Wallingford Riegger

Wallingford Riegger was an American conductor, composer, musicologist and cellist (1885–1961). He was born at Albany and died at New York City.

Also recorded as Wallingford Constantine Riegger.

Overview

Also worked under the name Edwin Farrell, Gerald Wilfring Gore and Leonard Gregg.

Born at Albany in 1885, died at New York City in 1961.

Identity and origins

He also worked under the names Edwin Farrell, Gerald Wilfring Gore and Leonard Gregg. The authorities additionally record the heading Wallingford Constantine Riegger.

Formation and teaching

Wallingford Riegger studied at Juilliard School.

As a teacher, Wallingford Riegger is recorded in connection with Morton Feldman. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Catalogued works

22 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library. The first 12 are listed here.

String quartet no. 1. Op. 30. Variations for violin and orchestra. Symphony no. 3, op. 42. Concerto for piano and woodwind quintet, op. 53. Dance rhythms, for orchestra, op. 58. Finale from the New dance, for piano. Four tone-pictures [for] piano. Introduction and fugue, for 4 cellos or cello orchestra, op. 69. Movement for 2 trumpets, trombone, and piano. [Op. 66]. New dance, for concert band, op. 18c. New dance, for orchestra, op. 18b. New and old.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Riegger, Wallingford, Oxford Music Online, 2001. Riegger, Wallingford (1885-1961), composer, American National Biography Online, 2000. Wallingford Riegger and the Modern Dance, The Musical Quarterly, 1985. THE MUSIC OF WALLINGFORD RIEGGER, The Musical Quarterly, 1950. The American frenzy and the unity of serialism: Wallingford Riegger and Roger Sessions, Music in a New Found Land, 2017.

In detail

Wallingford Riegger studied at Juilliard School. Morton Feldman is recorded as having studied under Wallingford Riegger.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are symphony.

Employment is recorded with Drake University. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Letters.

Chronology

  1. 1885Wallingford Riegger born at Albany.
  2. 1961Wallingford Riegger died at New York City.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Wallingford Riegger”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2143377: Wallingford Riegger

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