The Cello Suites by Eric Siblin
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.
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 *
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 *
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
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846553561 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846553563 |
| Title | The Cello Suites |
| Author | Eric Siblin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2010-01-07 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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