String quartet 2

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 the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam by the Amsterdam Quartet in June 1950.
• Carine Tessely made an extensive analysis of this work in her thesis.

Music

• instrumentation: string quartet
• duration: ca 24'

Parts

• I. Allegro con brio
  • time signature: 4/4
    
• II.
  • time signature: 4/4
    • Molto adagio
    • Subito più mosso
    • Tempo primo
      
• III. Allegro commodo
  • 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
      
• V. Vivace
  • 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