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Also known as Karl Ignaz Weigl

Austrian composer (1881–1949)

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Born
1881
Died
1949
Works
6

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  • Two pieces for violoncello and piano. [Op.33]

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Karl Ignaz Weigl (2 February 1881 – 11 August 1949) was an Austrian composer, noted for his string quartets and symphonies. He was born in Vienna, the son of a bank official who was also a keen amateur musician. Educated at the University of Vienna and the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, he went on to study with Alexander Zemlinsky, who was a family friend. Although Weigl never abandoned writing tonal compositions and did not believe in the twelve tone system <a href="https://

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Karl Ignaz Weigl (February 2, 1881 – August 11, 1949) was born in Vienna, the son of a bank official who was also a keen amateur musician. Alexander Zemlinsky took him as a private pupil in 1896. Weigl went to school at the Franz-Joseph-Gymnasium and graduated from there in 1899. After that, he continued his studies at the Vienna Music Academy, where he became a composition pupil of Robert Fuchs, and also enrolled at the University of Vienna, studying musicology under Guido Adler, having Anton Webern as a classmate. His only opera, Der Rattenfänger von Hameln , premiered in Vienna in 1932. Weigl wrote many compositions including symphonies, chamber music pieces, string quartets, and songs for solo piano. The ACA Archive has preserved more than 200 Weigl scores, which are available for sale and rental through the American Composers Alliance. Five Songs for Soprano and String Quartet, Op. 40, Full score and 4 parts Five Songs for Soprano and String Quartet, Op. 40, Full score and 4 parts

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