Dalkin of MusicWeb International called Bach's cello suites "among the most profound of all classical music works" and Wilfrid Mellers described them in 1980 as " Monophonic music wherein a man has created a dance of God". The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was Suites à Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for cello solo without bass).Īs usual in a Baroque musical suite, after the prelude which begins each suite, all the other movements are based around baroque dance types the cello suites are structured in six movements each: prelude, allemande, courante, sarabande, two minuets or two bourrées or two gavottes, and a final gigue. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–1723, when he served as Kapellmeister in Köthen. They are some of the most frequently performed solo compositions ever written for cello. The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). Title page of Anna Magdalena Bach's manuscript: Suites á Violoncello Solo senza Basso
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