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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    10 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl BLESS THE FOUR CORNERS OF THIS HOUSE satb,pf
    Vally Weigl GIFTS satb,pf
    Vally Weigl LET MY COUNTRY AWAKE satb,4 soli, pf
    Vally Weigl NOT EARTH ALONE medium voice, pf (or non obl inst)
    Vally Weigl OH, FAIR TO SEE satb a capella
    Vally Weigl ROAD TO PEACE, THE unison chor,pf
    Vally Weigl SONG OF THE SHADOWS, THE satb, pf
    Vally Weigl SWIFTLY ALONG FLOWS THE RIVER med voice, hn OR vla, pf
    Vally Weigl THANKS medium-high voice (mezzo-soprano or baritone) and piano
    Vally Weigl WHO GOES THERE THROUGH THE NIGHT? satb a capella

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