Légende (Enescu)
Légende is a work for trumpet and piano, composed by George Enescu for the 1906 trumpet competition at the Paris Conservatory and premiered in the competition by students from the trumpet class of Professor Merri Franquin. The fact that Enescu found it unnecessary to specify "chromatic trumpet" or "trumpet in C" in the work's title 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.
