The Butterfly

1996, rev. 2018 | soprano/alto saxophone; soprano/clarinet or soprano/bassoon

Poem by Pavel Friedman, a child killed in the Holocaust.

• Song 1 of I Never Saw Another Butterfly
• Song 8 of Come To Me In Dreams

In 2018, I bought back my copyright for this work, and came out with a new edition.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with saxophone, please click here.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with clarinet, please click here.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with bassoon, please click here.

Hard copies are available for purchase at www.classicalvocalrep.com.

For soprano with saxophone, click here.

For soprano with clarinet, click here.

For soprano with bassoon, click here. 

For recording licenses, please email me at lori@artsongs.com.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

• the opening sax solo can be very free in tempo
• in m. 34 -35 there can be a bit of an accel, but then stretch again in m. 36
• m. 40 the tempo can stretch a bit but resume the a tempo in m. 41
• m. 61, the broaden should come nearer the end of the measure
• the voice should "float" from m. 76-77
• m. 85 into 86, there should be a cresc. to forte