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.

  • ACE Publications

    11 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl BLESS THE FOUR CORNERS OF THIS HOUSE satb,pf
    Vally Weigl MEMORIES OF THE TYROL - ERINNERUNG AN TIROL sop OR ten, pf OR hp
    Vally Weigl MY GOD,WHAT IS A HEART ssa soli,OR chor
    Vally Weigl OH, FAIR TO SEE satb a capella
    Vally Weigl PLAYTHINGS OF THE WIND bar or mez-sop,cl OR vla obl, pf
    Vally Weigl ROAD TO PEACE, THE unison chor,pf
    Vally Weigl SEAL LULLABY mezzo,recorder(or ob),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 Trialogues fl, vla, harp (or pno)
    Vally Weigl WHO GOES THERE THROUGH THE NIGHT? satb a capella

    Additional Works