have been preserved. In addition to music, she ran the household, looked after guests and pupils, raised four children from Bach's first marriage and gave birth to thirteen of her own. As a wife - and no longer as a highly remunerated artist - it was apparently not considered necessary to preserve her image or words. The artists approach Anna Magdalena Bach from different perspectives: Some shed light on her close connection to music and imagine a life full of notes. Others focus on the limited opportunities for women at the time. Still others take up the era itself - the visual splendor and glamour of the Baroque.
The GEDOKmünchen artists take their own female perspective on Johann Sebastian Bach and his wife Anna Magdalena Bach. They illuminate the (pre)images of women at the time, the forgotten women of the Bach family, bring Bach's artistic contemporaries to our attention or even interpret a possible role reversal.
Venue
Accessibility:
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Car parks:
Yes
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Catering offer:
Nein
Organiser
Tickets
This event is free of charge.
More information
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Period:
07.11. – 23.11.2025
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Note on access:
08.11.2025: 18 – 22 Uhr
16.11.2025: 14 – 18 o'clock
18.11.2025: 16 – 19 o'clock
21.11.2025: 18 – 22 o'clock
23.11.2025: 14 – 20:30 o'clock -
In which language:
German
Kleine Fuge © Inge Kurtz
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Organiser
GEDOK Munich e.V.
GEDOK Munich is an interdisciplinary organisation (fine arts, applied arts, music, literature) and promotes professional women artists. The association was founded by Ida Dehmel in 1926. Its aim is to promote talented female artists and equality for women in the cultural sector.