Sex, Death, and MinuetsAt one time a star in her own right as a singer, Anna Magdalena (170160) would go on to become, through her marriage to the older Johann Sebastian Bach, historys most famous musical wife and mother. The two musical notebooks belonging to her continue to live on, beloved by millions of pianists young and old. Yet the pedagogical utility of this musiclong associated with the sound of children practicing and mothers listeninghas encouraged a rosy and one