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Opus 13

== History ==
*Legley finished this sonata 23 November 1943<ref>The viola part of the first edition mistakenly gives ''23 IX 1943''.</ref> in Brussels.
*The first performance was played by Gerard Ruymen (viola) and Frieda Pey (piano) in January 1945 during the ''Séminaire des Arts'' in Flagey in Brussels.<ref>CeBeDeM - lijst werken: ''Oeuvres de Victor Legley'', p.1. More details are not known.</ref>

== Music ==
*instrumentation: viola and piano
*duration: ca 17'30"<ref>Thus in the autograph. [http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/l/94-legley-vic CeBeDeM] and the first edition give 18', [[De Roeck]] (p.266) give 19'.</ref>

=== Parts ===
*I. Adagio ('''12/8''') - Allegro moderato ('''12/8''')[[Image:Legley_13-1.jpg|frameless|none|850px]]
*II. Lento ('''4/4''') [[Image:Legley_13-2.jpg|frameless|none|850px]]
*III. Allegro scherzando ('''3/4''')[[Image:Legley_13-3.jpg|frameless|none|850px]]
*IV. Moderato ('''2/4''') - Giocoso, ma non troppo vivo<ref>In the viola parts of the autograph and the first edition: ''...vivace''.</ref> ('''2/4''')[[Image:Legley_13-4.jpg|frameless|none|850px]]

== Sources ==
*photocopy of the autograph (score and part): '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', Legley archives<ref>The autograph itself could not yet be traced.</ref>
*first edition (score and part): '''CeBeDeM''', Brussels, '''1955'''

==Notes==
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