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.

  • choral accompanied
  • solo voice(s)+2 to 6 instruments
  • ACE Publications

    77 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl ALONG THE MOVING DARKNESS med-high voice, fl (or) vln (obl), pf
    Vally Weigl ALONG THE WAY (choral suite)
    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 BALLAD OF MY FATHER, THE SATB chor, soli, 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 BLESS THE FOUR CORNERS OF THIS HOUSE satb,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 CHORUSES OF CONCERN SATB or unison chorus, and guitar
    Vally Weigl CHRISTCHILD'S LULLABY mezzo soprano, fl(or ob), pf
    Vally Weigl Christmas Carmen women's chorus and piano
    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 DRUMS OF WAR satb, guitar
    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 FOUR CHORAL SONGS ON DEATH AND MAN mixed chorus, piano, snare drum, timpani ad lib

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