Carl Engel Explained

Carl Engel (July 21, 1883 - May 6, 1944^[1]) was a French-born American pianist, composer, musicologist and publisher from Paris. He was also president of G. Schirmer, Inc., a writer on music for The Musical Quarterly, and chief of the Music Division of the Library of Congress.

Compositions

Voice and Piano

Three Lyrics from the German; G. Saerchinger, 1906
We Met; W. Maxwell, 1907
Four Lyrics by C. Fabbri; G. Schirmer, 1908
Chansons intimes; G. Schirmer, 1910
Two Lyrics; G. Schirmer, 1911
Deux simples chansons; Boston Music Co., 1912
Trois epigrammes; G. Schirmer, 1914
Trois sonnets; G. Schirmer, 1914
Christmas Call; Boston Music Co., 1916
Three Songs; C. Fischer, 1917
We're In It: And We'll Win It; C. C. Birchard, 1918
The Never-Lonely Child; Boston Music Co., 1919
Three Poems of Amy Lowell; G. Schirmer, 1922

Violin and Piano

Chant Nuptial; C. Fischer, 1917
Triptych; Boston Music Co., 1920
Chanson frivole; G. Schirmer, 1922

Piano

Perfumes; C. Fischer, 1917
Presque valse; G. Schirmer, 1946

Choir

Dawn; C. C. Birchard, 1915
God Rest Our Glorious Land; C. C. Birchard, 1932
Lisette; Choudens, 1935
Charms of Love; Boston Music Co., 1939

Wind Band

For Honor and For Home; C. Fischer, 1917
Academic Processional March; G. Schirmer, 1938

Operetta

Way Down South in Dixie; C. C. Birchard, 1924

Works

"Alla breve, from Bach to Debussy" (New York: G. Schirmer, 1921) - short biographies of great composers

References

Bauer. Harold. Harold Bauer. 30. 3. Carl Engel 21 July 1883--6 May 1944. The Musical Quarterly. 249–254. July 1944. 10.1093/mq/XXX.3.249. 0027-4631. 739473.

Notes and References

Strunk . Oliver . Reese . Gustave . Spivacke . Harold . N. Waters . Edward . October 1945 . Carl Engel (July 21, 1883-May 6, 1944) . Bulletin of the American Musicological Society . 8 . 8 . 1–2 . 10.2307/829372. 829372 .