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.

  • string orchestra
  • voice+keyboard
  • ACE Publications

    39 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl ALL DAY I HEAR THE NOISE OF WATERS voice, piano
    Vally Weigl ANDANTE FOR STRINGS str qrt OR str orch
    Vally Weigl AT A WINDOW medium high voice,vln(OR fl OR cl),vla,pf
    Vally Weigl BLACKBIRD medium-high voice and piano
    Vally Weigl CHRISTMAS LULLABY 1966 voice, piano
    Vally Weigl CHRISTMAS MESSAGE med-low voice, org or pf
    Vally Weigl COME IN medium-high voice and piano
    Vally Weigl COME, LITTLE LEAVES 2voices,sop or alt rec,pf
    Vally Weigl DEAREST DEAREST SLEEPEST THOU - See Liebster Liebster voice, pf
    Vally Weigl DEATH SNIPS PROUD MEN BY THE NOSE medium voice, piano
    Vally Weigl ELF and DOORMOUSE song medium voice,pf
    Vally Weigl FAIRIES HAVE NEVER A PENNY TO SPEND med voice, pf
    Vally Weigl FOG - song and version with 3 instruments alto voice, piano
    Vally Weigl FRUHLING (Springtime) medium-high voice and piano
    Vally Weigl HUNTSMEN med voice,pf,recorder
    Vally Weigl IM FRUHLING (IN SPRINGTIME)
    voice, sop recorder (or fl), pf
    Vally Weigl IN THE MEADOW voice, soprano recorder, pf
    Vally Weigl LIEBSTER LIEBSTER SCHLAFST DU NOCH voice, piano
    Vally Weigl LISTEN! voice and piano
    Vally Weigl LULLABY - piano vocal voice, piano
    Vally Weigl MEMORIES OF THE TYROL - ERINNERUNG AN TIROL sop OR ten, pf OR hp
    Vally Weigl MICE med voice, pf
    Vally Weigl MOTHER'S DAY voice, pf
    Vally Weigl NOT EARTH ALONE medium voice, pf (or non obl inst)
    Vally Weigl OH, LORD OF MYSTERIES med voice,vln,vcl OR med voice,pf

    Additional Works