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Title page of Anna Magdalena Bach's manuscript

The Six suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach are some of the most often performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. They were most likely composed during the period 1717–1723, when Bach served as a Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title of Anna Magdalena Bach's manuscript was Suites á Violoncello Solo senza Basso.

The suites have been performed and recorded by many famous cellists; like Mstislav Rostropovich, Emanuel Feuermann, Pierre Fournier, Jacqueline du Pré, Paul Tortelier, André Navarra, Yo-Yo Ma, Gregor Piatigorsky, Mischa Maisky, János Starker, Anner Bijlsma or Heinrich Schiff. Yo-Yo Ma won the 1985 Best Instrumental Soloist Grammy Award for his bestselling album Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites.

Images for kids

  • Bach1sa2

    The first page from the manuscript by Anna Magdalena Bach of Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007

  • Viola da spalla

    Violoncello da spalla

  • Bach cello harmony

    The arpeggiated motion in the prelude to Cello Suite No. 1

  • Accord cello CGDAE

    Open strings of the viola pomposa.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Suites para violonchelo solo (Bach) para niños

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