Prelude for a ballet

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Opus 75

History

  • Composed in Koksijde during the months April and May 1969.
  • Legley intended to write an amusing ballet, for which this prelude would serve as an overture.[1]
  • First performance on 18 September 1969 by the symphony orchestra of Liège conducted by François Huybrechts during the Festival van Vlaanderen.[2]

Music

  • instrumentation: symphony orchestra[3]
  • duration: 8'[2]

Parts

  • Allegro
    • time signature: 2/4
  • Allegro spiritoso
    • time signature: 2/4
  • Tempo primo
    • time signature: 3/8

Sources

  • autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4038

Notes

  1. ↑ Legley writes in his autograph: Ceci est l'ouverture pour un ballet (amusant), que j'aimerais bien écrire, si dieu me prête vie et si la paperasserie administrative me prête le temps et la tête.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Roeck, p.446.
  3. ↑ Piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, double bassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion and strings.
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