Burlesque
Opus 48
History
- Legley composed this work in Februari 1956 in Woluwe.
- With this work, Legley took part in the first edition of the Wieniawski competition for composers in Warsaw, which took place between 16 and 19 April 1956. Legley was awarded the second prize (the first prize was not awarded). The jury members were Grażyna Bacewicz, Pál Kadosa, Witold Lutosławski, Kazimierz Sikorski, Michael Tippett and Tadeusz Wroński.[1]
- In the context of the aforementioned competition, the burlesque was first performed on 19 June 1956 in Warsaw by Henryk Palulis and Sergiusz Nadgryzowski.[2]
Music
- instrumentation: violin and piano
- duration: ca 10'
Parts
- Andante
- time signature: 2/4
- Allegro moderato
- time signature: 4/4
- Un poco più vivo che il tempo primo
- time signature: 4/4
- Allegro vivace e giocoso
- time signature: 2/4
Recording
- Concertzender.nl: recording by Jenny Spanoghe and Daniel Blumenthal.
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4024
- first edition (score and violin part): CeBeDeM, Brussels, 1956
Notes
- ↑ See:
- www.wieniawski.com
- Anonymous: Nos musiciens à l'étranger in Le Soir of 30 April 1956, p.2. In this article the first performance is announced for mid-May.
- ↑ See:
- Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc): concert poster without shelf number (Legley archive)
- CeBeDeM - lijst werken: LIJST VAN DE WERKEN VAN VIC LEGLEY 22.6.1976, p.5.
