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== History == | == History == | ||
| − | *Legley composed this work from August till 31 December 1952 in Bormes and Woluwe.<ref name="een">The menuet seems to be | + | *Legley composed this work from August till 31 December 1952 in Bormes and Woluwe.<ref name="een">The menuet seems to be the reworking of an earlier work: in both autographs, Legley wrote down at the end of this movement: ''(1942.)''.</ref> |
| − | *The first performance was played on 19 May 1954 in the Museum for Antique Arts in Brussels by the NIR Chamber orchestra directed by Georges Béthume.<ref>[[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]], p.330. | + | *The first performance was played on 19 May 1954 in the ''Museum for Antique Arts''<ref>Nowadays [https://www.fine-arts-museum.be/en/museums/musee-oldmasters-museum ''Musée Oldmasters Museum''].</ref> in Brussels by the ''NIR Chamber orchestra'' directed by Georges Béthume.<ref>See: |
| + | *[[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]], p.330 | ||
| + | **Anonymous: ''Concert de midi'' in ''Le Soir'' of 25 May 1954, p.2 | ||
| + | [[Tessely/en|Tessely]] (p.45) writes ''Maastricht, o.l.v. André Rieu'', the performance with Rieu, however, did not take place until 18 July 1954 (cf. [[De Roeck/en|De Roeck]], p.329).</ref> | ||
== Music == | == Music == | ||
*instrumentation: symphony orchestra<ref>2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani and strings.</ref> | *instrumentation: symphony orchestra<ref>2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani and strings.</ref> | ||
| − | *duration: ca 19'<ref>[http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/l/94-legley-vic CeBeDeM] gives 16'. Legley | + | *duration: ca 19'<ref>[http://www.cebedem.be/en/composers/l/94-legley-vic CeBeDeM] gives 16'. However, Legley wrote down the duration of each movement in his autograph, the addition of all these lengths gives 19'20".</ref> |
=== Parts === | === Parts === | ||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:01, 22 September 2021
dedicated to André Rieu
Opus 41
History
- Legley composed this work from August till 31 December 1952 in Bormes and Woluwe.[1]
- The first performance was played on 19 May 1954 in the Museum for Antique Arts[2] in Brussels by the NIR Chamber orchestra directed by Georges Béthume.[3]
Music
Parts
- I. Prelude
- Andante
- time signature: 4/4
- Allegro moderato
- time signature: 3/4
- duration: ca 6'
- Andante
- II. Lied [Song]
- tempo: Andante espressivo
- time signature: 4/4
- duration: ca 4'40"
- III. Menuet[1]
- time signature: 3/4
- duration: ca 3'10"
- IV. Finale
- tempo: Allegro, molto energico e giocoso
- time signature: 2/4
- duration: ca 5'30"
Sources
- autograph 1: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4019
- autograph 2: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4020
- first edition: CeBeDeM, Brussels, 1955
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The menuet seems to be the reworking of an earlier work: in both autographs, Legley wrote down at the end of this movement: (1942.).
- ↑ Nowadays Musée Oldmasters Museum.
- ↑ See:
- De Roeck, p.330
- Anonymous: Concert de midi in Le Soir of 25 May 1954, p.2
- De Roeck, p.330
- ↑ 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, timpani and strings.
- ↑ CeBeDeM gives 16'. However, Legley wrote down the duration of each movement in his autograph, the addition of all these lengths gives 19'20".
