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== History == | == History == | ||
*According to the first edition, Legley composed his second string quartet in 1947. | *According to the first edition, Legley composed his second string quartet in 1947. | ||
| − | *The first performance was played at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam by the Amsterdam String Quartet on 2 June 1950. | + | *The first performance was played at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam by the Amsterdam String Quartet on 2 June 1950.<ref>According to [[Tessely/en|Tessely]] (p.178), Legley could only remember that the first performance was played by Amsterdam String Quartet in 1950 at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. An article in ''De Tijd'' on 3 juni 1950 (T.VR.: [http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011199794:mpeg21:p003 Belgisch uitwisselingsconcert]), allows us to specify the date of the first performance.</ref> |
| − | <ref>According to [[Tessely/en|Tessely]] (p.178), Legley could only remember that the first performance was played by Amsterdam String Quartet in 1950 at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. An article in ''De Tijd'' on 3 juni 1950 (T.VR.: [http://resolver.kb.nl/resolve?urn=ddd:011199794:mpeg21:p003 Belgisch uitwisselingsconcert]), allows us to specify the date of the first performance.</ref> | ||
*[[Tessely|Carine Tessely]] made an extensive analysis of this work in her thesis.<ref>[[Tessely]], pp.178-197.</ref> | *[[Tessely|Carine Tessely]] made an extensive analysis of this work in her thesis.<ref>[[Tessely]], pp.178-197.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:56, 1 October 2016
dedicated to Jean Absil
Opus 28
History
- According to the first edition, Legley composed his second string quartet in 1947.
- The first performance was played at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam by the Amsterdam String Quartet on 2 June 1950.[1]
- Carine Tessely made an extensive analysis of this work in her thesis.[2]
Music
- instrumentation: string quartet[3]
- duration: ca 24'
Parts
- I. Allegro con brio
- time signature: 4/4
- time signature: 4/4
- II.
- time signature: 4/4
- Molto adagio
- Subito più mosso
- Tempo primo
- time signature: 4/4
- III. Allegro commodo
- time signature: 3/8 and 2/4
- time signature: 3/8 and 2/4
- IV.
- Pesante
- time signature: 3/4
- Andante
- time signature: 3/4
- Allegro moderato e molto deciso
- time signature: 2/4
- Andante (tempo primo)
- time signature: 3/4
- time signature: 3/4
- Pesante
- V. Vivace
- time signatures: 6/8, 2/4 and 9/8
- time signatures: 6/8, 2/4 and 9/8
Sources
- autograph: Royal Library of Belgium (B-Br), shelf number Mus. Ms. 563
- first edition (score and parts): CeBeDeM, Brussels, 1956
Notes
- ↑ According to Tessely (p.178), Legley could only remember that the first performance was played by Amsterdam String Quartet in 1950 at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. An article in De Tijd on 3 juni 1950 (T.VR.: Belgisch uitwisselingsconcert), allows us to specify the date of the first performance.
- ↑ Tessely, pp.178-197.
- ↑ 2 violins, viola and cello.
