The cello suites : J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the search for a Baroque masterpiece

Siblin, Eric

The cello suites : J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the search for a Baroque masterpiece / Eric Siblin - Toronto : House of Anansi , 2009 - 319 p. : illus. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Suite No. 1 -- Suite No. 2 -- Suite No. 3 -- Suite No. 4 -- Suite No. 5 -- Suite No. 6.

Siblin weaves together three dramatic narratives: Bach's composition of the Cello Suites and the manuscript's subsequent disappearance in the eighteenth century; Pablo Casals' historic discovery and popularization of the music in Spain in the late-nineteenth century; and Siblin's own infatuation with the suites at the dawn of the twenty-first century.


English.

9780887842221


Siblin, Eric
Casals, Pablo
Bach, Johann Sebastian (, 1685-1750)


Music appreciation

ML410.B1 / S45 2009

787 SIB

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