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• The six Cello Suites, BWV 1007-1012, 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 171723, when he served as Kapellmeister in Kthen. The title given on the cover of the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript was Suites Violoncello Solo senza Basso (Suites for cello solo without bass).

  Due to the works’ technical demands, tude-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 r