The Cello Suites: In Search of a Baroque Masterpiece

The Cello Suites: In Search of a Baroque Masterpiece

by EricSiblin (Author)

Synopsis

One autumn evening, not long after ending a stint as a pop music critic, Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites. There, something unlikely happened: he fell deeply in love with the music. So began a quest that would unravel three centuries of mystery, intrigue, history, politics, and passion. Part biography, part music history, and part literary mystery, The Cello Suites weaves together three dramatic narratives: the first features Bach and the missing manuscript of these mesmerisingly beautiful eighteenth-century pieces for solo cello; the next, the legendary cellist Pablo Casals and the historic discovery of the music in Spain in the late nineteenth century; and, the last, Eric Siblin's own infatuation with the suites in the twenty-first century. This love affair leads Siblin to the back streets of Barcelona and a Belgian mansion; to interviews with world-renowned cellists; to archives, festivals, and conferences; and, even to cello lessons - all in pursuit of answers to the mysteries that continue to haunt this music more than 250 years after its composer's death. The Cello Suites is a lovingly written, true-life journey of discovery, fuelled by the transcendent power of a musical masterpiece.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 07 Jan 2010

ISBN 10: 1846553563
ISBN 13: 9781846553561
Book Overview: The remarkable story of the search to discover the truth about some of the greatest music ever written

Media Reviews
One of the most extraordinary, clever, beautiful, and impeccably researched books I have read in years Simon Winchester Insightful [and] engaging ... Eric Siblin puts us in touch with the joy of discovering a new passion in life Toronto Star If Siblin is correct that 'Bach is what you make of him,' then The Cello Suites has made him, if possible, yet more legendary Quill & Quire
Author Bio
Eric Siblin is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker, and was the pop music critic at the Montreal Gazette. The Cello Suites is his first book. www.ericsiblin.com