{"product_id":"the-cello-suites-j-s-bach-pablo-casals-and-the-search-for-a-baroque-masterpiece-1","title":"The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece","description":"An award-winning journey through Johann Sebastian Bach's six cello suites and the brilliant musician who revealed their lasting genius.\nOne fateful evening, journalist and pop-music critic Eric Siblin attended a recital of Johann Sebastian Bach's Cello Suites—an experience that set him on an epic quest to uncover the mysterious history of the entrancing compositions and their miraculous reemergence nearly two hundred years later. In pursuit of his musicological obsession, Siblin would unravel three centuries of intrigue, politics, and passion.\nWinner of the Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize, The Cello Suites weaves together three dramatic narratives: the disappearance of Bach's manuscript in the eighteenth century, Pablo Casals's discovery and popularization of the music in Spain in the late nineteenth century, and Siblin's infatuation with the suites in the present day. The search led Siblin to Barcelona, where Casals, just thirteen 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 twelve years before finally performing them in public.\nSiblin sheds new light on 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.\n\"The ironies of artistic genius and public taste are subtly explored in this winding, entertaining tale of a musical masterpiece.\" —Publishers Weekly\n\"Siblin's writing is most inspired when describing the life of Casals, showing a genuine affection for the cellist, who . . . used his instrument and the suites as weapons of protest and pleas for peace.\" —Booklist, starred review\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0802145248\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0802145248.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Siblin, Eric\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43413006975037,"sku":"BVV.0802145248.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0802145248-0_86a8ffbf-8c83-4357-a2ca-cb93344b8c11.jpg?v=1785532987","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-cello-suites-j-s-bach-pablo-casals-and-the-search-for-a-baroque-masterpiece-1","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}