J. S. BACH: SIX UNACCOMPANIED CELLO SUITES ARRANGED FOR GUITAR (BOOK)BY J. S. BACH; ARR. STANLEY YATESFORMAT: BOOKSKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATENOTATION TYPE: STANDARD NOTATIONPAGES: 192BINDING: SPIRALSERIES: STANLEY YATES GUITARPUBLISHER: MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC.DATE PUBLISHED: 6/5/1998DESCRIPTION:-ALTHOUGH JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH DID NOT WRITE ANY MUSIC FOR THE GUITAR, TRANSCRIPTIONS OF HIS UNACCOMPANIED STRING MUSIC AND MUSIC FOR LUTE HAVE LONG BEEN A PART OF THE GUITAR REPERTOIRE. DESPITE THE RESPECT THAT THIS MUSIC COMMANDS AMONG MUSICIANS AND AUDIENCES, DEBATE STILL EXISTS AS TO WHAT CONSTITUTES AN APPROPRIATE MEANS OF TRANSCRIBING, INTERPRETING AND PERFORMING THIS MUSIC ON THE GUITAR. IT IS THIS DEBATE THAT PROMPTED THIS LONG-AWAITED EDITION OF BACH`S UNACCOMPANIED CELLO SUITES BY SCHOLAR AND CONCERT GUITARIST, STANLEY YATES. THIS DEFINITIVE WORK INCLUDES PERFORMANCE SCORES, COMPARISON SCORES, AND AN INVALUABLE 40-PAGE GUIDE ENTITLED "ARRANGING, INTERPRETING, AND PERFORMING THE MUSIC OF J.S. BACH." FURTHERMORE, THE AUTHOR OFFERS COMMENTS ON HIS ARRANGING PROCESS AND SUGGESTIONS ON USING THIS EDITION INCLUDING: ORNAMENTATION, SLURS, FINGERINGS, NOTATION, AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPARISON SCORES. WRITTEN IN STANDARD NOTATION IN GUITAR-FRIENDLY KEYS.CONTENTS:SUITE 1 (BWV 1007) {ORIG. G-MAJOR} JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR. FOR GUITAR BY: STANLEY SUITE 1 (COMPARISON SCORE) (BWV 1007) {ORIG. G MAJ JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, EDITED & ARR. BY: STANLEY Y SUITE 2 (BWV 1008) {ORIG. D-MINOR} JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR. FOR GUITAR BY: STANLEY SUITE 2 (COMPARISON SCORE) (BWV 1008) {ORIG. D-MIN JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, EDITED & ARR. BY: STANLEY Y SUITE 3 (BWV 1009) {ORIG. C-MAJOR} JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR. FOR GUITAR BY: STANLEY SUITE 4 (BWV 1010) {ORIG. EB-MAJOR} JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR. FOR GUITAR BY: STANLEY SUITE 4 (COMPARISON SCORE) (BWV 1010) {ORIG. EB-MA JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, EDITED & ARR. BY: STANLEY Y SUITE 5 (BWV 1011) {ORIG. C-MINOR} JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR. FOR GUITAR BY: STANLEY SUITE 5 (COMPARISON SCORE) (BWV 1011) {ORIG. C-MIN JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, EDITED & ARR. BY: STANLEY Y SUITE 6 (BWV 1012) {ORIG. D-MAJOR} JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, ARR. FOR GUITAR BY: STANLEY SUITE 6 (COMPARISON SCORE) (BWV 1012) {ORIG. D-MAJ JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, EDITED & ARR. BY: STANLEY Y SUITE NO.3 (COMPARISON SCORE) (BWV 1009) {ORIG. C- JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH, EDITED & ARR. BY: STANLEY Y