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Mariposa
for SATB Choir
K.L. Hoffman
"Mariposa" (Spanish for "butterfly") is an SATB choral work based on the poem of the same name, by Edna St. Vincent Millay. I have always had a deep affection for Millay's work, which is both haunting and beautiful. Much of her writing … Read More
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SATB Octavo
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"Mariposa" (Spanish for "butterfly") is an SATB choral work based on the poem of the same name, by Edna St. Vincent Millay. I have always had a deep affection for Millay's work, which is both haunting and beautiful. Much of her writing lends itself to musical setting in both subject and rhythm.
I sought to offer a duality to the interpretation of the poem, which I believe can be interpreted as both melancholically and hopeful. The harmonies and cadences of this piece offer an unsettled nature to the text, which only resolves twice (once at the end of each section). The sudden triplets in the final measures offers a representation of a butterfly flittering away.