Wallingford Riegger
American music composer
Wallingford Constantine Riegger (US: REE-gur; April 29, 1885 – April 2, 1961) was an American modernist composer and pianist, best known for his orchestral and modern dance music. He was born in Albany, Georgia, but spent most of his career in New York City, helping elevate the status of other American composers such as Charles Ives and Henry Cowell. Riegger is noted for being one of the first American composers to use a form of serialism and the twelve-tone technique.
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Works
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- Concerto for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, op. 53
- Concerto for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, op. 53: I. Allegro
- Concerto for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, op. 53: II. Andante
- Concerto for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, op. 53: III. Allegro molto
- Dance Rhythms, op. 58a
- Fantasy and Fugue for Orchestra and Organ, op. 10
- Movement for Two Trumpets, Trombone, and Piano, op. 66
- Music for Brass Choir, op. 45
- Music for Orchestra, op. 50
- New Dance, op. 18b
- Nonet for Brass, op. 49
- Romanza, op. 56a
- Symphony no. 3, op. 42
- Symphony no. 3, op. 42: I. Moderato - Allegro
- Symphony no. 3, op. 42: II. Andante affetuoso
- Symphony no. 3, op. 42: III. Moderato - Allegro
- Symphony no. 3, op. 42: IV. Beginning rather slowly - Allegro - Allegro feroce - Moderato
- Woodwind Quintet, op. 51