Invisible Light, The
| Full title | The Invisible Light for voice and piano / Das unsichtbare Licht | |
| Date composed | 1939 | |
| Details |
Composed 1939. Text by Johanna Frada, translated into German by Vally Weigl. Version for mezzo-soprano or baritone, vocal range: c'–f''; in an alternate version for soprano or tenor, vocal range: f–bb''. |
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| Manuscript sources | NYPL JOB 73-115, holgraph score; see also NYPL JPB 99-7 no. 27a, reproducton of the copyist's [holograph?] score (Composers Facsimile Edition). | |
| Publication details | Not published in composer's lifetime. Today publisher of record is ACA. | |
| Availabiity | Performance score available from ACA and KWF. | |
| Recordings | George Shirley and David Garvey (LP: Orion ORS 81407, 1973). | |
| Listen |
The Invisible Light for voice and piano / Das unsichtbare Licht |
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Performances (click
icon to expand or collapse list)| 20 May 1944 | New York, Studio Club, Concert for the Benefit of the MacDowell Colony: Ethel Luening, singer; Karl Weigl, piano. |
| 1 November 1959 | New York, Brooklyn Museum and simultaneous WNYC radio broadcast, Karl Weigl Memorial Program (Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of His Death): David Manning, baritone; Vally Weigl, piano. |
| 19 October 1974 | New York, Donnell Library, Austrian Institute and Bruckner Society of America, Mahler—Weigl Program: Edmund Le Roy, baritone; Vally Weigl, piano. |
