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The Cello Suites
Eric Siblin
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Description for The Cello Suites
paperback. Weaves together three dramatic narratives: the first features Bach and the missing manuscript of the suites; the next, the legendary Spanish Catalan cellist Pablo Casals and his historic discovery of the music; and finally, author's own infatuation. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AVGC3; AVH; AVRL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 242.
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 - and fell deeply in love. So began a quest that would unravel three centuries of mystery, intrigue, history, politics, and passion. The Cello Suites weaves together three dramatic narratives: the first features Bach and the missing manuscript of the suites; the next, the legendary Spanish Catalan cellist Pablo Casals and his historic discovery of the music; and finally, Eric Siblin's own infatuation.
From the back streets of Barcelona to archives, festivals, and conferences, and even to cello lessons, Siblin attempts to unravel the enigmas that continue to haunt this mesmerisingly beautiful music.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage London
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099546788
SKU
V9780099546788
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Ref
99-48
About Eric Siblin
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
Reviews for The Cello Suites
In Siblin's world, Bach and Casals have real, beating hearts... He brings an unstuffy freshness to the often staid world of classical music writing... This book reminds us of the joy of exploration, of finding glorious things in the least likely places
Suzy Klein
New Statesman
Bach and Casal's stories are lucidly, even grippingly, told
Daily Telegraph
A passionate ode to the joy of discovery... He doesn't patronise and writes about Bach for a reader like himself - who wants to know more but doesn't know where to start... What a gift
Natalie Clein
The Times
A work of ever-percolating interest...tirelessly enthusiastic
New York Times
One of the most extraordinary, clever, beautiful, and impeccably researched books I have read in years
Simon Winchester
Suzy Klein
New Statesman
Bach and Casal's stories are lucidly, even grippingly, told
Daily Telegraph
A passionate ode to the joy of discovery... He doesn't patronise and writes about Bach for a reader like himself - who wants to know more but doesn't know where to start... What a gift
Natalie Clein
The Times
A work of ever-percolating interest...tirelessly enthusiastic
New York Times
One of the most extraordinary, clever, beautiful, and impeccably researched books I have read in years
Simon Winchester