Cello quartet
Opus 16[1]
History
- Legley finished this quartet on 12 June[2] 1944 in Brussels.
- In 1946, the work was first performed at Flagey in Brussels.[3]
- In 1974, violist Alfons Volleman, an former colleague of Legley's in the NIR orchestra, made a transcription for 4 violas.[4]
Music
- instrumentation: 4 cellos
- duration: ca 17'[4]
Parts
- I. Allegro energico
- time signature: 4/4
- II. Adagio
- time signature: 9/8
- III. Finale
- tempo: Allegro giocoso
- time signature: 3/8
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4005 onderdeel-1
- handwritten parts: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4005 onderdeel-2
Notes
- ↑ Originally, this work was dedicated to a cello quartet, whose name on the title page of the autograph has been made illegible however.
- ↑ De Roeck (p.273) mistakenly gives July.
- ↑ CeBeDeM - lijst werken: Oeuvres de Victor Legley, p.1. More details are not known.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 De Roeck, p.273. See also www.sabam.be.
