Victor Legley

Category:componist, hedendaagse componist
Hazebrouck, 18.06.1915 - Oostende, 28.11.1994
Genre(s):20ste eeuw

Biography

Victor Legley was born in Hazebrouck on 18 June 1915 and died in Oostende on 28 November 1994. He received his first music lessons – in viola, harmony and counterpoint – with Lionel Blomme in Ypres. In 1935 he began his full-time musical education at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, where he earned first prizes in viola, chamber music, counterpoint and fugue. From 1936 to 1948 he played viola in the Symphony Orchestra of what was then the NIR (National Broadcasting Corporation). On the advice of fellow violist Gérard Ruymen, he began to take lessons in composition with Jean Absil in 1941, a study that was rewarded in 1943 with the Second Rome Prize. After the war he played in the orchestra of the opera in Brussels and in the Déclin Quartet, in which he became acquainted with the music of Bartók and Schönberg. In 1947, he became a progammer for the NIR, and then advisor-department head for “serious music” and for the third programme of the Flemish radio broadcasts. In this function, he attempted to promote contemporary music and Belgian composers in particular. From 1948 to 1950 he was a teacher at the Municipal Conservatory in Leuven. In 1949 he was named professor of harmony at the conservatory in Brussels and in 1956 professor of composition and analysis at the Muziekkapel Koningin Elisabeth. He held both functions until 1979. In 1965 Legley became a member of the Royal Academy of Belgium and was its chairman until 1972. He was also the author of numerous articles for the proceedings of the Royal Academy for Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. Legley was chairman of SABAM (the authors’ rights association) from 1980 to 1992, and of the Union of Belgian Composers from 1986 to 1990. He has also often served as jury-member or chairman at international competitions, such as the Queen Elisabeth Competition, the Verviers International Competition of Lyrical Song, and the Bösendorfer-Empire International Piano Competition. In 1986 he was appointed officer of the Order of Leopold. The Vrije Universiteit Brussel granted him an honorary doctorate in 1987. In addition, he has received a great many prizes and distinctions, both for specific works and for his complete oeuvre. He has also represented Belgium at various foreign festivals and new music conferences.

 

Selectieve discografie als componist

Music for viola and pianoMusic for viola and piano (1994)
romanticism, 20th century
Diederik Suys, Filip Martens, Joseph Ryelandt, Victor Legley, August de Boeck, Norbert Rosseau
Musica BelgicaMusica Belgica (1989)
20th century
Norman Del Mar, Chantal Lefebvre, Franz Constant, Gregory Allen, Jean Baily, Louis Gilis, Filharmonisch orkest van de BRT, Jean-Marie Simonis (...)
Vlaamse muziek uit de 20ste eeuwVlaamse muziek uit de 20ste eeuw (1986)
20th century
Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Victor Legley, Georges Octors, Belgian National Orchestra, Norbert Rosseau, Silveer Van den Broeck, Lodewijk De Vocht
60 jaar Radio (deel 3)60 jaar Radio (deel 3) (1983)
20th century, romanticism, early music
Perotinus, Franz André, Omroeporkest N.I.R., Hector Berlioz, BRT Koor, Léonce Gras, Irwin Hoffman, Darius Milhaud (...)
F. Peeters - A. de Boeck - A. Meulemans - N. Rosseau - V. Legley - W. KerstersF. Peeters - A. de Boeck - A. Meulemans - N. Rosseau - V. Legley - W. Kersters (1974)
romanticism, 20th century
Stanislas Deriemaeker, Flor Peeters, August de Boeck, Arthur Meulemans, Arthur Meulemans, Norbert Rosseau, Victor Legley, Willem Kersters (...)
Hedendaagse gitaar / Guitare d'Aujourd'huiHedendaagse gitaar / Guitare d'Aujourd'hui (1973)
20th century
Gonzalez Mohino, Max Vandermaesbrugge, Victor Legley, Nicolas Alfonso, Willy Balthazar, Jean Louel, Guy-Philippe Luypaerts, Michel Leclerc (...)
V. Legley - R. Chevreuille - J. JongenV. Legley - R. Chevreuille - J. Jongen (1952)
20th century
Philippe De Clercq, Victor Legley, Raymond Chevreuille, Marcel Ancion, Joseph Jongen, Monique Jooris-Lechat
W. Kersters - J. Fontyn - V. LegleyW. Kersters - J. Fontyn - V. Legley
20th century
Klarinetkwartet Marcel Hanssens, Victor Legley, Georges Maes, Solisten Van Het Belgisch Kamerorkest, Jacqueline Fontyn, Pauline Marcelle, Willem Kersters, Raya Birguer (...)
V. Legley - W. Kersters - N. RosseauV. Legley - W. Kersters - N. Rosseau
20th century
Gérard Ruijmen, Victor Legley, Willem Kersters, Frieda Pey, Norbert Rosseau
V. Legley - R. Van Der VeldenV. Legley - R. Van Der Velden
20th century
Belgian National Orchestra, Léonce Gras, Victor Legley, Renier Van der Velden

Author of

Academiae AnalectaAcademiae Analecta (1981)
[et al.], Victor Legley, Jozef Robijns
Muziek en propagandaMuziek en propaganda (1978)
Victor Legley
Hedendaagse muziekHedendaagse muziek (1976)
20ste eeuw
Victor Legley
Actuele aspecten voor een compositieleerActuele aspecten voor een compositieleer (1970)
20ste eeuw
Victor Legley
Muziek en radioMuziek en radio (1967)
Victor Legley

Related Items

Documents:Contemporary Music in Flanders II (book)
Actuele aspecten voor een compositieleer (book)
Hedendaagse muziek (book)
Muziek en propaganda (book)
Muziek en radio (book)
External links:Componistenfiche Victor Legley