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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    19 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl ALONG THE MOVING DARKNESS med-high voice, fl (or) vln (obl), pf
    Vally Weigl BIRDS IN SPRINGTIME high (or med-high) voice, flute, pf
    Vally Weigl BLACKBIRD medium-high voice and piano
    Vally Weigl CARDINAL IN MARCH voice, fl, pf
    Vally Weigl CHALLENGE Mez sop (OR) Bar, fl(OR cl OR vln)
    Vally Weigl EPITAPH
    medium-high voice, flute OR violin OR oboe (obl), piano
    Vally Weigl I SAW TWO BIRDS med voice or baritone, with clarinet and bass clarinet or bassoon
    Vally Weigl LISTEN! voice and piano
    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 OUT OF THE DARK (EVOLUTION)
    medium-high voice, flute OR violin OR oboe (obl), piano
    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 SEA SUNSETS women's chor, fl OR cl OR vln, pf
    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 WHEN THE VISION DIES medium-high voice with flute or violin, and piano

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