Wallingford Konstantin Riegger ( Wallingford Constantine Riegger ; April 29, 1885 , Albany , Georgia , USA - April 2, 1961 , New York , New York , USA ) - American composer, conductor, cellist and teacher.
| Wallingford rigger Wallingford iegger | |
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| Date of Birth | April 29, 1885 |
| Place of Birth | Albany , USA |
| Date of death | April 2, 1961 (aged 75) |
| A place of death | New York , USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Professions | composer film composer conductor cellist music teacher |
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Content
- 1 Biography
- 2 Works
- 3 Awards
- 4 Literature
- 5 Links
Biography
Born in the family of pianist Ida Wallingford and violinist Konstantin Rigger. He received his primary musical education from his parents. In 1905-1907 he studied at the Institute of Musical Arts (now the Juilliard School ) with Percy Getschus (composition) and Alvin Schroeder (cello), and since 1907 - at the Higher School of Music in Berlin with Max Bruch and E. Shtilman-Kelly (composition) , Robert Houseman (cello). Since 1910 he conducted the symphony orchestra in Berlin; led theater orchestras in many cities in Germany. Since 1917 he worked in the USA, taught classes of cello and theoretical subjects at US universities: in Des Moines (1918-1922), New York (1924-1925), Ithaca (1926-1928) and other cities. In 1956 he began teaching at the Metropolitan Opera Music School in New York. Among his students: Robert Ashley , Morton Feldman and others. He was a member of the International Society of Contemporary Composers. Since the 1920s, he began experimenting in the field of sonorics , and under the influence of music by Arnold Schoenberg , with dodecafonia . Together with Leo Theremin worked on the creation of power tools. Along with Henry Cowell , Charles Ives , Karl Ruggles and John Becker, he was in the "American Five" of avant-garde composers.
Compositions
- cantata “Ruthless Beauty” for 4 voices, choir and chamber orchestra / La belle dame sans merci (1923)
- cantata "Fading Light" for voice from the orchestra / The dying light (1954)
- cantata "Shakespeare's Sonnet" for baritone, choir and orchestra
- cantata "The Truth of the Song" / In certainty of song (1950)
- Symphony No. 1 (1934)
- Symphony No. 2 (1946)
- Symphony No. 3 (1947)
- Symphony No. 4 (1957)
- Symphonietta (1959)
- "Festive Overture" / Festival overture (1957)
- rhapsody (1926)
- rhapsody (1931)
- The Dichotomy (1932)
- Dance rhythms / Dance rhythms (1955)
- “Music for the orchestra” (1956)
- Five Jazz / Quinarle Jazz (1959)
- American Polonaise (1922)
- “Music for the orchestra” (1950)
- The Funeral March (1945)
- "Dichotomy" for the chamber orchestra (1932)
- “Sonoristic Etude” for sounding for 10 violins / Study in sonority (1927)
- dance scene for piano, drums and cello Candide / Candide (1937)
- dance scene for piano, drums and cello "Random Story" / Case story (1937)
- dance scene for piano, drums and cello "Deviation" / Trend (1937)
- dance scene for piano / Pilgrim's progress (1938)
Rewards
- 1924 - Coolidge Prize (cantata " Ruthless Beauty ")
Literature
- Musical Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. G.V. Keldysh. - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1990. - p. 460 - ISBN 5-85270-033-9
- Goldman R., The music of Wallingford Riegger, Musical Quarterly, 1950, v. 36, p. 39-61.
- Composers since 1900. NY, 1969, p. 464-68.
- Hitchcock HW, Music in the United States. A historical introduction. NY, 1974, p. 187, 223.
Links
- Wallingford Rigger on the Internet Movie Database