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What was the name of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach's mother?

  • Maria Barbara Bach

  • Anna Magdalena Bach

  • Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt

  • Dorothea Bach

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Maria Barbara Bach was the mother of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach, the eldest son of Johann Sebastian Bach. She was the daughter of Johann Michael Bach, a musician from Arnstadt, and Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt. Maria Barbara married Johann Sebastian Bach in 1707, and they had seven children together. She died in 1720, when Wilhelm Friedemann was just 11 years old.
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