3 Songs

Opus 2

History

Song cycle on texts by Alice Nahon, Albrecht Rodenbach and Felix Verbeke.
The songs in this cycle are probably early^[1] songs that Legley revised in the first half of the forties. Only the music of Avondliedeken has been preserved.
On 29 November 1943, the songs were performed in the city theatre of Ypres by soprano Irène Verhack and pianist Alice Vandenbroucke, this was presumably the first performance.^[2]
On the page early works, this opus number is discussed further.

2. De zwane [The swan]^[6]
- text incipit: [Des hemels spiegel, mild en frisch] (Albrecht Rodenbach)^[6]
- finished on 2 April 1943 in Brussels^[7]
- duration: ca 3'30"^[7]

3. Eenzaamheid [Loneliness]^[6]
- text by Felix Verbeke^[6]
- finished on 29 March 1943 in Mechelen^[7]
- duration: ca 2'30"^[7]

autographs of Avondliedeken (first and later versions): Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4092

↑ The first version of Avondliedeken dates from 1933.
↑ Programme of Huldebetoon Victor Legley [Tribute to Victor Legley]: 1 & 2. In this programme the Avondliedeken is called Avondklacht, we assume this is a misprint.
↑ The original version of this song had the opus number 4 no.4.
↑ Later, Legley composed two other works on this text: one for female choir and one for soprano and piano.
↑ In the first version gematigd [moderate].
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 www.sabam.be
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 ^7.3 De Roeck, p.243.