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

192 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Vally Weigl RAIN AT NIGHT (REGENNACHT) low voice, vla, pf
Vally Weigl RAIN IN SUMMER medium voice,pf
Vally Weigl REFLECTION - HOW MANY NIGHTS voices, piano, opt vla or vcl
Bar, MzoSop, OR T & pf with opt. vcl or vla obligato
Vally Weigl REQUIEM FOR ALLISON Soprano or Mezzo, with either string quartet or string orchestra; Also voice+piano version available
Vally Weigl REVELATION medium voice, string quartet
Vally Weigl REVERBERATIONS Solo Flute, Oboe, or Clarinet
Vally Weigl ROAD TO PEACE, THE unison chor,pf
Vally Weigl ROCK-A-BY LADY, THE med voice,recorder,pf
Vally Weigl SALUTATION OF THE DAWN, THE voice, vln(or cl), pf or org
Vally Weigl SEA SUNSETS women's chor, fl OR cl OR vln, pf
Vally Weigl SEAL LULLABY mezzo,recorder(or ob),pf
Vally Weigl SEEKING YOU med low voice, vln (OR fl), pf
Vally Weigl SEVEN ROUNDS IN VARIOUS MOODS 3 or 4 pt chorus a capella
Vally Weigl SEVEN SONGS medium voice, piano
Vally Weigl SHEPHERDESS MOON ssa,pf
Vally Weigl SILHOUETTE, for ww Quartet fl,cl,bsn,hn
Vally Weigl SILVER med voice, pf, rec
Vally Weigl SINGING OF EARTH
medium voice,hn,vln,vcl, pf
Vally Weigl SLEEPERS WAKE (Bach) 2 pf
Vally Weigl SOLO FOR SATURDAY NIGHT GUITAR high voice, fl -OR vln OR vla obl- gtr, vcl OR pf
Vally Weigl SONGS FROM DO NOT AWAKE ME mez-sop or baritone, vln (or viola or flute or clarinet), pf
Vally Weigl SONGS FROM NATIVE ISLAND - voice and piano med voice, pf
Vally Weigl SONGS FROM NATIVE ISLAND with added instrument med low voice, piano, non-obbligato line for added ob, cl, or vln
Vally Weigl SONGS FROM 'NO BOUNDARY' med voice,vln OR vla,pf
Vally Weigl SONGS FROM THE SOMERSET HILLS mez-sop,a,t,b, pf (or mezzo only with pf)

Additional Works