An Australian academic claims to have found evidence to suggest that the wife of Johann Sebastian Bach wrote several of the German composer's acclaimed pieces.
With over 30 years of research and applying more recent training from forensic police, Associate Professor Martin Jarvis says he can clearly show that Anna Magdalena Wilcke, Bach's second wife, wrote several of the manuscripts previously credited to her famous husband.
"I don't doubt that the 'cello suites' are not written by Johan Sebastian," Jarvis, who is also conductor of the Darwin Orchestra, told reporters.
The music detective became suspicious about Bach's work when he was a teenaged student at the Royal Academy of Music in London. While playing Bach's "cello suites" he became convinced there was something wrong.
"In 2001, I deconstructed the 'cello' pieces and came up with 18 reasons why they weren't written by Bach," Jarvis said.
Over the years, he said he found two famous 1713 Bach manuscripts in Anna Magdalena's handwriting.
"When you consider I found manuscripts that pre-date by seven years when she was supposed to have met him, you have to ask yourself what's going on here," Jarvis said.
His final breakthrough came when he obtained a copy of a manuscript. Applying forensic analysis, he examined it thoroughly and found the inscription "Ecrite par Madam Bachen" on the manuscript's cover in the handwriting of a musician friend of Bach's. The word means "written by," not "copied by."
"So you bring all these bits together and there seems to be overwhelming evidence that she was involved," Jarvis said.
Bach married Anna Magdalena in 1721. He died in 1750.
日前，澳大利亚一名学者称其发现可靠证据，证明德国著名作曲家约翰•塞巴斯蒂安•巴赫的几首名曲实为他的妻子所创作。
马丁•贾维斯副教授表示，经过30多年的研究以及应用他刚刚掌握的法医学鉴定技术，现在他有把握证明，巴赫生前的部分曲目实为他的第二任妻子安娜•玛格塔莱娜•魏亚蜜所作。
兼任达尔文管弦乐队指挥的贾维斯在接受采访时说：“我认为《巴赫无伴奏大提琴组曲》的作者并不是巴赫。”
当贾维斯十几岁在伦敦皇家音乐学院上学时，就对巴赫的作品产生了怀疑。而之后当他演奏《组曲》时，便确定了自己的这个想法。
贾维斯说：“2001年，我重新分析了《组曲》，并总结出18条理由来说明它为什么不是巴赫所作。”
据贾维斯介绍，在这几年中他找到了两本1713年的巴赫名曲手稿，并发现上面的文字是其妻子魏亚蜜的笔迹。
他说：“看看这些曲谱的年份，比世人公认的他们相识的时间早七年。这样问题就很显然了。”
贾维斯最终在一份手稿上的复印件上找到了突破口。经法医学鉴定和仔细探查，贾维斯发现手稿的封面上有一行巴赫一位音乐友人的题字：“Ecrite par Madam Bachen”（法语：巴赫夫人作）。“Ecrite”意为“创作”而不是“抄写”。
贾维斯说：“把所有证据综合起来，足可以证明：魏亚蜜也参与了创作。”
巴赫于1721年与魏亚蜜结婚，于1750年去世。
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