Wie Schmetterlinge

Song TitleWie Schmetterlinge (Search)
Composer(s):David Popper
Author(s):Adolf Böttger (after Lord Byron)
Keyword(s) & Features: Beauty; Bliss; Blooming; Breathing; Butterflies; Catching; Chalices; Colorful; Deep; Desire; Diving; Exultant; Flowers; Fluttering; Fresh; Hanging; Hearts; Hoards; Hours; Infatuation; Laughing; Light; Love; Metaphor: Mouth as Rose; Metaphor: Words as Butterflies; Mouths; Nature; Pain; Playing; Quick; Quiet; Roses; Seas; Souls; Sweet; Words; Young
First LineWie Schmetterlinge flink und leicht (Search)
Year of composition 1864 - 1866 (Search) Circa
Larger WorkFünf gesänge (Search)
Original LanguageGerman (Search)
Score Source https://www.worldcat.org/title/funf-gesange-op-2-for-soprano-and-piano/oclc/910919176&referer=brief_results
Catalog DesignationOp. 2 no. 4 (Search)
Voice part suggested by composerSoprano
Dedicated ToElisabeth Metzdorff (Search)
NotesComposer was a notable cellist. His opus 1 is considered lost, hence this cycle is his first known composition. (Search)
Recommended Printed Sourcehttps://www.paladinomusic.at/sheet-music/pm-0009 (Search)
Sources Citedhttps://www.paladinomusic.at/sites/default/files/downloads/pm0009_popper_preface.pdf (Search)
ContributorGTM (Search)
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