Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. NOTE ON TRANSLATIONS AND MUSICAL EXAMPLES vii
4. FIGURES ix
5. MUSICAL EXAMPLES xiii
6. ABBREVIATIONS xvii
7. PROLOGUE xix
8. Chapter One. Magdalena Mania 1
9. Chapter Two. Music for Weddings and Beddings 43
10. Chapter Three. Death Every Day: The 1725 Notebook and the Art of Dying 87
11. Chapter Four. Fragment and Fantasy: Anna Magdalena Bach at the Organ 119
12. Chapter Five. Bitter Bean and Loose Ließgen: On Coffee, Cantatas, and Unwed Daughters 151
13. Chapter Six. A Widow’s Song 191
14. Coda. The Minuet Sings 239
15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 245
16. Appendix: Table of Contents of Anna Magdalena Bach’s Notebooks 247
17. NOTES 253
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 295
19. INDEX 313