''Légende'' (1906) is a work for
trumpet and
piano, composed by
George Enescu for the 1906 trumpet competition (''concours'') at the
Paris Conservatory and premiered in the competition by students from the trumpet class of Professor
Merri Franquin, to whom the work is dedicated. The fact that Enescu found it unnecessary to specify "chromatic trumpet" or "trumpet in C" in the work's title (which might have been normal just a few years earlier) may be seen as a testament to Franquin's influence in adopting of the modern, small trumpet .
A simple listing of the performance indications which follow each other in the score indicates the constantly evolving character of the music: ''doux'', ''grave'', ''hésitante'', ''pathétique'', ''gracieux'', ''mouvement agité'', ''chantant'', ''vif'', ''furieusement'', ''rêveur'' .
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Further reading
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Malcolm, Noel
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. 1990. ''George Enescu: His Life and Music'', with a preface by Sir Yehudi Menuhin. London: Toccata Press. .
External links
International Music Company- a U.S. publisher of ''Legende''.
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ttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B000H9TQW2 Recording by Wolfgang Bauer*
ttp://philharmusica.com Philharmusica Co. a U.S. publisher of new edition ''Legende''. (For both C and B-flat trumpet)
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Compositions by George Enescu
Compositions for trumpet
1906 compositions
Compositions in C minor