She was one of the fifteen children of the Prussian Court Jew and banker Daniel Itzig and his wife Mariane (Miriam), née Wulff.
[6] Bella’s parents placed great value on ensuring that all of their children had a broad-based education, in which music in particular played a central role.
The work proved immensely popular and this concert is often considered to be the first important step in the revival of public appreciation of Bach, and of other early composers more generally.
[11] While many prominent German Jews converted to Christianity in the early nineteenth century, Bella, like her sister Sara, remained faithful to Judaism.
[3]: 43–44 However when Bella died an examination of her will showed that she had reinstated her son Jacob to his inheritance, and part of her estate was left to him.