I Never Saw Another Butterfly
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I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp, 1942–1944 is a collection of works of
Terezin
During
Part of the fortification (Small Fortress) served as the largest Gestapo prison in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, separated from the ghetto. Around 90,000 people went through it, and 2,600 of those died there.
It was liberated on May 9, 1945 by the Soviet Army.
The Play
I Never Saw Another Butterfly is also the name of a full length play and a one-act version by Celeste Raspanti.[5] She based the play on a book of poetry and drawings made by the children of Terezin. The play centers on Raja Englanderova, one of the children who survived Terezin, and her family, friends, and classmates. She shares her story of living in the concentration camp, while retaining a world filled with butterflies and flowers with other children in the camp. Raspanti's play was adapted into a musical by Joseph Robinette and E. A. Alexander.[6]
The song cycle
In 1968 Jewish-Canadian composer Srul Irving Glick wrote the Holocaust-themed song cycle I Never Saw Another Butterfly for mezzosoprano (contralto) and orchestra or piano.[7] The songs are based on children's poems from the concentration camp at Theresienstadt (1942–44).[8][9]
The cycle consists of 6 songs:
- To Olga
- Yes thats the way things are
- The little mouse
- On a sunny evening
- Narrative
- The butterfly.
In 1972 the songs were issued on LP (with Maureen Forrester and John Newmark) by Canadian label Select (CC-15.073).[10]
ALSO
References
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- ^ Berenbaum, Michael. "Theresienstadt". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "The History of Terezin". Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "Celeste Raspanti". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
- ^ "I Never Saw Another Butterfly". Dramatic Publishing. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
- ^ "Vocal". Srul Irving Glick. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ^ "Srul Irving Glick: I never saw another butterfly: a cycle of songs to children's poems from the concentration camp at Terezin 1942-1944 (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)". www.lieder.net. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ^ Evelyn, Jr., George E., WORDS, MUSIC, AND ETHNIC ELEMENTS IN SRUL-IRVING GLICK'S i never saw another butterfly, A LECTURE RECITAL TOGETHER WITH THREE RECITALS OF SELECTED WORKS OF J.S. BACH, S. BARBER, J. ERAHMS. A VIVALDI, G. FAURE, G. FINZI, H. DUPARC, M. MUSSORGSKY AND OTHERS. Doctor of Musical Arts (Vocal Performance), December, 1981
- ^ "Srul Irving Glick / Harry Freedman / John Beckwith - Maureen Forrester, John Newmark - I Never Saw Another Butterfly / Poems For Young People / Five Songs". Discogs. Retrieved 2019-01-18.