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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    16 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl BIRDS IN SPRINGTIME high (or med-high) voice, flute, pf
    Vally Weigl CARDINAL IN MARCH voice, fl, pf
    Vally Weigl CHALLENGE Mez sop (OR) Bar, fl(OR cl OR vln)
    Vally Weigl I SAW TWO BIRDS med voice or baritone, with clarinet and bass clarinet or bassoon
    Vally Weigl NIGHTFALL IN THE MOUNTAINS med high voice, vla(or vln), pf
    Vally Weigl OTHER HEARTS mezzo-soprano or baritone with piano
    Vally Weigl OTHER SUMMERS mezzo or bar & 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 ROCK-A-BY LADY, THE med voice,recorder,pf
    Vally Weigl SEA SUNSETS women's chor, fl OR cl OR vln, pf
    Vally Weigl SILVER med voice, pf, rec
    Vally Weigl SOON med voice, fl/cl/vln obl, pf
    Vally Weigl THISTLE, YARROW, CLOVER medium-high voice, and piano
    Vally Weigl VALLEY SONG voice, vln, vla
    Vally Weigl WYNKEN,BLYKEN & NOD 1 or 2 med voices, recorder, pf

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