Carl Engel

For other people named Carl Engel, see Carl Engel (disambiguation).

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) ISBN 0-8369-1919-X — short biographies of great composers