Weigl, Karl

1881 - 1948
Weigl, Karl

Karl Ignaz Weigl (February 2, 1881 – August 11, 1949) was born in Vienna, the son of a bank official who was also a keen amateur musician. Alexander Zemlinsky took him as a private pupil in 1896. Weigl went to school at the Franz-Joseph-Gymnasium and graduated from there in 1899. After that, he continued his studies at the Vienna Music Academy, where he became a composition pupil of Robert Fuchs, and also enrolled at the University of Vienna, studying musicology under Guido Adler, having Anton Webern as a classmate. His only opera, Der Rattenfänger von Hameln, premiered in Vienna in 1932.

When the Nazis occupied Austria, in 1938, Weigl emigrated to the United States, together with his second wife, Valerie (Vally) and his son. He obtained a number of increasingly important teaching posts: at the Hartt School of Music, at Brooklyn College, at the Boston Conservatory and, from 1948 on, at the Philadelphia Academy of Music. He was an important early member of ACA. He died in New York in 1949.

Weigl wrote many compositions including symphonies, chamber music pieces, string quartets, and songs for solo piano. The ACA Archive has preserved more than 200 Weigl scores, which are available for sale and rental through the American Composers Alliance.

Photo of the composer taken by Ernst Kassowitz, near Seattle, in 1947; courtesy of the ACA Archives, Special Collections in Performing Arts at the University of Maryland.

  • SIX FANTASIES FOR PIANO SIX FANTASIES FOR PIANO

    SIX FANTASIES FOR PIANO

      Karl Weigl

      SIX FANTASIES FOR PIANO

      pf

      $10.00
      $10.00
    • SIX SONGS FOR CONTRALTO & PIANO SIX SONGS FOR CONTRALTO & PIANO

      SIX SONGS FOR CONTRALTO & PIANO

        Karl Weigl

        SIX SONGS FOR CONTRALTO & PIANO

        contralto, pf

        $14.00
        $14.00
      • SIX SONGS ON POEMS BY O. J. BIERBAUM SIX SONGS ON POEMS BY O. J. BIERBAUM

        SIX SONGS ON POEMS BY O. J. BIERBAUM

          Karl Weigl

          SIX SONGS ON POEMS BY O. J. BIERBAUM

          high voice, pf

          $9.50
          $9.50
        • Sonata for Viola and Piano, 2nd Ed. 2023 Sonata for Viola and Piano, 2nd Ed. 2023

          Sonata for Viola and Piano, 2nd Ed. 2023

            Karl Weigl

            Sonata for Viola and Piano, 2nd Ed. 2023

            Viola and Piano

            $32.00
            $32.00
          • SONATA FOR VIOLIN & PIANO IN G MAJOR, No. 2 SONATA FOR VIOLIN & PIANO IN G MAJOR, No. 2

            SONATA FOR VIOLIN & PIANO IN G MAJOR, No. 2

              Karl Weigl

              SONATA FOR VIOLIN & PIANO IN G MAJOR, No. 2

              vln,pf

              $32.00
              $32.00
            • SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO & PIANO SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO & PIANO

              SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO & PIANO

                Karl Weigl

                SONATA FOR VIOLONCELLO & PIANO

                vcl, pf

                $21.25
                $21.25
              • STRING QUARTET No. 1 STRING QUARTET No. 1

                STRING QUARTET No. 1

                  Karl Weigl

                  STRING QUARTET No. 1

                  string quartet

                  $25.00
                  $25.00
                • STRING QUARTET No. 2 (w with viola d'amore) STRING QUARTET No. 2 (w with viola d'amore)

                  STRING QUARTET No. 2 (w with viola d'amore)

                    Karl Weigl

                    STRING QUARTET No. 2 (w with viola d'amore)

                    violin 1,2, viola (or viola d'amore), cello

                    $34.50
                    $34.50
                  • STRING QUARTET No. 3, op 4 STRING QUARTET No. 3, op 4

                    STRING QUARTET No. 3, op 4

                      Karl Weigl

                      STRING QUARTET No. 3, op 4

                      str qrt

                      $34.50
                      $34.50
                    • STRING QUARTET No. 4 in D minor STRING QUARTET No. 4 in D minor

                      STRING QUARTET No. 4 in D minor

                        Karl Weigl

                        STRING QUARTET No. 4 in D minor

                        string quartet

                        $58.50
                        $58.50
                      • STRING QUARTET No. 5 in G Major STRING QUARTET No. 5 in G Major

