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<ref>Possibly this work bears the opus number 31. See [[Opus 31/en|opus 31]].</ref>

== History ==
*Legley chose for this work the poem ''Het lied van 't Maagdelijn''<ref>Here and there Legley changed the text in his composition.</ref> by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Lodewijk_Ledeganck Karel-Lodewijk Ledeganck].<ref>K.L.Ledeganck & J.F.J.Heremans (Ghent, 1883): [http://www.dbnl.org/arch/lede003gedi01_01/pag/lede003gedi01_01.pdf ''Gedichten van K.L.Ledeganck met eene levensschets des dichters''], pp.VIII en 223. According to this publication, Ledeganck's poem is based on a poem in French by the Belgian poet [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Van_Hasselt André Van Hasselt] (1806-1874).</ref>
*Nothing is known about the composition process, but it is certain that the ballad was registered by SABAM on 9 March 1948.<ref>Stamp on the soprano part (cf. ''sources'').</ref>
*During the Ledeganck commemoration in the Ghent Conservatory on 23 November 1947, this composition was performed for the first time by the choir of the B.N.R.O. (the present [https://www.vlaamsradiokoor.be Vlaams Radiokoor]) conducted by Jan Van Bouwel.<ref>Anonymous: ''Ledeganckherdenking'' in ''De Gentenaar'' of 22 November 1947, p.7. E: ''Ledeganckherdenking'' in ''Het Volk'' of 22 November 1947, p.2. Anonymous: ''Ledeganckherdenking'' in ''De Nieuwe Gids'' of November 23, 1947, p.2. Anonymous: ''Ledeganck-herdenking in het N.I.R.'' in ''Het Nieuwsblad'' and ''De Standaard'' of November 23, 1947, p.2 each. Anonymous: ''De Ledeganck-herdenking te Gent'' in ''De Gentenaar'' of 25 November 1947, p.5. The announcements refer to the ''first performance in Belgium'' of Legley's composition, which suggests that the work had already been performed outside Belgium. Any trace of a performance abroad could not be found.</ref>

== Music ==
*instrumentation: soprano solo and mixed choir (SATB)
*text incipit: '''O leeuwerik, tot de wolk gevlogen''' [O lark, flown to the cloud]
*tempo: Molto andante
*time signature: '''6/8'''

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== Sources ==
*handwritten parts: '''Music library of the former NIR'''<ref>Now kept in the '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)''.</ref>, shelf number '''GEM 10654'''

== Notes==
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[[Category:Oeuvre Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1947/en]][[Category:Year unknown]][[Category:Vocal music]][[Category:Music for choir]][[Category:Music for mixed choir]][[Category:Music for mixed choir and soprano solo]][[Category:Ballades/en]]

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