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by Eric Siblin

  • Narrated by: David de Vries
  • Length: 8 hrs and 10 mins
  • Release date: 08-06-19
  • Language: English

One fateful evening, journalist Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cello Suites and began an epic quest that would unravel three centuries of intrigue, politics, and passion. Winner of the Mavis Gallant Prize for Nonfiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize, The Cello Suites weaves together three dramatic narratives: the disappearance of Bach’s manuscript in the 18th century; Pablo Casals’s discovery and popularization of the music in Spain in the late-19th century; and Siblin’s infatuation with the suites in the present day. The search led Siblin to Barcelona, where Casals, just 13 and in possession of his first cello, roamed the backstreets with his father in search of sheet music and found Bach’s lost suites tucked in a dark corner of a store. Casals played them every day for 12 years before finally performing them in public.

Siblin pursues the mysteries that continue to haunt this music more than 250 years after its composer’s death: Why did Bach compose the suites for the cello, then considered a lowly instrument? What happened to the original manuscript? A seamless blend of biography and music history, The Cello Suites is a true-life journey of discovery, fueled by the power of these musical masterpieces.

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Author

Eric Siblin

Language

English

Length

8 hrs and 10 mins

Narrated by

David de Vries

Release date

08-06-19

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