© Fleur Adcock and Gillian Whitehead, 1982

Eleanor of AquitaineFleur Adcock Gillian Whitehead

Flute

Oboe 1

Oboe 2/cor anglais(optional)

Clarinet in Bb

Bass Clarinetin Bb

Bassoon 1

Bassoon 2

Horn in F 1

Horn in F 2

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Violoncello

Double Bass

f

f

f

f

3 3

f

3

3

f

f

f

f

f

f

3 5 3

pizz.

f

pizz. ord

sul pont

f

pizz. ord

f

pizz.

3 5

3

pizz.

f

3

4

Fl.

Ob.

Ob.

Cl.

B. Cl.

Bsn.

Hn.

Hn.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

f

f

3 5

6

f

3

f

f

3

f

fp

f

arco

pocof

3

arco

pocof

arco

pizz.

ff

arco

pocof

3

arco

pocof

4

8

AFl.

Ob.

Ob.

Cl.

B. Cl.

Hn.

Hn.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

ord

f

f

f

f

f

ff

f

f

ff

f

f

ff

f

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S. Solo

B. Cl.

Vla.

Vc.

When I

was ma

rried- to the King

of France

I used

to

mp

mp

mp

pizz

5

21

S. Solo

Bsn.

Vla.

dance in a rhyth

mic- trance,

light

as a leaf

on a li

lac- branch,

with an eye

for a

ny-

p

30

B

B

S. Solo

Fl.

B. Cl.

Bsn.

Vln. 1

Vla.

Vc.

blo sso- ming- chance

and a side

long

- glance

f

mp

mp

DIV

6

35

S. Solo

Cl.

B. Cl.

Vln. 1

Vla.

Vc.

And may

be- there was

a man

or two

who took

his

mp

42 C

C

S. Solo

Ob.

Cl.

B. Cl.

Bsn.

Vla.

Vc.

cue

from a look

I

threw,

and did

what e

- ver- I let

him do:

My lord

the King

sus

-

mp

colla voce

colla voce

mp

7

51

D

D

S. Solo

Fl.

Ob.

Ob.

Cl.

B. Cl.

Bsn.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

pect ed- a few

and per haps

- he

knew

f

pocof

pocof

poco

f

6

pocof

pocof

6

pocof

pocof

mf

6

mf

6

mf

8

56

S. Solo

Fl.

Ob.

Ob.

B. Cl.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

But

pocof

he

was more

a monk

than

a king,

a blood less- thing,

with out- a

pocof

pocof

DIV

pocof

pocof

9

63 E

E

S. Solo

Fl.

Ob.

Bsn.

Vln. 1

Vln. 2

Vla.

Vc.

Db.

sting;

How

f

could he keep

me on

a string?

A

wife needs

more than a we

dding- ring

to

f

f

f

sf

DIV

f

f

f

f

DIV

f

fp

f

f

fp

f

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