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=== Parts === | === Parts === | ||
| − | *I. Die eerste nag | + | *I. Die eerste nag [The first night] |
| − | **text incipit: '''Hoe veilig en stil is mij kindjie se slaap'''[[Image:Legley_79-1.jpg|frameless|none|850px]] | + | **text incipit: '''Hoe veilig en stil is mij kindjie se slaap''' [How safe and quiet is my baby's sleep][[Image:Legley_79-1.jpg|frameless|none|850px]] |
*II. Circe | *II. Circe | ||
| − | **text incipit: '''Luister jij nog?'''[[Image:Legley_79-2.jpg|frameless|none|850px]] | + | **text incipit: '''Luister jij nog?''' [Are you still listening?][[Image:Legley_79-2.jpg|frameless|none|850px]] |
| − | *III. Verhaal | + | *III. Verhaal [Story] |
| − | **text incipit: ''' 'n Vrouw het stil geword van baie wag'''[[Image:Legley_79-3.jpg|frameless|none|850px]] | + | **text incipit: ''' 'n Vrouw het stil geword van baie wag''' [A woman fell silent after much waiting][[Image:Legley_79-3.jpg|frameless|none|850px]] |
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
*autograph: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', shelf number [http://catalog.b-bc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28187 '''BV-03-4043'''] | *autograph: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', shelf number [http://catalog.b-bc.org/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=28187 '''BV-03-4043'''] | ||
| − | *photocopy of the autograph of an early version: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', no shelf number yet (Legley | + | *photocopy of the autograph of an early version: '''Royal Conservatory Brussels''' ''(B-Bc)'', no shelf number yet (Legley archive). This photocopy contains many annotations by Legley. |
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Oeuvre Catalogue Victor Legley|South African songs]][[Category:1972/en|South African songs]][[Category:Vocal music|South African songs]][[Category:Music for voice and piano|South African songs]][[Category:Music for piano|South African songs]][[Category:Songs|South African songs]] |
Latest revision as of 14:01, 11 October 2021
dedicated to Diane Legley[1]
Opus 79
History
- Legley used poetry in Afrikaans by Elisabeth Eybers for this song cycle.
- This opus was completed by Legley on 6 November 1972 in Koksijde.
- On 12 March 1973, the cycle was premiered in Ypres' music academy by soprano Frida Neels and an unknown pianist.[2]
Music
- instrumentation: soprano and piano
- duration: ca 12'
Parts
- I. Die eerste nag [The first night]
- text incipit: Hoe veilig en stil is mij kindjie se slaap [How safe and quiet is my baby's sleep]
- text incipit: Hoe veilig en stil is mij kindjie se slaap [How safe and quiet is my baby's sleep]
- II. Circe
- text incipit: Luister jij nog? [Are you still listening?]
- text incipit: Luister jij nog? [Are you still listening?]
- III. Verhaal [Story]
- text incipit: 'n Vrouw het stil geword van baie wag [A woman fell silent after much waiting]
- text incipit: 'n Vrouw het stil geword van baie wag [A woman fell silent after much waiting]
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4043
- photocopy of the autograph of an early version: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), no shelf number yet (Legley archive). This photocopy contains many annotations by Legley.
