Johann Sebastian Bach

(Newser) - A new documentary argues that Anna Magdalena should be known for much more than being Mrs. Johann Sebastian Bach: She may have been the composer of some of her husband's greatest works. Music professor Martin Jarvis, whose authorship suspicions were first aroused more than three decades ago, describes the...

(Newser) - Forensic artists have re-created Johann Sebastian Bach’s head based on a cast of his skull and documents from the composer’s time, the BBC reports. The model, built at Scotland’s Dundee University, is “the most complete face that can be built from the available reliable information,”...

(Newser) - These seven celebrities looked no further than their own family tree for a bride, Mental Floss reports—they married their cousins:

1. Johann Sebastian Bach: Had 7 of his 20 children with Maria.
2. Edgar Allen Poe: Fell for Virginia when she was 7; they wed when she was 13.
3. Jerry Lee

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