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