Butterflies

Year:

2024

Text:

Peter Levitt

Instrumentation:

soprano & piano

Duration:

7 minutes

Composition Type:

  • Vocal Music

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6 songs, as brief and ephemeral as butterflies, setting poems by Peter Levitt from his tiny volume “One Hundred Butterflies.” A treasure of haiku-like keen thoughts and observations.

This composition is from the “Vocal Music” category. All works in this category:

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