The peasant who dies
Radio play
Opus 34
History
- This radio play is based on the book of the same name by Karel Van de Woestijne in a adaptation by Herman Teirlinck.
- Legley composed his work between 20 May and 14 June 1949 in Brussels. This version was broadcast for the first time in Augustus 1949.[1]
- Later, Legley probably reworked the radio play [2] for a broadcast in March 1978, on the occasion of Karel Van de Woestijne's hundredth birthday.[3]
- For this composition, Legley received a honorable mention in the first Prix Italia.[4][5]
Music
Parts
- 1. Een oude boer lag te sterven
- tempo: Andante
- time signature: 4/4
- 2. Wat ligge ik hier toch alleene
- tempo: Adagio
- time signature: 4/4
- 3a. Ik ben nochtans altijd bij u geweest
- tempo: Andante (quasi adagio)
- time signature: 3/4
- 3b. Als de zomer komt
- Allegretto
- time signature: 6/8
- Andante sostenuto
- time signature: 3/4
- Allegro commodo
- time signature: 4/4
- Andante
- time signature: 4/4
- Allegretto
- 4. Bah zo, Nand, gij heb nooit uwen wel gehad?
- tempo: Andante
- time signature: 4/4
- 5a. 't Is waar mens, 't is waar...
- tempo: Andante quasi moderato
- time signature: 4/4
- 5b. Bah ja, mijne ziele, alles ging goed...
- tempo: Moderato
- time signature: 4/4
- 5c. Maar 't is vooral de latere zomer toe dat de avond luide is
- tempo: Tempo più vivo che il tempo primo
- time signature: 4/4
- 6. Daar lag nu half over hem die slonzige dochter
- tempo: Andante
- time signature: 4/4
- 7. Gij weet het nog wel
- Andante
- time signature: 2/4
- Moderato quasi andante
- time signature: 2/4
- Tempo de valse lente
- time signature: 3/8
- Moderato quasi andante
- time signature: 2/4
- Andante
- 8. Nand verschoot daar niet bij
- tempo: Andante
- time signature: 4/4
- 9. Ja, er zijn veel goede dingen
- tempo: Moderato
- time signature: 2/4
- 10. Een grote, duistere gestalte stond gebogen over hem [8]
- tempo: Andante, quasi adagio
- time signature: 4/4
- 11. Maar hij wist toch wat het was
- tempo: [Andante, quasi adagio]
- time signature: 4/4
- 12. En zie, daar werd hij plots heel rustig
- tempo: Andante
- time signature: 4/4
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4094 onderdeel-2
Notes
- ↑ De Roeck, p.309. He gives 1945 as year of composition, which is most certainly a mistake.
- ↑ In the autograph, many annotations suggest that Legley made a second version of his work. The score of this version could not be found, however.
- ↑ De Roeck, p.309.
- ↑ K. De Schrijver (Leuven, 1955): Levende componisten uit Vlaanderen. Tweede deel. De jongere generatie van 1900 - ±1920, p.138.
- ↑ Tessely, p.160.
- ↑ 3 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, percussion, 2 harps, piano and strings.
- ↑ A recording of the work (VRT archives) lasts 37'59".
- ↑ This part has been arranged by Legley as an independent work, the Lullaby for the peasant who dies.
