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The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece

The Cello Suites: J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece

Eric Siblin

9781742375861

Allen & Unwin


Music; Baroque music (c 1600 to c 1750); Individual composers & musicians, bands & groups; String instruments; Biography: general

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336 pages

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One autumn evening, Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites. There, in a spine-tingling moment, something unlikely happened: he fell deeply in love with the music, and had to hear more, know more. So began an epic quest that would unravel three centuries of mystery, intrigue, history, politics and passion. Part biography, part music history, and part literary mystery, the book follows three strands of an evolving story. The first is a dramatic narrative featuring Bach and a missing manuscript from the eighteenth century; the second is a key discovery by Pablo Casals in Spain and his rise to fame; and the third is Eric Siblin's own discovery of, and infatuation with, The Cello Suites, which takes him to the back streets of Barcelona, a Belgian mansion, and a bombed-out German palace; to interviews with cellists Mischa Maisky, Anner Bylsma, and Pieter Wispelwey; to archives, festivals, conferences, and cemeteries; and even to cello lessons - all in pursuit of uncovering the mysteries that continue to haunt this piece of music more than 250 years after the composer's death. The Cello Suites is an incomparable, beautifully written, true journey of discovery, fuelled and inspired by the transcendent power of a musical masterpiece.

By:   Eric Siblin
Imprint:   Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 199mm,  Width: 199mm,  Spine: 132mm
Weight:   310g
ISBN:  

9781742375861


ISBN 10:   1742375863
Pages:   336
Publication Date:   February 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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