1885-1961 US, Albany, Georgia
Composer of Classical
A.k.a. Wallingford Constantine Riegger
Wallingford Constantine Riegger (April 29, 1885 – April 2, 1961) was a prolific American music composer, well known for orchestral and modern dance music, and film scores. He was born in Albany, Georgia, but lived much of his life in New York City.He is noted for being one of the first American composers to use a form of twelve-tone technique.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Symphony No. 9 In E Minor / Mysterious Mountain / New Dance / Toccata | Leopold Stokowski, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alan Hovhaness, Wallingford Riegger, Paul Creston | 2004 | Album |
Shapey • Riegger • Piston • Crumb • Sollberger • Berger | Paul Zukofsky / Ralph Shapey • Wallingford Riegger • Walter Piston • George Crumb • Harvey Sollberger • Arthur Berger | 2002 | Album |
Variations / Symphony No. 4 | Wallingford Riegger / The Louisville Orchestra | 2001 | Compil. |
Quartet Romantic | Henry Cowell, Lou Harrison, Wallingford Riegger, Ruth Crawford Seeger, John J. Becker | 1998 | Compil. |
Music For Piano & Winds | Wallingford Riegger | 1996 | Album |
Modern Music For Brass | Wallingford Riegger, Alvin Etler | 1994 | Album |
Romanza, Dance Rhythms, Music for Orchestra, Concerto for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, Music for Brass Ensembles, Symphony No. 3 | Wallingford Riegger | 1990 | Compil. |
20th Century American Chamber Music | The Mirecourt Trio - Paul Reale, Samuel Barber, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Paul Creston, Wallingford Riegger | 1986 | Album |
Sue Ann Kahn Plays Schickele, Rochberg, Riegger, Luening | Sue Ann Kahn Plays Peter Schickele, George Rochberg, Wallingford Riegger, Otto Luening | 1986 | Album |
Works By: Henry Cowell / Wallingford Riegger / John J. Becker / Ruth Crawford Seeger | Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, John J. Becker, Ruth Crawford Seeger | 1978 | Album |
Modern Music For Two Pianos | Wallingford Riegger, Vincent Persichetti, Nicolai Berezowsky | 1974 | Album |
Rhapsody For Orchestra, Symphony VIII / Night Music / Dichotomy | Roger Sessions / Thea Musgrave / Wallingford Riegger | 1973 | Album |
String Quartet No. 2 / Elegy / Timepiece / Fantasy For Violin And Piano | Wallingford Riegger / Lawrence Moss / Donald Harris | 1973 | Album |
Elegaic Variations / Lamentation For Orchestra / Dichotomy | Ránki György / Wallingford Riegger - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester | 1971 | Album |
Symphony No. 8 / Study In Sonority, Op. 7 | The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Vincent Persichetti, Wallingford Riegger | 1970 | Album |
Fantasy And Fugue / Nocturne / Synthesis For Orchestra And Electronic Sound / Fantasia For Organ | Wallingford Riegger / Colin McPhee / Otto Luening | 1966 | Album |
Ben-Haim: To The Chief Musician Metaporphoses For Orchestra, Riegger: Variations For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 71 | Paul Ben-Haim, Wallingford Riegger, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney | 1960 | Album |
New Dance / Concerto No. 1 For Orchestra ("Arevakal") / Symphony No. 4 | Wallingford Riegger / Alan Hovhaness / Henry Cowell | 1956 | Album |
Symphony No. 6 / Variations For Piano And Orchestra / Notturno | Peter Mennin / Wallingford Riegger / Ernst Toch - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney | 1955 | Album |
Wallingford Riegger Symphony No 3 Peter Mennin Symphony No 3 | Wallingford Riegger, Peter Mennin, Howard Hanson, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Eastman Rochester Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra of New York | 1954 | Album |
Modern American Music Series | Douglas Moore, Wallingford Riegger | 1953 | Album |
New Dance / Ballad And Dance From Symphony No. 4 | Wallingford Riegger / Henry Cowell | 1953 | Single |
Symphony No. 3 / The Song Of Songs | Wallingford Riegger, Lukas Foss | Album | |
Riegger: Romanza - Music For Orchestra, Dance Rhythms / Avshalomov: The Taking Of T'ung Kuan / Cazden: Three Ballads From The Catskills | Wallingford Riegger / Jacob Avshalomov / Norman Cazden | Album | |
Trio For Piano, Violin And Cello | Wallingford Riegger | Album | |
The Minotaur / Symphony No. 4 / New Dance | Elliott Carter, Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger / Howard Hanson Conducting The Eastman-Rochester Orchestra | Album | |
Riegger: Canon And Fugue In D Minor / Becker: Concerto Arabesque For Piano And Orchestra / Ives: Thanksgiving (1904) | Wallingford Riegger / John J. Becker / Charles Ives - Jan Henrik Kayser & Oslo Filharmoniske Orkester / Iceland Symphony Orchestra / Iceland State Radio Chorus - William Strickland | Album | |
Concerto For Piano And Woodwind Quintet / Theme, Variations And Finale For Winds And Strings | Wallingford Riegger, New Art Wind Quintet, Harriet Wingreen / Ezra Laderman, New York Woodwind Quintet, The Saidenberg Chamber Players, Samuel Baron | Album | |
Sextet For Piano, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet And Horn - Concerto For Piano And Woodwind Quintet, Op. 53 (1953) | Francis Poulenc, Wallingford Riegger / New York Woodwind Quintet | Album | |
Poulenc: Sextet And Winds Riegger: Concerto For Piano And Woodwind Quintet, Op. 53 (1953) | Francis Poulenc, Wallingford Riegger / New York Woodwind Quintet | Album |