                        STRING QUARTET No. 5 in G Major

                          Karl Weigl

                          STRING QUARTET No. 5 in G Major

                          string quartet

                          $20.00
                          $20.00
                        • STRING QUARTET No. 6 in C Major STRING QUARTET No. 6 in C Major

                          STRING QUARTET No. 6 in C Major

                            Karl Weigl

                            STRING QUARTET No. 6 in C Major

                            string quartet

                            $54.50
                            $54.50
                          • STRING QUARTET No. 8 STRING QUARTET No. 8

                            STRING QUARTET No. 8

                              Karl Weigl

                              STRING QUARTET No. 8

                              string quartet

                              $72.50
                              $72.50

                            • STRING QUARTETS No. 1-6, 8 KARL WEIGL - Perusal PDF

                                Karl Weigl

                                STRING QUARTETS No. 1-6, 8 KARL WEIGL - Perusal PDF

                                string quartet

                                Archival

                              • SYMPHONISCHE PHANTASIE

                                  Karl Weigl

                                  SYMPHONISCHE PHANTASIE

                                  orch: 3-3-3-3; 4-3-3-1, strings

                                  $64.50
                                  $64.50
                                • THREE INTERMEZZI FOR STRING QUARTET THREE INTERMEZZI FOR STRING QUARTET

                                  THREE INTERMEZZI FOR STRING QUARTET

                                    Karl Weigl

                                    THREE INTERMEZZI FOR STRING QUARTET

                                    String Quartet

                                    $24.00
                                    $24.00
                                  • THREE INTERMEZZI FOR STRING QUINTET OR STRING ORCHESTRA THREE INTERMEZZI FOR STRING QUINTET OR STRING ORCHESTRA

                                    THREE INTERMEZZI FOR STRING QUINTET OR STRING ORCHESTRA

                                      Karl Weigl

                                      THREE INTERMEZZI FOR STRING QUINTET OR STRING ORCHESTRA

                                      string quintet or string orchestra

                                      $39.50
                                      $39.50
                                    • THREE ODEN THREE ODEN

                                      THREE ODEN

                                        Karl Weigl

                                        THREE ODEN

                                        satb soli, pf

                                        $14.00
                                        $14.00
                                      • THREE POEMS - DREI GEDICHTE, op 6 THREE POEMS - DREI GEDICHTE, op 6

                                        THREE POEMS - DREI GEDICHTE, op 6

                                          Karl Weigl

                                          THREE POEMS - DREI GEDICHTE, op 6

                                          satb a capella: 8 part

                                          $10.00
                                          $10.00
                                        • THREE SONGS FOR MEZZO SOPRANO and STRING QUARTET THREE SONGS FOR MEZZO SOPRANO and STRING QUARTET

                                          THREE SONGS FOR MEZZO SOPRANO and STRING QUARTET

                                            Karl Weigl

                                            THREE SONGS FOR MEZZO SOPRANO and STRING QUARTET

                                            Mezzo Soprano, string quartet

                                            $16.00
                                            $16.00
                                          • THREE SONGS FOR SOPRANO & PIANO, op 12 THREE SONGS FOR SOPRANO & PIANO, op 12

                                            THREE SONGS FOR SOPRANO & PIANO, op 12

                                              Karl Weigl

                                              THREE SONGS FOR SOPRANO & PIANO, op 12

                                              Soprano, piano

                                              $12.50
                                              $12.50
                                            • TO BABY CHRISTINE (IDYL) TO BABY CHRISTINE (IDYL)

                                              TO BABY CHRISTINE (IDYL)

                                                Karl Weigl

                                                TO BABY CHRISTINE (IDYL)

                                                Voice and Piano

                                                $8.00
                                                $8.00
                                              • TOTENINSEL - ISLE OF THE DEAD TOTENINSEL - ISLE OF THE DEAD

                                                TOTENINSEL - ISLE OF THE DEAD

                                                  Karl Weigl

                                                  TOTENINSEL - ISLE OF THE DEAD

                                                  solo piano

                                                  $16.00
                                                  $16.00
                                                • TRIO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, AND PIANO TRIO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, AND PIANO

                                                  TRIO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, AND PIANO

                                                    Karl Weigl

                                                    TRIO FOR VIOLIN, CELLO, AND PIANO

                                                    pf,vln,vcl

                                                    $27.50
                                                    $27.50