Six Cello Suites - with Study Guide

Composer(s): Johann Sebastian Bach

This unique hybrid provides the Bach suites free of phrasing, dynamics, and tempo marks, to encourage your own exploration of the many ways to interpret these monumental works. The unique value of this edition includes an extensive study guide explaining and illustrating Bach’s form, harmony, leading tones, drama, tension and resolution, and counterpoint within a solo instrumental line. Examples and discussions, along with special “Exploration prompts,” provide training in the building blocks of composing and interpreting music through the use of these masterworks by Bach. New insights and skills will add fresh inspiration to your performance of music in all genres. In describing the infinite resources of studying Bach’s Six Cello Suites, Dorff ends the study guide by saying, “That is why it’s been open on my music stand for over 50 years. I’m still learning, it’s your turn.”

Publisher: Theodore Presser Company
Instrumentation: Bass Clarinet
Pages: 58
Binding: 9x12
Format: Performance
UPC: 680160697991
ISBN: 9781491139158
Item No: 114-42500

Publication Date: 3/1/2026

Table of Contents: How and Why to Use this Study Guide, I. Playing the Cello Suites from this Edition, II. The Power of Scales and Leading Tones, III. The Structure of Movements Within Each Suite, IV. Counterpoint in Unaccompanied Solo Music, V. Closing Thoughts, Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007, Suite No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1008, Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009, Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 1010, Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011, Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012