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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    20 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl AND THIS WILL BE ALL? Voice,pf,vln,vla
    Vally Weigl AT A WINDOW medium high voice,vln(OR fl OR cl),vla,pf
    Vally Weigl BENEDICTION satb
    Vally Weigl BOLD HEART ssa(pf for reh)
    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 FOG - song and version with 3 instruments alto voice, piano
    Vally Weigl I AM THE PEOPLE, THE MOB SATB, tbn, timp
    Vally Weigl LET DOWN THE BARS O DEATH TTBB men's choir
    Vally Weigl LOAM medium voice, vln OR cl obl,vla,pf
    Vally Weigl ON LANGSYNE PLANTATION med voice,cl or vln,pf,vla
    Vally Weigl PEACE, NIGHT, SLEEP mezzo, vln,vla (or cl), pf
    Vally Weigl PEOPLE IS A POLYCHROME, THE satb a capella
    Vally Weigl PRACTICAL EARTH SATELLITES satb a capella
    Vally Weigl SILHOUETTE, for ww Quartet fl,cl,bsn,hn
    Vally Weigl STARS, SONGS, FACES voice,vln,vla,pf
    Vally Weigl THOU ART THE WAY satb,org
    Vally Weigl THOU ART THE WAY satb a capella
    Vally Weigl TWO SHORT ROUNDS voice, pf
    Vally Weigl WIND HORSES medium voice, vln obl, vla, pf
    Vally Weigl WINTER NIGHT voice, soprano recorder, pf

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