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Opus 82
History
- Song cycle on poetry by an anonymous author in a transcription by Gerardo Reichel Dolmatoff.[1]
- Legley worked on this composition from Juli 1972 to December 1973 in Koksijde and Woluwe.
- First performance by Frida Neels and Aquiles Delle-Vigne at a lunch time concert in Ghent in 1975.[2]
Music
- instrumentation: soprano and piano
- duration: ca 5'
Parts
- I. Kogui[3]
- text incipit: Primero estaba el mar
- tempo: Quasi adagio, molto espressivo e come improvvisando
- time signature: 3/4
- II. Desane
- text incipit: Nuestro modo de vivir no es duro come la piedra
- tempo: Andante, sempre legato e un poco indolente
- time signature: 15/8
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number P-2-01497