%0 Journal Article %T Victor Legley: some notes on his thoughts and Cath¨¦drale d¡¯acier %A de Roeck %A Ronald %J Anuario Musical %D 2010 %I Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient¨ªficas %X The article proposes to extend the knowledge of the figure and work of Victor Legley. It offers some notes about his life, studies and professional activities. It informs about his activities as a musical philosopher, and makes some of his thoughts known about contemporary composition, music¡¯s social function, the composer¡¯s role, and the relations between composer, interpreter, critic and management, today. The major part of the article is dedicated to his compositions. La Cath¨¦drale d¡¯acier, opus 52, from 1958, has been chosen for an analytical research on his intense thematic work, typical for his production, and also to establish the general characteristics of this composition, representative of much of his work. Finally, we present some conclusions on the importance of his ideas and his production as a composer El art¨ªculo propone ampliar el conocimiento de la figura y obra de Victor Legley. Empieza con unos apuntes sobre su vida, sus estudios y actividades profesionales. Destaca sus actividades como pensador de la m¨²sica, y da a conocer algunas de sus ideas sobre la composici¨®n contempor¨¢nea, la funci¨®n social de la m¨²sica, el papel del compositor, el nivel est¨¦tico en nuestros d¨ªas. Buena parte del art¨ªculo se centra en su producci¨®n compositiva. Se ha escogido La Cath¨¦drale d¡¯acier, opus 52, de 1958, para hacer una investigaci¨®n anal¨ªtica del intenso trabajo tem¨¢tico, que es propio de su obra, y para establecer la caracter¨ªsticas generales de esta composici¨®n, representativa de buena parte de su obra. Finalmente, se presentan unas conclusiones sobre la importancia de las ideas y la producci¨®n compositiva de Legley. %K Victor Legley %K Royal Conservatory Brussels %K Royal Belgian Academy of Sciences %K Philology and Fine Arts %K Musical philosophy %K Composition %K Thematic labour %K La Cath¨¦drale d¡¯acier %K Victor Legley %K Real Conservatorio de Bruselas %K Real Academia de Ciencias %K Letras y Bellas Artes de B¨¦lgica %K Filosof¨ªa musical %K Composici¨®n %K Trabajo tem¨¢tico %K La Cath¨¦drale d¡¯acier %U http://anuariomusical.revistas.csic.es/index.php/anuariomusical/article/view/117/118