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14. Pinkerton's Farewell and the Death of Butterfly (Instrumental) from Act III (formerly Act II) of Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini. (Madama Butterfly used to be performed in two acts but is now performed in three acts.) From the album "Puccini Without Words." Performed by Andre Kostelanetz and his orchestra & Columbia Symphony Orchestra.

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(NOTE: As of January 6, 2014, the iTunes music store still had not corrected the track listing for the Puccini Without Words album. All of the titles on their track listing in the iTunes store are paired with all the WRONG track numbers. Therefore, if you want the correct titles to appear in your iTunes player for the Puccini Without Words album, you'll have to manually correct them in iTunes yourself. For the "correct" titles and corresponding track numbers, please refer to my track listing on the home page of my playlist entitled "Puccini Without Words album" on my Beautiful Music Librarian channel. Until iTunes corrects their track listing, the wrong titles will appear in your iTunes player for all of the tracks you play from this album on your computer/phone. To correct the titles in your iTunes player yourself, right click on the downloaded track and select Get Info from the drop down, then click on the Info tab and type in the correct title yourself. Repeat for each track/title.)

This video is meant only to educate others -- particularly young figure skaters researching music for purchase and use in their programs -- on the existence of this beautiful music and details on the particular track, making it easier to find and purchase. In so doing, I also hope to ensure that this music is not forgotten but rather is kept alive and accessible for generations to come. PLEASE SHOW YOUR APPRECIATION FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, AND ITS COMPOSER AND PERFORMERS BY PURCHASING IT ON ITUNES, AMAZON, GOOGLE PLAY, OR OTHER RETAIL SITES WHERE IT IS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE.

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