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Prologue: "The Cellist" and Chapter One

• The following version of this book was used to create this Lesson Plan: Galloway, Steven. The Cellist of Sarajevo. Riverhead Books, 2008. E-book.

• The prologue entitled "The Cellist" does not contain page numbers, but it consists of three pages of text.

• The prologue paints a portrait of the novel’s titular character, the cellist.

• The narrator discusses the cellist’s love of the Albinoni adagio, which was reconstructed from composition notes found centuries after Albinoni’s death.

• It is stated that even those who wholeheartedly doubt the adagio’s authenticity are forced to admit that the piece of music is truly beautiful.

• The cellist finds hope in the symbolism of the adagio, viewing it as proof that something old and ruined and incomplete can once again become new, transformed, and beautiful.

• The cellist steps out onto his balcony and once he plays the...

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