{"id":7633,"date":"2021-07-10T05:03:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T05:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/?page_id=7633"},"modified":"2024-05-16T20:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T20:00:49","slug":"damselfly-prelude-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/?page_id=7633","title":{"rendered":"Damselfly Prelude (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2><strong><em>Damselfly Prelude<\/em> (2021)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>five-string baroque cello and fortepiano <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration: <\/strong>6&#8217;30&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/wxrrd11xcdvyg2p\/Damselfly%20Prelude%20-%20Full%20Score.pdf?dl=0\">HERE<\/a> to view a PDF of the score. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Available<\/strong> <strong>for purchase: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheetmusicplus.com\/title\/damselfly-prelude-five-string-baroque-cello-or-violoncello-and-fortepiano-or-piano-digital-sheet-music\/22522149\">Sheet Music Plus<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheetmusicdirect.com\/en-US\/se\/ID_No\/1339943\/Product.aspx\">Sheet Music Direct<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Damselfly Prelude\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/3cQQdZhYUtllC1PsVVoHyY?si=wen7FCbpQ2mQuFHgZqpVMA&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jennifer Bellor - Damselfly Prelude (Official Music Video)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WoNi_DmbIhs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Damselfly Prelude<\/em> was commissioned by cellist Ka-Wai Yu for premiere November 15, 2021 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with Jonathan Rhodes Lee on the fortepiano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PROGRAM NOTE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Damselfly Prelude<\/em>&nbsp;was commissioned by cellist Ka-Wai Yu. Written for the five-string<br>baroque cello and fortepiano, I combined some of my favorite contrapuntal techniques employed by Bach with a sultry melody that explores the full registral capabilities of this cello. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A note from the performers about these instruments: \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fun fact: The state insect of Nevada is the Vivid Dancer Damselfly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Damselfly Prelude (2021) five-string baroque cello and fortepiano Duration: 6&#8217;30&#8221; Click HERE to view a PDF of the score. Available for purchase: Sheet Music Plus, and Sheet Music Direct Damselfly Prelude was commissioned by cellist Ka-Wai Yu for premiere November 15, 2021 at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas with Jonathan Rhodes Lee on the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/?page_id=7633\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Damselfly Prelude (2021)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7633"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9987,"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7633\/revisions\/9987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jenniferbellor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}