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''symphonic sketch after a painting by Fernand Stevens''

''dedicated to Karel Bruynseels''<ref>Title page of the first edition: "Voor Karel Bruynseels, die ze me hielp te bouwen" [For Karel Bruynseels, who helped me build it].</ref>

Opus 52
== History ==
*Inspired by the painting ''La cathédrale d'acier'' by Fernand Stevens, Legley composed this work in 1958.
*The first performance was played on 10 April 1959 by the symphony orchestra of the [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_national_de_radiodiffusion NIR-INR] conducted by Daniël Sternefeld<ref>[[Tessely/en|Tessely]], p.31.</ref>.

== Music ==
*instrumentation: symphony orchestra<ref>Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, percussion, harp and strings.</ref>
*duration: ca 12'

===Parts===
*I. Andante maestoso
**time signature: '''4/4'''
*II. Allegro molto energico, ma non troppo vivo - Più lento - Tempo primo
**time signature: '''4/4'''
*III. Adagio
**time signature: '''3/4'''

==Sources==
*autograph: in the possession of the composer's family
*first edition (study score): '''CeBeDeM''', Brussels, '''1960'''

==Bibliography==
*Legley, Victor: letter to Franz André, 29 November 1965. '''Royal Library of Belgium''' ''(B-Br)'', shelf number '''Mus. Ms. 4121/420'''
*Legley, Victor: letter to Franz André, 15 March 1966. '''Royal Library of Belgium''' ''(B-Br)'', shelf number '''Mus. Ms. 4121/421'''
*De Roeck, Ronald: [http://anuariomusical.revistas.csic.es/index.php/anuariomusical/article/view/117/118 ''Victor Legley: Some Notes on his Thoughts and Cathédrale d'acier''] in ''Anuario musical'', N° 65 (2010), pp.171-196.

==Notes==
<references />

[[Category:Thematic Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1958/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Music for symphony orchestra]]

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 *autograph: in the possession of the composer's family?<ref>Although [[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]] (p.359) does not mention that the autograph was in the archive kept by Legley's son, a photo on p.248 in his thesis shows that the autograph was indeed in Walter Legley's possession. However, that archive was donated to the library of the '''Royal Conservatory of Brussels''' in 2011, where the work is not present. Consequently, the manuscript should still be in the Legley family's possession, but it has not yet been found there.</ref>
 *first edition (study score): '''CeBeDeM''', Brussels, '''1960'''
-*critical edition (study score): [https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/de/produkt/legley-victor-2 '''Musikproduktion Höflich'''], Munich, '''2018'''. Koenraad Sterckx's critical comments belonging to this edition can be read [[Höflich 2564|hier]].
+*critical edition (study score): [https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/de/produkt/legley-victor-2 '''Musikproduktion Höflich'''], Munich, '''2018'''. Koenraad Sterckx's critical comments belonging to this edition can be read [[Höflich 2564|here]].
 ==Bibliography==

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 Opus 52
 == History ==
-*Inspired by the painting ''La cathédrale d'acier'' by Fernand Stevens, Legley composed this work in 1958.
+*Inspired by the painting ''La cathédrale d'acier'' by Fernand Stevens, Legley composed this work in 1958.<ref>In an article in ''Le Soir'' of 24 December 1958 (La Ronde du Soir: ''Courrier des Lettres[,] des Arts et des Sciences'', p.5), the work is curiously called ''La Cathédrale de Verre''.</ref>
-*The first performance was played on 10 April 1959 by the symphony orchestra of the [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_national_de_radiodiffusion NIR-INR] conducted by Daniel Sternefeld<ref>[[Tessely/en|Tessely]], p.31.</ref>.
+*The first performance was played on 10 April 1959 by the symphony orchestra of the [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_national_de_radiodiffusion NIR-INR] conducted by Daniel Sternefeld.<ref>[[Tessely/en|Tessely]], p.31. [[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]] (p.369) refers to an article in ''De Standaard'' of 21 April 1959 (H.D.: ''Belangrijk nieuw werk van Victor Legley'', page number unknown).</ref>
 == Music ==
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 ==Sources==
-*autograph: in the possession of the composer's family
+*autograph: in the possession of the composer's family?<ref>Although [[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]] (p.359) does not mention that the autograph was in the archive kept by Legley's son, a photo on p.248 in his thesis shows that the autograph was indeed in Walter Legley's possession. However, that archive was donated to the library of the '''Royal Conservatory of Brussels''' in 2011, where the work is not present. Consequently, the manuscript should still be in the Legley family's possession, but it has not yet been found there.</ref>
 *first edition (study score): '''CeBeDeM''', Brussels, '''1960'''
-*critical edition (study score): [https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/de/produkt/legley-victor-2 '''Musikproduktion Höflich'''], Munich, '''2018'''. The critical comments belonging to this edition can be read [[Höflich 2564/en|here]].
+*critical edition (study score): [https://repertoire-explorer.musikmph.de/de/produkt/legley-victor-2 '''Musikproduktion Höflich'''], Munich, '''2018'''. Koenraad Sterckx's critical comments belonging to this edition can be read [[Höflich 2564|hier]].
 ==Bibliography==
-*Legley, Victor: letter to Franz André, 29 November 1965. '''Royal Library of Belgium''' ''(B-Br)'', shelf number '''Mus. Ms. 4121/420'''
+*LEGLEY, Victor: letter to Franz André, 29 November 1965. '''Royal Library of Belgium''' ''(B-Br)'', shelf number [https://opac.kbr.be/LIBRARY/doc/SYRACUSE/10805876 '''Mus. Ms. 4121/420''']
-*Legley, Victor: letter to Franz André, 15 March 1966. '''Royal Library of Belgium''' ''(B-Br)'', shelf number '''Mus. Ms. 4121/421'''
+*LEGLEY, Victor: letter to Franz André, 15 March 1966. '''Royal Library of Belgium''' ''(B-Br)'', shelf number [https://opac.kbr.be/LIBRARY/doc/SYRACUSE/10805880 '''Mus. Ms. 4121/421''']
-*De Roeck, Ronald: [http://anuariomusical.revistas.csic.es/index.php/anuariomusical/article/view/117/118 ''Victor Legley: Some Notes on his Thoughts and Cathédrale d'acier''] in ''Anuario musical'', N° 65 (2010), pp.171-196.
+*DE ROECK, Ronald: [http://anuariomusical.revistas.csic.es/index.php/anuariomusical/article/view/117/118 ''Victor Legley: Some Notes on his Thoughts and Cathédrale d'acier''] in ''Anuario musical'', N° 65 (2010), pp.171-196
 ==Notes==
 <references />
-[[Category:Thematic Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1958/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Music for symphony orchestra]]
+[[Category:Oeuvre Catalogue Victor Legley]][[Category:1958/en]][[Category:Orchestral music]][[Category:Music for symphony orchestra]]