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Opus 22
History
- This work was completed on 10 September 1946 in Brussels. It received its first performance in the course of the year 1947.[1]
Music
- instrumentation:
- tenor solo
- mixed choir (optional)
- symphony orchestra[2]
Parts
- Theme
- tempo: Adagio
- time signature: 3/4
- Variation 1
- tempo: Tempo di rumba
- time signature: 2/2
- Variation 2
- tempo: Allegro molto marcato
- time signature: 7/8
- Variation 3[3]
- text incipit: O heerlijk beeld van eng'lenschoonheid [O glorious image of angelic beauty] (tenor solo)
- tempo: Andante
- time signature: 3/4
- Variation 4
- tempo: Fox tempo
- time signature: 2/2
- Variation 5 (optional)
- text incipit: Ave Maria (choir)
- tempo: Andante
- time signature: 4/4
- Variation 6
- tempo: Allegro energico
- time signature: 3/4
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservators Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4009
Notes
- ↑ NIR: Programmabrochure 1946-1947, Brussels, 1946, p.38. In this brochure, the works is called a comi-dramatical sketch.
- ↑ 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, 2 bassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, percussion, harp, piano, guitar and strings.
- ↑ Remark by Legley in the autograph: N.B. toute la variation suivante doit être jouée avec la sentimentalité exagerée qui rend la musique d'opéra en général si ridicule. [N.B. the whole next variation has to be played with the exaggerated sentimentality that in general makes opera music so ridiculous.]
