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

By:

Siblin, Eric

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto : House of Anansi , 2009Description: 319 p. : illus. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780887842221

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DDC classification:

787 SIB

LOC classification:

ML410.B1 S45 2009

Contents:

Summary: 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.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	787 SIB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		058891

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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.

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