Vally Weigl

Biography

Vally [Valerie] Weigl [née Pick] (1894–1982), Viennese musician, who studied piano (Richard Robert), composition (Karl Weigl), and musicology (Guido Adler, at Vienna University), after which she worked as Robert’s assistant, and with Karl Weigl at the Musikwissenschaftliches Institut of the University. She married Karl in 1921, and emigrated with him to New York in 1938, where she worked as a teacher and composer, and, after taking a masters degree at Columbia University, as a music therapist, becoming chief music therapist at New York Medical College, and authoring many journal articles in the field. Comprehensive works list at Karl Weigl Foundation.

  • solo voice(s)+2 to 6 instruments
  • String Quintet
  • ACE Publications

    58 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl ALONG THE MOVING DARKNESS med-high voice, fl (or) vln (obl), pf
    Vally Weigl AND THIS WILL BE ALL? Voice,pf,vln,vla
    Vally Weigl APRIL
    women's solo voices, flute(or violin) and piano
    Vally Weigl AT A WINDOW medium high voice,vln(OR fl OR cl),vla,pf
    Vally Weigl BEYOND TIME (Song Cycle) high voice, vln obl, pf
    Vally Weigl BIRDS IN SPRINGTIME high (or med-high) voice, flute, pf
    Vally Weigl BRIEF ENCOUNTERS cl (or tpt or mez sop vocalise), fl (or ob or ehn), hn, bsn
    Vally Weigl CALLS Bar OR Mez sop, pf,vln(or vla) obl
    Vally Weigl CARDINAL IN MARCH voice, fl, pf
    Vally Weigl CHRISTCHILD'S LULLABY mezzo soprano, fl(or ob), pf
    Vally Weigl CITY BIRDS mez-sop, fl(or cl),pf
    Vally Weigl CONCEIT OF SPRING
    med-highvoice, fl OR vln OR ob (obl), pf
    Vally Weigl DEAR EARTH A QUINTET OF POEMS medium voice, hn, vln, vcl, pf
    Vally Weigl DIRGE: WHAT WERE THEY LIKE? Mezzo or Baritone, Flute, Piano
    Vally Weigl ECHOES FROM POEMS BY PATRICIA BENTON Vers1: med voice (or hn or cl), vln, pf; Vers2: med voice AND hn or vcl, vln,pf
    Vally Weigl EPITAPH
    medium-high voice, flute OR violin OR oboe (obl), piano
    Vally Weigl FIVE SONGS OF REMEMBRANCE - Mezzo, flute, piano mezzo-sop, fl (or vln, or cl), pf
    Vally Weigl FIVE SONGS OF REMEMBRANCE - Mezzo Soprano, String Quartet Mezzo, string quartet (or string orch)
    Vally Weigl HARBINGERS OF SPRING ssa chor or 3solo voices, fl(or cl),pf
    Vally Weigl Heart, We Will Forget Him...
    mezzo sop, fl or cl or vn, and pno
    Vally Weigl HOFFNUNGSSCHIMMER (from GLIMPSE OF HOPE)
    Score for contralto (or Baritone), vla, pf; Parts for mezS (or Bar), cl or vln or fl
    Vally Weigl HUNTSMEN med voice,pf,recorder
    Vally Weigl I HAVE LIGHTED THE CANDLES mez-sop OR bar, ob(fl or vln)obl,pf
    Vally Weigl I SAW TWO BIRDS med voice or baritone, with clarinet and bass clarinet or bassoon
    Vally Weigl IM FRUHLING (IN SPRINGTIME)
    voice, sop recorder (or fl), pf

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