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 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 COME, LITTLE LEAVES 2voices,sop or alt rec,pf
    Vally Weigl DANCE OF THE GRASSHOPPERS & KITTENS pf
    Vally Weigl ELF and DOORMOUSE song medium voice,pf
    Vally Weigl FAIRIES HAVE NEVER A PENNY TO SPEND med voice, pf
    Vally Weigl FOUR SONGS
    child or women's voices as chorus or as soli, pf
    Vally Weigl LONG, LONG AGO (An Xmas Carol) voice, sop rec,pf
    Vally Weigl MICE med voice, pf
    Vally Weigl OLD TIME BURLESQUE
    vcl, pf
    Vally Weigl OLD TIME DIVERTIMENTO for Three French Horns 3 hn
    Vally Weigl OLD TIME DIVERTIMENTO - trumpet, bassoon, horn
    tpt (or clar),bsn,hn
    Vally Weigl SEVEN SONGS medium voice, piano
    Vally Weigl SONGS FROM THE SOMERSET HILLS mez-sop,a,t,b, pf (or mezzo only with pf)
    Vally Weigl SPRING'S RETURN ssa, sop solo, tamb/castanets

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