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''cantata-pantomime''<ref>Original title: ''Carmina urbana''.</ref>

== History ==
*In December 1967 Legley began work on this cantata,<ref name="a">See the libretto in the Legley archive at the '''Royal Conservatory Brussels'''.</ref> for which Nic Verlo wrote the lyrics in 1966.<ref name="a"/> He made little more than sketches for part of the prologue.
*For the description of the instrumentation and the parts Verlo's script was used.

== Music ==
*instrumentation:
**soprano solo
**alto solo
**tenor solo
**baritone solo
**basso buffo Solo
**children's choir
**five-part speaking choir
**six-part mixed choir
**small orchestra<ref>Piccolo, flute, clarinet, bassoon, horn, guitar, cello and basso continuo.</ref>
**orchestra

=== Parts ===
*I. Prologue: de stad [The City]
**text incipit: '''Eens was de stad een onbekende''' [Once the city was a stranger]
*II. Narrator cantat - Koepletten van de verteller [Stanzas of the Narrator]
**text incipit: '''Mag ik mij voorstellen''' [May I introduce myself]
*III. De dag [The Day]
**a. De dag is de nacht van de kinderen - Romance van het kind [The day is the night of the children - Romance of the child]
***text incipit: '''Wat kan ik van de dieren anders zeggen''' [What else can I say of the animals]
**b. Lekker in het midden - Koor van de middenstanders [Nicely in the middle - Chorus of the middle class]
***text incipit: '''Wij zijn de middenstanders''' [We are the middle class]
*IV. De nacht [The Night]
**a. Playing games - Rondeel van de playboy met koor van de starlets [Reel of the playboy with chorus of the starlets]
***text incipit: '''Hello, girls, ik ben de playboy''' [Hello, girls, I am the playboy]
**b. Pastorale - Pas-de-deux van de verliefden [Pas-de-deux of the lovers]
***text incipit: '''De lente zat te fluiten op het zebrapad''' [Spring was whistling on the zebra crossing]
**c. De ekster op de galg - Gavotte van de figurant met koor van de koristen [The magpie on the gallows - Gavotte of the extra with chorus of the choristers]
***text incipit: '''Het landschap is een beetje monokroom''' [The landscape is a little monochrome]
**d. Voor academici: prostituee - Ballade van het lichte meisje met koor van de zware jongens [For academics: prostitute - Ballad of the light girl with chorus of the heavy boys]
***text incipit: '''Ik ben een meisje van de straat''' [I am a girl of the street]
**e. Zwarte winter - Complainte van de geliefden op drift met koor van diegenen die het beter weten [Black Winter - Lament of the lovers adrift with chorus of those who know better]
***text incipit: '''Jij en ik, wij hadden kunnen leven''' [You and me, we could have lived]
**f. Post multa saecula pocula nulla - Zwanezang van de dronken man [Drunken man's swan song]
***text incipit: '''Het leven is een heel groot vat''' [Life is a very big vessel]
*V. De morgen - Moritaat van de straatveger met koor van de poetsvrouwen [The Morning - Moritat of the street sweeper with chorus of the cleaning women]
**text incipit: '''De zon prikt gaten in de slaperige ruiten''' [The sun pokes holes in the sleepy windows]
*VI. Iterum cantat narrator - Envoi van de verteller [Envoi of the Narrator]
**text incipit: ''' Dames en Heren, het spel is uit''' [Ladies and Gentlemen, the game is over]
*VII. Epilogue: de stad [The City]
**text incipit: '''Eens was de stad een onbekende''' [Once the city was a stranger]

== Sources ==
*autograph sketches: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', shelf number [https://catalog.b-bc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28231 '''BV-03-4084''']

==Notes==
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[[Category:Oeuvre Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1967/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Vocal music]][[Category:Music for soloists, choir and orchestra]][[Category:Music for choir]][[Category:Cantatas]][[Category:Uncompleted works]]

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 ***text incipit: '''Jij en ik, wij hadden kunnen leven''' [You and me, we could have lived]
 **f. Post multa saecula pocula nulla - Zwanezang van de dronken man [Drunken man's swan song]
-***text incipit: '''Het leven is een heel groot vat''' [Life is a very big vessel]
+***text incipit: '''Het leven is een heel groot vat''' [Life is a very big barrel]
 *V. De morgen - Moritaat van de straatveger met koor van de poetsvrouwen [The Morning - Moritat of the street sweeper with chorus of the cleaning women]
 **text incipit: '''De zon prikt gaten in de slaperige ruiten''' [The sun pokes holes in the sleepy windows]

Cantata ''De stad'' - Revision history

Koenraad at 18:11, 17 August 2021

Koenraad: Created page with "''cantata-pantomime''Original title: ''Carmina urbana''. == History == *In December 1967 Legley began work on this cantata,See the libretto in the Le..."