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The Butterfly's Ball

The Butterfly’s Ball and the Grasshopper’s Feast is an 1802 poem by William Roscoe which tells the story of a party for insects and other small animals. 

In 1901, British composer Frederic Cowen used this story for a concert overture entitled The Butterfly’s Ball.  While not a very inspired composition, it does prove that almost anything can be set to music!

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