Complete Suites for Unaccompanied Cello and Sonatas for Viola Da Gamba
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Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 1988-05-01
Publisher: Dover Publications
Label: Dover Publications
Number Of Pages: 112
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The 6 cello suites (BWV 1007–1012) and 3 sonatas (BWV 1027–1029) (played most commonly today on the cello and harpsichord), richly demonstrating Bach's intuitive feel for the cello and his technical grasp of its capabilities for musical expression. Bach-Gesellschaft edition, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig.
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Indispensable 
2006-02-27
If you don't happen to have the complete Bach Gesellschaft edition in your library, you can get bits of it very cheaply. This is indispensable music. Even I, a guitarist, find I have to have this around. These suites are often played on other instruments, including guitar. Ever since they were rediscovered by Pablo Casals in the early part of the last century, they have been the sort of music that lies at the heart of what music really is. Music for solo cello is a bit like an anti-MTV--not just empty spectacle, but everything except the absolute essence of music has been removed.
There is a seriously funny moment in one of Patrick O'Brian's novels of the British Navy when Aubrey says to Maturin regarding some odd music he had found in a London shop: "Bach had a father!" Of course they had been playing things by J. C. Bach, one of J. S. Bach's sons known as the 'English Bach'. It is funny because Maturin's reaction makes it clear that it is an accepted fact that nearly all of us have fathers. But the passage continues with some lovely writing about Bach's music. And yes, as I recall, the oeuvre in question is a cello suite. Or was it a violin partita?
In any case, buy this book. It is the greatest music, it is cheap, it is an unimpeachable edition and you are helping keep back the forces of darkness.
Just a Quick Comment 2004-05-14
I cannot actually rate the quality of the book (so I gave 5 stars to Bach), but I wanted to comment about another's review, that he/she wished there were more dynamics and markings. As I understand it, Bach provided virtually no dynamics, on purpose, for these pieces. This is why various CD's by differing artists can show quite a bit of difference in playing style. I've heard comparative playback of some of these by various celloists, and it is quite interesting. Bach left these out purposely, so feel free to provide your own interpretation.
Cello book 
2002-10-19
This is a pretty good book for fiddling around with, but I wish it had more markings like dynamics and accents.
Good, clean copy 1998-10-13
Dover Publications are very good. Lots of room for notes. : ) Excellent price.
