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Stephen Leek
TREELESS PLAIN
SSAA choir and piano
To Alpha Gregory and the Woden Valley Youth Choir
2
text: Anne Williams
music: Stephen Leek
Treeless Plain
(from "Canberra")
Soprano
Alto
 

q = 68
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
 



fragile, very still


Piano




p
    

A.
Pno
 

 

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legato and still
 very
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
  


A tree - less plain,



mp
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

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p
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


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

      




mp




Mmm
pp




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

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p
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


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  
 


mf


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

  


stretch - es from mount - ain
to
 


     
  


A tree - less plain,
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 

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

  
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
 
A tree - less plain,


mp
    

Stephen Leek and Anne Williams 2000
www.stephenleek.com
Commissioned in 2000 with financial assistance from the ACT Government
Mmm
pp
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mp
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mp
stretch - es from mount- ain to creek,
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

stretch - es from mount- ain to creek,
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

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p
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A tree - less plain,
  
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
p
Pno
mp
A tempo
p
A.

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S.
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

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p
mf

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
9
S.

stretch - es from mount - ain
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
to
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3
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21
S.
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creek,
A.

mf


Pno


3



  
3
25
S.
   
 
p A tree - less plain,
A.
Pno
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30
S.



 
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
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3
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3
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3
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to
rise,
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to
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rise,
3
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3
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3
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3
p
mp
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
     
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stretch - es from mount- ain to



 
 



Where
A tree - less
stretch - es from mount ain to





rise,

     


a tree - less plain

      


  



to
A tree- less plain
creek
   


  


    
Bar - ren past - 'ral land


3
3




3
Gul - ly
stretch - es from mount- ain to creek.




Bar - ren past - 'ral land






3

      



 
  



 

Pno

Gul - ly
   
mf3
3
3


creek.
A.
 
stretch - es from mount ain to
 

 

rise,
gliss.


to

      

 
plain



mf Mamama...


Gul - ly

creek,



3


 
 


creek.



     
are the trees?

     



     
Where are the trees?

 

     
Where
are the trees?



            
f
  


Where are the trees?
 



f

 




ff
4
34
S.
     
 
A tree - less plain
p
A.

     
p
A tree - less plain


 


      

stretch - es from mount- ain
stretch - es from mount- ain
p

 

 

A.
 
 
Pno






43
S.
String - y bark and riv - er oak,
A.
      
 
3
String - y bark and ri - ver oak,

Pno

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
 


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    
3
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
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
(whispered)
mf
      
Roof - ing tiles and shin -gles.

(spoken)
    
fire - wood and farm tim - ber,
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  
          
3
fire
3
-
    
wood and farm tim - ber,
      
(whispered)
mf
mf
   
    3

3
3

Where

Where

    
are the trees?
    
are the trees?
     
Where are the trees?
f
     
Where are the trees?
f
            


    
   
3
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    

 

f

Roof - ing tiles and shin -gles.
3
(spoken)
 
 
 
     
       
       
mp cresc.


to


Ye - llow box and red - gum?
mp cresc.

  




   
   

stretch - es from mount- ain

Ye - llow box and red - gum?
mp cresc.
creek,

  
 


to

     

    

creek,
stretch - es from mount- ain
A tree - less plain,



A tree - less plain,
to creek,


     
    

to creek,



39
S.



Pno

      
f
 

5
S.
A.
47




  













  










   

      

 


   


 
Pno




 

  
 
 



A.

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




 

 

 
 


Pno
mp
  



 









62
S.

 

 
   
Pno


 



  
 
      

  


   



  
Now
mf
the heart is
Now
mf
the heart is


 



  

 
mf
    
  


 







      
 



      
 

Cool

 


Cool
sum- mer pools of
sum- mer pools of
-
danc

 

ing,


-

 


 
ing,


   
blos - soms in Spring,
  

blos - soms in

   
 
 



Spring,



   

 

gold and green,


And

 

gold and green,

 

       

 






  
 
 







    
 
  



danc
 

     


mf
       
 
            






57
A.




p

  
S.

 

52
Pno

Allegro, light

     
 






And
 


 
 
  
 
6
and warm)
  (rich



 
67
S.
A.
glor
mf
-
glor
-
'ious
Au - tumn co

   
'ious
Au - tumn co
 
 


mf
 
   
Pno

  

72
S.

  
 


 


 
drift - ing li - quid am
A.

 
 


 
 

 
in
Pno

 

lour Au - tumn co - lour bursts
 






ber



ber


red
and gold
and

 



red


 





and gold



 


win - t'ry trac - 'ry of

 
And
ic

  
-

    
win - t'ry trac - 'ry of
and
  
    

   
 
And

 

-
2
y branch - es

 
ic

2

y branch - es

2
in
A.
-
 

of

    

-

  



 


   

       





  









 
 








77
S.
-

lour bursts


 
drift - ing li - quid am
Pno
-
  

 


 
mf
  
 

   




the sun.
   
  


   




the sun.
2

mf





mf
 

   
 
 


   
 

   

    
Ah

Ah

mf





  
     


 









7
  


82
S.
A.

 


  

Pno
 

 

And red
and gold

 


  






win
A.
-

 
win
-
t'ry trac - 'ry
ic

   

t'ry trac - 'ry
 

Pno

   

 

91
S.
A.



   
of
of

  

ic
2
y branch

 
-
y branch





-
-
-
2


- es
in


- es
in

quid am
-

 
2
2
-

the
sun.


the

 
     









 
    
 
 











Ah
p


Ah
p


Pno

 







p






And


 


ber
sun.


And

    





ber
  

 


 
 
 


quid am

    


  


87
S.
and drift - ing li


 
 
      

 

 
 

and gold

 

and drift - ing li
 

And red


 





