Cantique spirituel/en
dedicated to the Quatuor féminin de Paris
Opus 36
History
- Legley completed this song cycle on texts by René Ménard on 28[1] January 1950 in Woluwe.
- The earliest documented performance took place on 16 March 1952 in the Gran Casino del Foment in Terrassa. The performers were the Quatuor féminin de Paris[2] and the pianist Teresa Balcells.[3]
Music
- instrumentation: 4 women's voices (SSAA) and piano
- duration: ca 7'
Parts
- I. Andante
- text incipit: Et voici un homme avec son pas égal
- time signature: 5/4
- II. Moderato
- text incipit: Toute distance a la mesure d'une srète de cristal
- time signature: 2/4
- III. Moderato
- text incipit: L'eau, le sable et la soie de l'aube
- time signature: 4/4
Sources
- autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4085
- first edition: CeBeDeM, Brussels, 1959