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.

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    15 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl BLACKBIRD medium-high voice and piano
    Vally Weigl COME IN medium-high voice and piano
    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 NOT EARTH ALONE medium voice, pf (or non obl inst)
    Vally Weigl ONLY THE MOON REMEMBERS, Song Suite med voice, ob,cl,bsn or cello
    Vally Weigl RAIN IN SUMMER medium voice,pf
    Vally Weigl REVELATION medium voice, string quartet
    Vally Weigl SONGS FROM NATIVE ISLAND with added instrument med low voice, piano, non-obbligato line for added ob, cl, or vln
    Vally Weigl STARS, SONGS, FACES voice,vln,vla,pf
    Vally Weigl TWO SHORT ROUNDS voice, pf
    Vally Weigl VALLEY SONG voice, vln, vla
    Vally Weigl WHEN THE VISION DIES medium-high voice with flute or violin, and piano
    Vally Weigl WHO HAS SEEN THE WIND? Voice, fl, pf or 3part voices voice, flute (or recorder), piano
    Vally Weigl WHO IS AT MY WINDOW medium voice, piano; alternate version with added flute or violin

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