Cello quartet
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Opus 16[1]
History
- Legley finished this quartet on 12 June[2] 1944 in Brussels.
- In 14 March 1946, this work was first heard on Radio-Bruxelles from Flagey in Brussels in a performance by the Belgian Cello Quartet.[3]
- In 1974, violist Alfons Volleman, a former colleague of Legley's in the NIR orchestra, made a transcription for 4 violas.[4]
Music
- instrumentation: 4 cellos
- duration: ca 17'[4]
Parts
- I. Allegro energico
- time signature: 4/4
- II. Adagio
- time signature: 9/8
- III. Finale
- tempo: Allegro giocoso
- time signature: 3/8
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4005 onderdeel-1 (the autograph can also be consulted through this link)
- handwritten parts: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4005 onderdeel-2 (the autograph can also be consulted through this link)
Notes
- ↑ Originally this work was dedicated to a cello quartet (probably to the Belgian Cello Quartet), but the name of the quartet was made illegible on the title page of the autograph.
- ↑ De Roeck (p.273) mistakenly gives July.
- ↑ Anonymous: Radio in La Libre Belgique of 14 March 1946, p.4. Only year and place can be found in CeBeDeM - lijst werken: Œuvres de Victor Legley, p.1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 De Roeck, p.273. See also www.sabam.be.
