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Author:
Siblin, Eric.
Title:
The cello suites : J.S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the search for a Baroque masterpiece / Eric Siblin.
Publisher:
Atlantic Monthly Press,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
319 p. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Siblin, Eric.
Bach, Johann Sebastian,--1685-1750.--Suites,--violoncello,--BWV 1007-1012.
Bach, Johann Sebastian,--1685-1750--Appreciation.
Casals, Pablo,--1876-1973.
Music appreciation.
Notes:
"Originally published in Canada in 2009 by House of Anansi Press, Toronto, Canada"--T.p. verso. Discography: p. 302-303. Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-301) and index.
Contents:
Suite No. 1 -- Suite No. 2 -- Suite No. 3 -- Suite No. 4 -- Suite No. 5 -- Suite No. 6.
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.
ISBN:
0802119298
9780802119292
OCLC:
(OCoLC)406173910
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)
CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)
PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)
OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

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