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''dedicated to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Orchestra_of_Belgium National Orchestra of Belgium]''

''Ypriana''

Opus 88

== History ==
*Legley composed this symphony for the fortieth anniversary of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Orchestra_of_Belgium National Orchestra of Belgium] (1936-1976). In the autograph, Legley did not write down dates, but he must have completed his symphony in 1976 at the latest.
*On 26 November 1976, this symphony was first performed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Fine_Arts,_Brussels Centre for Fine Arts] in Brussels by the National Orchestra of Belgium conducted by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Octors Georges Octors].<ref>[[Tessely/en|Tessely]], p.26.</ref>

== Music ==
*instrumentation: symphony orchestra<ref>Piccolo, 3 flutes, 3 oboes, English horn, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 3 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 saxophones, 6 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, tuba, percussion, 2 harps and strings.</ref>
*duration: ca 28'

=== Parts ===
*I. Allegro grazioso
**time signature: '''4/4'''
*II.
**Allegretto grazioso
***time signature: '''8/8''' (3+2+3)
**Allegro vivo
**time signature: '''9/8'''
**Allegretto grazioso
***time signature: '''8/8''' (3+2+3)
**Allegro vivo
**time signature: '''3/4'''
**Allegretto grazioso
***time signature: '''8/8''' (3+2+3)
*III. Quasi adagio
**time signature: '''4/4'''
*IV. Allegro
**time signature: '''4/4'''

== Sources ==
*photocopy of the autograph: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', no shelf number yet (Legley archives). This copy contains many corrections in Legley's hand of the orchestration.
*photocopy of the autograph (second version of the finale): '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', no shelf number yet (Legley archives)

==Notes==
<references/>

[[Category:Thematic Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1976/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Music for symphony orchestra]][[Category:Symphonies]]

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 == History ==
-*Legley composed this symphony for the fortieth anniversary of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Orchestra_of_Belgium National Orchestra of Belgium] (1936-1976). In the autograph, Legley did not write down dates, but he must have completed his symphony in 1976 at the latest.
+*Legley composed this symphony for the fortieth anniversary of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Orchestra_of_Belgium ''National Orchestra of Belgium''] (1936-1976). In the autograph, Legley did not write down any date, but he must have completed his symphony in 1976 at the latest.
-*On 26 November 1976, this symphony was first performed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Fine_Arts,_Brussels Centre for Fine Arts] in Brussels by the National Orchestra of Belgium conducted by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Octors Georges Octors].<ref>[[Tessely/en|Tessely]], p.26.</ref>
+*On 26 November 1976, this symphony was first performed in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre_for_Fine_Arts,_Brussels ''Centre for Fine Arts''] in Brussels by the ''National Orchestra of Belgium'' conducted by [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Octors Georges Octors].<ref>[[Tessely/en|Tessely]], p.26.</ref>
 == Music ==
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 == Sources ==
-*photocopy of the autograph: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', no shelf number yet (Legley archives). This copy contains many corrections in Legley's hand of the orchestration.
+*photocopy of the autograph: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', no shelf number yet (Legley archive). This copy contains many corrections of the orchestration in Legley's hand.<ref>According to [[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]] (p.486), the autograph would have been in the archive that Legley's son kept. However, that archive was donated in 2011 to the library of the '''Royal Conservatory of Brussels''', where this work is not present. Perhaps this manuscript has remained in the Legley family after all.</ref>
-*photocopy of the autograph (second version of the finale): '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', no shelf number yet (Legley archives)
+*photocopy of the autograph (new ending of the finale): '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', no shelf number yet (Legley archive)
 ==Notes==
 <references/>
-[[Category:Thematic Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1976/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Music for symphony orchestra]][[Category:Symphonies]]
+[[Category:Oeuvre Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1976/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Music for symphony orchestra]][[Category:Symphonies]]

Symphony 6 - Revision history

Koenraad at 18:52, 24 October 2021

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