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Yo-Yo Ma - Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major

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The Cello Suites - The Search for a Baroque Meisterpiece

The cello suites were written by J.S. Bach in the early 18th century. The composer's original manuscript went missing, and his music wasn't discovered until decades after his death. Pablo Casals found a second-hand copy of the cello suites in a bookstore in Barcelona when he was just 13 years old. Siblin: "There's no original. There's only cover versions"

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