Carl Engel (July 21, 1883 – May 6, 1944) was a

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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

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