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.

  • violin
  • ACE Publications

    14 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Vally Weigl AND THIS WILL BE ALL? Voice,pf,vln,vla
    Vally Weigl CONCEIT OF SPRING
    med-highvoice, fl OR vln OR ob (obl), pf
    Vally Weigl DEAR EARTH A QUINTET OF POEMS medium voice, hn, vln, vcl, pf
    Vally Weigl Heart, We Will Forget Him...
    mezzo sop, fl or cl or vn, and pno
    Vally Weigl NATURE MOODS high voice, with violin and clarinet
    Vally Weigl NEVER MORE WILL THE WIND medium voice,cl,vln,vcl
    Vally Weigl PEACE, MY HEART medium voice, vln, vcl
    Vally Weigl PEACE, NIGHT, SLEEP mezzo, vln,vla (or cl), pf
    Vally Weigl POINTS AND COUNTERPOINTS, Two Interludes for Two Clarinets 2cl OR vln, cl
    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 with added instrument med low voice, piano, non-obbligato line for added ob, cl, or vln
    Vally Weigl STARS, SONGS, FACES voice,vln,vla,pf
    Vally Weigl TO EMILY (ADAGIETTO FOR STRINGS)
    str quintet, or str orchestra
    Vally Weigl VALLEY SONG voice, vln, vla

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