De gevallen vriend/en
[The fallen friend]
Opus 37
History
- Choral work on a text by Jos De Haes from 1951.[2]
- Before the work was given the definite title, it was called Een vriend [A friend]. It possibly had still another title before, but it couldn't be deciphered in the autograph.
- In his own words, Legley was never happy with this work. [...] among others Vic Nees [has] done his utmost to give it the best possible performance, [...] but the result was still not brilliant.[3] It seems that Vic Nees, with a view to the recording in 1973 (see below), reworked Legley's composition in order to make it more suitable for choir.[4]
- A performance of the work could not be traced. On 19 September 1973, the work was recorded by the BRT broadcasting choir, conducted by Vic Nees.[5]
- On 26 March 1975, Legley withdrew the work.
Music
- instrumentation: double choir[6]
- duration: ca 15'
Parts
- I. Novemberland [November land]
- tempo: Andante, quasi adagio
- time signature: 3/4
- II. Veel verder dan een scherp begrip [Much further than a sharp understanding]
- time signature: 3/4
- Allegro energico
- Adagio
- Più mosso
- time signature: 3/4
- III. Zij[7] dan vergeefs door mij bemind [Be then in vain loved by me]
- Adagio e molto espressivo
- time signature: C
- Più lento e quasi parlando
- time signature: 3/4
- Adagio e molto espressivo
- IV. Sinds d’opperste vermoeienis u sloeg [Since the supreme fatigue struck you]
- Andante (quasi ad libitum)
- Soprano and alto solo
- time signature: 4/4
- Moderato
- time signature: 6/8
- Andante (quasi ad libitum)
Sources
- manuscript[8]: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number CBD-B-0354-(02627)
Notes
- ↑ On the first page of the manuscript one can still read for, followed by a name that has been made illegible.
- ↑ DE SCHRIJVER, K.: Levende componisten uit Vlaanderen. Tweede deel. De jongere generatie van 1900 - ±1920, Leuven, 1955, p.138.
- ↑ VRT archives: Interview van Raymond Schroyens met Vic Legley, 11 June 1986. About the dating of this interview, see 2 Pieces for accordion.
- ↑ See the catalogue with recordings of Legley's works (Legley archive - Royal Conservatory Brussels), there one reads on p.4: een vriend | V.Legley | J.De Haes | enigszins bewerkt Vic Nees [a friend | V.Legley | J.De Haes | slightly revised Vic Nees]. The word somewhat was made illegible with tipp-ex.
- ↑ A document in the Legley archive of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (no shelf number yet). The recording itself has not yet been found.
- ↑ SATB+SATB.
- ↑ De Roeck (p.318) writes Wees.
- ↑ Not Legley's handwriting, possibly that of Vic Nees. See history.
