String quartet 4

dedicated to the Parrenin Quartet

Opus 56

History

• Legley composed this work on commission for the Festival van Vlaanderen [Festival of Flanders] and he completed it on 15 March 1963 in Le Rouret.
• The Parrenin Quartet performed the quartet for the first time on 4 September 1963 at the Gravensteen in Ghent during a concert at the Festival van Vlaanderen - Gent.

Music

• instrumentation: string quartet
• duration: ca 18'

Parts

• I. Allegretto grazioso
  • time signature: 4/4
• II. Adagio
  • time signature: 3/4
• III.
  • Allegro scherzando
    • time signature: 3/4+3/8
  • Presto
    • time signature: 2/4
  • Tempo primo
    • time signature: 3/4+3/8
• IV. Allegro con fuoco
  • time signature: 12/8

Sources

• autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4028
• first edition (score and parts): CeBeDeM, Brussels, 1965