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The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach
- Title
- The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach [motion picture] / Gian Vittorio Baldi; Filmproduktion-Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, Hessiches Rundfunk, Radio-Televisionbessoise, Filmfonds, and Telepool (West Germany), IDI Cinematografica, PAI (Rome).
- Publication
- New York : New Yorker, 1967.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 2 OF 2 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3937 C C.1 REEL 2 OF 2 C.1 REEL 2 OF 2 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | C.1 REEL 1 OF 2 | Moving image | By appointment only | M16 3937 C C.1 REEL 1 OF 2 C.1 REEL 1 OF 2 | Offsite |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Straub, Jean-Marie.
- Description
- 3 film reels (93 min.) : sd., b&w.; 16 mm.
- Summary
- Straub's structural film combines dramatic and documentary techniques to present a portrait of composer Johann Sebastian Bach. The visuals, suggestive of Dutch painting, are juxtaposed with a spoken text attributed to Bach's wife but actually drawn from the letters and manuscripts of the composer. Anna Magdalena's narration reveals her love for the musical genius and the couple's life of sorrow punctuated by the deaths of several children as well as Bach's battles for recognition and the barest means of subsistence. Bach, a Protestant, wrote most of his music for Catholic patrons. He and his second wife, Anna, performed at the harpsichord to support their thirteen children. The choral and instrumental sections are performed on screen by Gustav Leonhardt and other musicians on period instruments. Musical excerpts include: Brandenberg Concerto no. 5, St Matthew Passion, B-Minor Mass, The Magnificat in D Major and The Art of the Fugue. (Circulates)
- Subject
- Note
- In German with English subtitles.
- Credits (note)
- Director, Jean-Marie Straub; screenplay, Daniele Huillet; photography, Ugo Piccone; music, Johann Sebastian Bach; orchestra, Concentus Musicus (Vienna); choir, Hanover Boys Choir.
- Performer (note)
- Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Paolo Carlini, Katrin Leonhardt, Rainer Kirchner, Ernst Castelli.
- Title
- The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach [motion picture] / Gian Vittorio Baldi; Filmproduktion-Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, Hessiches Rundfunk, Radio-Televisionbessoise, Filmfonds, and Telepool (West Germany), IDI Cinematografica, PAI (Rome).
- Imprint
- New York : New Yorker, 1967.
- Credits
- Director, Jean-Marie Straub; screenplay, Daniele Huillet; photography, Ugo Piccone; music, Johann Sebastian Bach; orchestra, Concentus Musicus (Vienna); choir, Hanover Boys Choir.
- Cast
- Gustav Leonhardt, Christiane Lang, Paolo Carlini, Katrin Leonhardt, Rainer Kirchner, Ernst Castelli.
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- Added Author
- Straub, Jean-Marie.
- Branch Call Number
- M16 3937 C