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

198 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Vally Weigl REVERBERATIONS Solo Flute, Oboe, or Clarinet
Vally Weigl OISEAU DE LA VIE for flute or clarinet Flute or Clarinet
Vally Weigl CHILDREN'S STORIES piano solo, piano 4-hands
Vally Weigl TO EMILY (ADAGIETTO FOR STRINGS)
str quintet, or str orchestra
Vally Weigl SONGS FROM NATIVE ISLAND with added instrument med low voice, piano, non-obbligato line for added ob, cl, or vln
Vally Weigl TOCCATINA - Homage to Robert Schumann pf
Vally Weigl NEVER MORE WILL THE WIND medium voice,cl,vln,vcl
Vally Weigl OH, LORD OF MYSTERIES med voice,vln,vcl OR med voice,pf
Vally Weigl POINTS AND COUNTERPOINTS, Two Interludes for Two Clarinets 2cl OR vln, cl
Vally Weigl PEACE, MY HEART medium voice, vln, vcl
Vally Weigl U.N. ALL FAITH PRAYER FOR PEACE SATB a cappella
Vally Weigl SONGS OF LOVE AND LEAVING voice with piano and violin (or viola) obbligato
Vally Weigl OH, LOVE DOTH MAKE THE DAY med(or hg voice), pf, opt mmb(or gtr)
Vally Weigl ONLY THE MOON REMEMBERS, Song Suite med voice, ob,cl,bsn or cello
Vally Weigl ALL DAY I HEAR THE NOISE OF WATERS voice, piano
Vally Weigl PETITE SUITE FOR WOODWINDS fl, ob, bsn, hn
Vally Weigl THREE DIALOGUES
violin & clarinet, or flute & viola
Vally Weigl REVELATION medium voice, string quartet
Vally Weigl THREE DISCOURSES flute, cello
Vally Weigl WHAT ONCE THE HEART HAS LOVED ssa a capella
Vally Weigl ODE TO THE WESTWIND satb a capella
Vally Weigl HARBINGERS OF SPRING ssa chor or 3solo voices, fl(or cl),pf
Vally Weigl ALONG THE WAY (choral suite)
Vally Weigl SONGS NEWLY SEEN IN THE DUSK mezzo-sop, vcl
Vally Weigl ALONG THE WAY (movement from ALONG THE WAY) ssa soli(OR)chor

Additional Works