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SUITES POUR VIOLONCELLE SEUL EN QUETE D'UN CHEF-D'OEUVR Paperback – February 28, 2013

French Edition by SIBLIN ERIC (Author)
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One autumn evening, not long after ending a stint as pop music critic at the Montreal Gazette, 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 an epic 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 Johann Sebastian Bach and the missing manuscript of his suites from the eighteenth century; the second follows Pablo Casals and the historic discovery of the music in Spain in the late nineteenth century; and the third is 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 cellists Mischa Maisky, Anner Bylsma, and Pieter Wispelwey; to archives, festivals, and conferences; and even to cello lessons - all in pursuit of answers to the mysteries that continue to haunt this piece of music more than 250 years after its composer's death.

The Cello Suites is an incomparable, beautifully written, true-life journey of discovery, fuelled by the transcendent power of a musical masterpiece.
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  1. Language
    French
  2. Publisher
    FIDES
  3. Publication date
    February 28, 2013
  4. Dimensions
    5.47 x 0.87 x 8.46 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    2762131065
  6. ISBN-13
    978-2762131062
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ FIDES (February 28, 2013)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ French
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 2762131065
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-2762131062
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.04 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.47 x 0.87 x 8.46 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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namegos
5.0 out of 5 stars Book
Reviewed in Canada on May 21, 2014
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Livre offert en cadeau. Je l'ai moi même lu pour ceux qui aiment la musique de Bach ce livre nous fait voyager dans l'histoire dans le monde et dans cette œuvre de Bach
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Michael Lin
5.0 out of 5 stars Cassals et Bach
Reviewed in France on November 18, 2015
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Fascinant -- pour tous les amateurs de musique. Histoire de la recherche des suites perdues de Bach, jusqu'a leure decouverte, et interpretation par Pablo Cassals.
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3.0 out of 5 stars E Siblin, les suites pour violoncelle seul de Bach
Reviewed in France on March 3, 2016
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Beaucoup d'informations historiques dont certaines viennent de l'imaginaire de Siblin, pourquoi pas? Le grand mérite d'un tel ouvrage est sans doute de donner l'envie à monsieur tout le monde d'écouter ces suites de manière plus approfondie...
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