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An undated file photo shows German famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach holds a manuscript in his hand. 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.
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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.
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(Agencies)
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日前，澳大利亞一名學者稱其發(fā)現(xiàn)可靠證據(jù)，證明德國著名作曲家約翰?塞巴斯蒂安?巴赫的幾首名曲實為他的妻子所創(chuàng)作。
馬丁?賈維斯副教授表示，經(jīng)過30多年的研究以及應(yīng)用他剛剛掌握的法醫(yī)學鑒定技術(shù)，現(xiàn)在他有把握證明，巴赫生前的部分曲目實為他的第二任妻子安娜?瑪格塔萊娜?魏亞蜜所作。
兼任達爾文管弦樂隊指揮的賈維斯在接受采訪時說：“我認為《巴赫無伴奏大提琴組曲》的作者并不是巴赫。”
當賈維斯十幾歲在倫敦皇家音樂學院上學時，就對巴赫的作品產(chǎn)生了懷疑。而之后當他演奏《組曲》時，便確定了自己的這個想法。
賈維斯說：“2001年，我重新分析了《組曲》，并總結(jié)出18條理由來說明它為什么不是巴赫所作。”
據(jù)賈維斯介紹，在這幾年中他找到了兩本1713年的巴赫名曲手稿，并發(fā)現(xiàn)上面的文字是其妻子魏亞蜜的筆跡。
他說：“看看這些曲譜的年份，比世人公認的他們相識的時間早七年。這樣問題就很顯然了。”
賈維斯最終在一份手稿上的復(fù)印件上找到了突破口。經(jīng)法醫(yī)學鑒定和仔細探查，賈維斯發(fā)現(xiàn)手稿的封面上有一行巴赫一位音樂友人的題字：“Ecrite par Madam Bachen”（法語：巴赫夫人作）。“Ecrite”意為“創(chuàng)作”而不是“抄寫”。
賈維斯說：“把所有證據(jù)綜合起來，足可以證明：魏亞蜜也參與了創(chuàng)作。”
巴赫于1721年與魏亞蜜結(jié)婚，于1750年去世。
（實習生瞿漫 英語點津姍姍編輯）
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