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| instrumental = Cello solo }} The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007 to 1012, are suites for unaccompanied cello by Johann Sebastian Bach. They are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. Bach most likely composed them during the period 1717–23, when he served as a Kapellmeister in Köthen. The title of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was ''Suites á Violoncello Solo senza Basso'' (Suites for cello solo without bass). These suites for unaccompanied cello are remarkable in that they achieve the effect of implied three- to four-voice contrapuntal and polyphonic music in a single musical line.〔Wittstruck, Anna. ("Dancing with J.S. Bach and a Cello – Bach and the Cello" ). Stanford University. ''Stanford.edu''. 2012.〕 As usual in a Baroque musical suite, each movement is based around a baroque dance type;〔Wittstruck, Anna. ("Dancing with J.S. Bach and a Cello – Introduction" ). Stanford University. ''Stanford.edu''. 2012.〕 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.〔de Acha, Rafael. ("Review: Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750): Six suites for unaccompanied cello, Carmine Miranda (cello), CENTAUR CRC3263/4" ). ''MusicWeb International''. 2012.〕 The Bach cello suites are considered to be among the most profound of all classical music works.〔Dalkin, Gary S. ("J.S. Bach: ''Cello Suites''. Heinrich Schiff. EMI Double Fforte CZS 5741792" ). ''MusicWeb International''. Retrieved November 23, 2015.〕〔(Proms 2015. Prom 68: Bach – Six Cello Suites ). ''BBC''. 5 September 2015.〕 Wilfrid Mellers described them in 1980 as "Monophonic music wherein a man has created a dance of God."〔Mellers, Wilfred. ''Bach and the Dance of God''. Faber and Faber, 1980. p. 15.〕〔 Due to the works' technical demands, étude-like nature, and difficulty in interpretation because of the non-annotated nature of the surviving copies, the cello suites were little known and rarely publicly performed until they were revived and recorded by Pablo Casals in the early 20th century. They have since been performed and recorded by many renowned cellists, have also been transcribed for numerous other instruments, and are considered some of Bach's greatest musical achievements.〔 ==History== An exact chronology of the suites (regarding both the order in which the suites were composed and whether they were composed before or after the solo violin sonatas) cannot be completely established. However, scholars generally believe that—based on a comparative analysis of the styles of the sets of works—the cello suites arose first, effectively dating the suites pre-1720, the year on the title page of Bach's autograph of the violin sonatas. The suites were not widely known before the 1900s, and for a long time it was generally thought that the pieces were intended to be studies. However, after discovering Grützmacher's edition in a thrift shop in Barcelona, Spain, at age 13, Catalan cellist Pablo Casals began studying them. Although he later performed the works publicly, it was not until 1936, when he was 60 years old, that he agreed to record the pieces, beginning with Suites Nos. 1 and 2, at Abbey Road Studios in London. By 1939, Casals became the first to record all six suites. Their popularity soared soon after, and Casals' original recording is still widely available and respected today. The suites have since been performed and recorded by many renowned cellists including Mstislav Rostropovich, Paul Tortelier, and Yo-Yo Ma. Yo-Yo Ma won the 1985 Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Soloist Performance for his album ''Six Unaccompanied Cello Suites''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cello Suites (Bach)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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