From Whence Butterflies?
Sally Reid
About this work:
From Whence Butterflies? is a fantasy for piano and tape and one of a series of six similar works. The composition's title is taken by permission from a haiku by Joy Shieman of Los Altos, California. It is also one of five Shieman haiku set by Reid in a song cycle entitled Tear on a Child's Cheek.
The entire seventeen syllable text is:
From whence butterflies?
Thirteen years descends the stairs
in long yellow gown.
The realization employs Yamaha TX series synthesis modules.
Version: piano and electronics
Year composed: 1987
Duration: 00:08:30
Ensemble type: Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources:Prerecorded Sound and Live Instrument(s)
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Prerecorded Sound (Tape/CD/Other)
Instrumentation notes: piano and electronics (CD)