Brieven uit Portugal/en
dedicated to Louis Devos
Opus 47
History
- This song cycle on texts by Hubert Van Herreweghen was completed by Legley in November 1955 in Woluwe.
- Nothing is known about the first performance.[1]
Music
Parts
- I. Vóór dageraad [Before dawn][4]
- text incipit: De flessen weg, en alle boeken toe [The bottles away, and all the books closed]
- tempo: Moderato
- time signature: 4/4
- duration: ca 1'45"
- II. Torre de Belem
- text incipit: Lui en traag de Taag [Lazy and slow the Tagus]
- tempo: Moderato
- time signature: 3/4
- duration: ca 1'25"
- III. Amalia Rodriguez[4]
- text incipit: Klagen zoals de tortels klagen [Wail as the turtles wail]
- tempo: Andante
- time signature: C
- duration: ca 1'35"
Sources
- autograph 1: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4085
- autograph 2: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4085
- first edition: CeBeDeM, Brussels, 1956
Notes
- ↑ The first performance that De Roeck was able to retrieve (p.356) took place in 1964.
- ↑ Legley's autograph and the first edition do not specify a voice type. Tessely (p.141) and De Roeck (p.355) both give tenor, but presumably the cycle can be performed by other voice types as well.
- ↑ CeBeDeM gives 7', the first edition 8', This, however, is contradicted by pencil notes in Legley's autograph. De Roeck (p.355) even gives 10'.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Originally, Vóór dageraad was the third and Amalia Rodriguez the first song.
