Motivic development in the piano music of Karl Weigl (1881-1949).

In discussing the music of Karl Weigl (1881-1949), it is essential to estimate the state of research regarding the composer and his professional life. Although a copious account and collection of Weigl's papers exists at Yale University, much contribution in the form of editions, recordings, and scholarly texts is needed. Schooled by Adler, Schoenberg, and Zemlinsky, Weigl graduated from the Musikacademie of Vienna in 1899 with high honors, with later employment in the Vienna Opera as a vocal coach (where he worked with such figures as Bruno Walter, Friedrich Weidemann, and Lotte Lehmann.). A theory and composition appointment to the New Vienna Conservatory after 1918 dramatically opened Weigl's professional horizons. With the rise of anti-semitism in Nazi Germany, Weigl and his family escaped to New York in autumn 1938. Eventually, Weigl obtained positions in the Hartt School of Music, Brooklyn College, Boston Conservatory, and finally, the Philadelphia Academy of Music in 1948. Although Weigl's music has been commented upon by Stephen Davison, Wendell Davis, and Michael Kater, much literature in the form of published analysis, commentary, and biography has yet to come forward. This paper principally covers Weigl's Night Fantasies, Op. 13 as well as the 28 Variations for Piano, Op. 15 and the expressionist conventions they contain.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Gray, Justin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Paul, Pamela Mia
• Schwarz, David, 1952-
• Harlos, Steven, 1953-

• piano
• Night Fantasies, op. 13
• Karl Weigl
• music
• Weigl, Karl, 1881-1949. Nachtfantasien.
• Weigl, Karl, 1881-1949. Variations, piano op. 15.

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• Public
• Copyright
• Gray, Justin
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

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