The title Notebook for Anna Magdalena refers to either of two manuscript notebooks that the German Baroque composer Johann Sebastian BACH presented to his second wife Anna Magdalena. Keyboard music (minuets, rondeaux, polonaises, chorales, sonatas, preludes, musettes, marches, gavottes) makes up most of both notebooks, and a few pieces for voice (songs, and arias) are included.

The two notebooks are known by their title page dates of 1722 and 1725. The title "Anna Magdalena notebook" is commonly used to refer to the latter. The primary difference between the two collections is that the 1722 notebook contains works only by Johann Sebastian BACH (including most of the French Suites), while the 1725 notebook is a compilation of music by both BACH and other composers of the era. It provides a nearly unparalleled glimpse into the domestic music of the 18th century and the musical tastes of the BACH family.

This menuet (or minuet) in G is included in the 1725 notebook.

[Source of this extract: Wikipedia]

"Anna Magdalena BACH was the second wife of Johann Sebastian BACH. While little is known about her early musical education, she was employed as a singer by 1720, and likely had already known Bach for some time.

She married BACH on 1721, seventeen months after his first wife Maria Barbara BACH had died.

Their marriage was a happy one to which their common interest in music contributed. Johann Sebastian wrote a number of compositions dedicated to her, most notably the two Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena BACH.

Please enjoy one of those Notebook and especially the Minuet N°1 in G for clarinet quartet." - Xavier EECKELOOT

  Composer

Johann Sebastian BACH

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  Instrumentation

  Duration

1 mn 51 s

  Tempo

Allegro Moderato

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