Damselfly Prelude - five-string baroque cello (or violoncello) and fortepiano (or piano)
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SKU: A0.1244490
Composed by Jennifer Bellor. 21st Century,Baroque,Chamber,Classical,Contemporary. Score and part. 23 pages. Bellor #839438. Published by Bellor (A0.1244490).Damselfly Prelude (2021)
for five-string baroque cello and fortepiano (or piano)
Composed by Jennifer Bellor
Duration: 6'30"
Score and Parts
There are two parts included:
violoncello part
five-string baroque cello part transposed down 1/2 step
Damselfly Prelude was commissioned by cellist Ka-Wai Yu for premiere at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas November 15, 2021. Written for the five-string baroque cello and fortepiano, I combined some of my favorite contrapuntal techniques employed by Bach with jazzy harmonies and a sultry melody that explores the full registral capabilities of this cello, and the various sonorous possibilities of the fortepiano.
A note from the performers about these instruments: "The five-string cello is a replica of the so-called violoncello piccolo that JS Bach seemed to have in mind when he composed his famous cello suites. The fortepiano is a copy of the one built in 1806 by Anton Walter, who built these instruments for Mozart and Beethoven."
Fun fact: The state insect of Nevada is the Vivid Dancer Damselfly.
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