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''dedicated to Corneel Mertens''

Opus 18

== History ==
*Legley finished this suite on 22 November 1944 in Brussels.
*With this work, in 1945 Legley won ''Irène Fuerison'' prize, the device of the work was ''La seule chose qu'il faut craindre, c'est la peur'' [The only thing to fear is fear].<ref>The jury report of the competition can be found in the [http://www.academieroyale.be '''Académie royale de Belgique'''] under the same shelf number as autograph 2. It consists of 3 letters by the jury members to the academy:<br/>1. [http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/r/119-rasse-francois François Rasse] (18 January 1945),<br/>2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jongen Joseph Jongen] (January or February 1945) and<br/>3. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ryelandt Joseph Ryelandt] (March 1945).</ref>
*The first performance was conducted by Léonce Gras at Flagey (Brussels) in 1946.<ref>CeBeDeM - lijst werken: ''Oeuvres de Victor Legley'', p.1. More details are not known.</ref>

== Music ==
*instrumentation: symphony orchestra<ref>Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, clarinet in E b, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, alt saxophone, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, celesta, piano, 2 harps and strings (16-14-12-10-8).</ref>
*duration: ca 24'

=== Parts ===
*I. Prelude
**tempo: Allegro con fuoco
**time signature: '''2/4'''
*II. Sarabande
**tempo: Pochissimo meno vivo
**time signature: '''3/4'''
*III. Menuet
**time signature: '''3/4'''
*IV. Pavane
**time signature: '''4/4'''
*V. Gigue
**time signature: '''6/8'''

== Sources ==
*autograph 1: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', shelf number [http://catalog.b-bc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28146 '''BV-03-4007''']<ref>This autograph was completed on 18 October 1945.</ref>
*autograph 2: [http://www.academieroyale.be '''Académie royale de Belgique'''], shelf number '''13625'''

==Notes==
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[[Category:Thematic Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1944/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Music for symphony orchestra]][[Category:Preludes/en]][[Category:Suites/en]]

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 == History ==
-*Legley finished this suite on 22 November 1944 in Brussels.
+*Legley completed this suite on 22 November 1944 in Brussels.
-*With this work, in 1945 Legley won ''Irène Fuerison'' prize, the device of the work was ''La seule chose qu'il faut craindre, c'est la peur'' [The only thing to fear is fear].<ref>The jury report of the competition can be found in the [http://www.academieroyale.be '''Académie royale de Belgique'''] under the same shelf number as autograph 2. It consists of 3 letters by the jury members to the academy:<br/>1. [http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/r/119-rasse-francois François Rasse] (18 January 1945),<br/>2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jongen Joseph Jongen] (January or February 1945) and<br/>3. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ryelandt Joseph Ryelandt] (March 1945).</ref>
+*With this work Legley won the ''Irène Fuerison'' prize in 1945, the device of the work was ''La seule chose qu'il faut craindre, c'est la peur'' [The only thing to fear is fear].<ref>The jury report of the competition can be found in the [http://www.academieroyale.be '''Académie royale de Belgique'''] under the same shelf number as autograph 2. It consists of 3 letters by the jury members to the academy:<br/>1. [http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/r/119-rasse-francois François Rasse] (18 January 1945),<br/>2. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Jongen Joseph Jongen] (January or February 1945) and<br/>3. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Ryelandt Joseph Ryelandt] (March 1945).</ref>
-*The first performance was conducted by Léonce Gras at Flagey (Brussels) in 1946.<ref>CeBeDeM - lijst werken: ''Oeuvres de Victor Legley'', p.1. More details are not known.</ref>
+*The suite was first performed on 8 March 1946 by the NIR orchestra under the baton of Léonce Gras at Flagey in Brussels. This concert was also broadcast on ''Radio Brussel''.<ref>Anonymous: ''La Radio'' in ''La Libre Belgique'' of 8 March 1946, p.4. Only year, conductor and place can be found in CeBeDeM - lijst werken: ''&OElig;uvres de Victor Legley'', p.1. On 8 June 1946 a first performance of the work was announced in the section ''Radio'' in ''Gazet van Antwerpen'', p.3.</ref>
 == Music ==
-*instrumentation: symphony orchestra<ref>Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, clarinet in E b, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, alt saxophone, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, celesta, piano, 2 harps and strings (16-14-12-10-8).</ref>
+*instrumentation: symphony orchestra<ref>Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, clarinet in E b, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion, celesta, piano, 2 harps and strings (16-14-12-10-8).</ref>
 *duration: ca 24'
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 *V. Gigue
 **time signature: '''6/8'''
 == Sources ==
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 <references/>
-[[Category:Thematic Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1944/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Music for symphony orchestra]][[Category:Preludes/en]][[Category:Suites/en]]
+[[Category:Oeuvre Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1944/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Music for symphony orchestra]][[Category:Preludes/en]][[Category:Suites/en]]

Suite for large orchestra - Revision history

Koenraad at 18:39, 9 September 2021

Koenraad: Created page with "''dedicated to Corneel Mertens'' Opus 18 == History == *Legley finished this suite on 22 November 1944 in Brussels. *With this work, in 1945 Legley won ''Irène Fuerison'' p..."

Koenraad: Created page with "''dedicated to Corneel Mertens'' Opus 18 == History == Legley finished this suite on 22 November 1944 in Brussels. With this work, in 1945 Legley won ''Irène Fuerison'' p..."