He wrote numerous pieces for orchestra, including a symphony and the tone poem Semiramis; among his chamber works are three string quartets and a string quintet.
[2] For years Weidig served as Associate Director of the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and was Dean of the Department of Theory in the same.
[3] His composition students included harpist Helena Stone Torgerson,[4] pianist Theodora Troendle, organist Helen Searles Westbrook, and, most notably, composer Ruth Crawford Seeger.
He wrote the book Harmonic Material and its Uses in 1924 to aid as a reference in his composition classes.
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