The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach

The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach German Chronik der Anna Magdalena Bach is a 1968 film by the French filmmaking duo of JeanMarie Straub and Danile Huillet. It was their first fulllength feature film, and reportedly took a decade to finance. The film stars renowned harpsichordist Gustav Leonhardt as Johann Sebastian Bach and Christiane Lang as Anna Magdalena Bach. The orchestral music was performed by Concentus Musicus and conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. It is the first of several StraubHuillet films to be based on works of classical music. The film was entered into the 18th Berlin International Film Festival.

The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach consists of excerpts from Johann Sebastian Bachs works, presented in chronological order and linked by a fictional journal written by his second wife, Anna Magdalena Bach. Each work is typically presented in a single, often immobile take, with the musicians performing in the locations where many of the works were premiered, dressed in period costumes.

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