Two White Butterflies? (2015) for SATB chamber choir
Rebecca Larkin
Text by Matsuo Basho (trans. Peter Beilenson), public domain. Approx. 2 mins.
Will we meet again Here at your flowering grave… Two white butterflies?
Copyright by Rebecca Larkin ©2015. All Rights Reserved.
Two White Butterflies?
Score
# 4! & 4 œ œ
U
p w
Resigned (q = 60)
Soprano
# 4! & 4 œ œ Will
Alto
meet?
# 4 !œ œ V 4 Will
Tenor
Will
?# 4 4
Bass
&
Piano (for rehearsal only)
œ
5
S
& &
A
V
T
#
grave?
5
Pno. 5
&
a - gain?
4 Π4
! œ œ œ.
4 ˙ 4
œ.
Will
" œ
Œ 4 ˙ 4
gently
Two white but - ter-flies?
"
!
Here at your flow - er - ing
? # ‰ œ
œ
œ
œ
3
œ
Ó
grave?
Œ œ
"
˙
œ
œœ
œœ œœ œœ Œ Ó
œ
U
œ
P j œ w
!
a - gain?
j œ J j œ œ J
œœ ..
œ
!
a - gain?
meet
œ
œ. œ.
"
"2 4
"
4 4
"2 4
"
44 Ó
U
w w
ª
3
Here at your flow - er - ing
"
U
"2 4 2 4 Œ
A
-
gain?
"
4 ‰ œ 4
œ ‰ J
4 Ów 4
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P
œ
œ
P "2 Œ ‰ œJ 4 w 4 4
U
œ
œ
w˙ .
P 4 ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4
"2 4 U
at your
P w
œ J
Will we meet
44 Œ
!
a - gain
Will we meet
!
œ œ
P j œ w
Will we meet
we
Pgently Œ Œ œ œ œ œ œ
"
! œ œ œ.
4 Π4
Two white but - ter-flies?
#
# w
P j œ ˙.
P Œ œ Œ œ œ œ œ
p F 3 ?# ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ ˙
B
! œ. œ œ
4 Π4
œ
2 4 Œ
F
# w
"
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w
ª
"2 4
U
ww
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"2 4
U
meet?
Œ
# 4 4 œ
? # 4 4
meet?
we
"
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p w
we
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U
p w
we
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S
# Fw &
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grave?
&
A
V
T
#
P ‰ œ œ œ œ Here
#
at
9
Pno. 9
meet
a
œ
? # ˙. Œ
A
T
B
& & V
Œ
#
&
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a
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œ 3
with hope
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f w
gain
F œ
gain
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Here
white
œ
white
your
with hope
œ
w ˙ œ
at
" ˙
œ
but - ter - flies?
œ œ œ
œ
Two
œ
white
but - ter - flies?
œ
œ œ œ 3
Here
œ œ
at
your
œœ
œœ
œœ œœ œœ
grave?
f w
grave?
Ó œ œ
3
œ œ
3
w w
ª
Ó
"
Ó
"
but - ter - flies?
œ œ œ
but - ter - flies?
˙.
œ
w
# œ w
F ˙
-
P œ œ
white
œ œ œ
3
Two
˙
Ó
grave?
keenly (echo)
"
f
œ
longingly
w
-
Two
p # œ
Two
Pkeenly (echo) œ œ œ œ œ
"
#
? #
12
œ
œ
p ?# w 12
Pno.
œ
œ
Ó
F
œ
œ
ª
S
œ
˙.
# œw œ &
12
3
your flow - er - ing
?# Ó
B
f œ
longingly
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˙. w
œ
Œ
˙
˙. œœ
œœ œœ œœ
Œ
Ó
" œ
œ˙ .
˙
Œ
15
S
A
T
& & V
#
P
deliberately
Ó
Œ
œ œ
Will we
#
Will we
Pdeliberately # œ œ ˙. Will we
Pno.
&
#
Will we
Ó
œ ? # œ
15
œ œ
"
meet?
œ
! Œ œ
fading
Œ Œ
! Œ œ
fading
meet?
˙. ˙.
Will
œ
œ
ww œ œ
œ œ ˙
!
Œ
w
˙
Œ
œ œ
w
U
w
U w
meet?
˙.
œ
we
w ˙.
meet?
˙
we
" Œ
œ œ ˙
Will we
U
meet?
fading
Will
Œ
Œ
Will we
meet?
P ? # œ œ ˙. 15
"
meet?
œ
deliberately
B
w
Pdeliberately Œ œ œ w
Ó
!
fading
˙ Œ
œ
˙ ˙
˙
meet?
œ
œ
˙˙ ˙ ˙
U
w
U
ww w w
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