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1 Contemorary POOLE Behind the Arras or Male Vocal Quartet No. 229

2 Commissioned by New York Polyhony Behind the Arras Dedicated to Betty Poole at 90, rom whom everything ANON English Secular Texts ca. 190 Georey Poole 1. The Perils o Lively. q about 112!! ma keth!! ma keth!! ma keth!!! ma keth 5 ma keth ma keth ma keth Plen te; Plen te ma keth 5 ma keth ma keth ma keth Plen te; Plen te ma keth 5 ma keth ma keth ma keth Plen te; Plen te ma keth 5 ma keth ma keth ma keth Plen te; Plen te Edition Peters No. 229 Coyright 2012 by Peters Edition Limited, London

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8 29 6. Tryst : Tristesse Enchanted. Relaxed temo, lexible h = ca 50 All night by the rose, rose, All night by the rose I lay; All night by the rose, rose, (mm) All night All night by the rose I lay, I lay; I dared not steal the rose tree I (mm) m I dare not steal the dared not steal, I dared not steal the rose tree, All night by the rose, rose,

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10 Georey Poole Georey Poole was born in England and has lived in East Arica, and in the USA as Visiting Fellow in Comosition at Princeton. He studied traditional erormance in Korea and Gambia. Poole taught at Manchester University ( ), as Proessor o Comosition at Bristol University ( ), and is a Fellow o the Royal Society o Arts. His works include Sailing with Archangels or wind orchestra, commissions or the Lindsay Quartet, the BBC Singers and the Hallé Orchestra, the concertos Swans Rel ecting Elehants or Javanese Gamelan and chamber orchestra, and Lucier or iano and 21 loud instruments. He has also written several works or children. Georey Poole stammt aus England und lebte zeitweise in Ostarika sowie in den USA, wo er in Princeton Gastdozent ür Komosition war. In Korea und Gambia beschätigte er sich mit traditionellen Auührungsweisen. Poole lehrte an der Universität Manchester ( ) und als Proessor ür Komosition an der Universität Bristol ( ). Daneben ist er Fellow der Royal Society o the Arts. Zu seinen Werken zählen Sailing with Archangels ür Blasorchester sowie die Konzerte Swans Rel ecting Elehants (ür javanisches Gamelanensemble und Kammerorchester) und Lucier (ür Klavier und 21 laute Instrumente). Er erhielt Komositionsauträge vom Lindsay Quartet, von den BBC Singers und vom Hallé Orchestra. Außerdem schrieb er mehrere Werke ür Kinder. POOLE Behind the Arras Edition Peters No. 229