Background
Riegger, Wallingford was born in 1885 in Albany, Georgia, Spr. 29. Son of Constantin and Ida (Wallingford) Riegger.
Riegger, Wallingford was born in 1885 in Albany, Georgia, Spr. 29. Son of Constantin and Ida (Wallingford) Riegger.
Student Cornell, 1904-1905. Graduate Institute Museum Art, New York City, 1907. Student Hochschule für Musik, Berlin Germany, 1907-1909.
Studied cello with Robert Hausmann, Anton Hekking, also composition with Edgar Stillman-Kelley, Germany. Doctor of Music (honorary), Cincinnati Conservatory, 1925. Doctor of Music (honorary), Bard College, Annandale, New York, 1961.
June 13, 1910; children—Catherine (Mistress Edmond Harris), Ruth, Mary Rose (Mistress Harold Aks). Cellist St. Paul Symphony Orchestra, 1910-1913. Conductor opera, Würzburg, also Königsburg, Germany, 1914-1916.
Conductor Blüthner Orchestra, Berlin, 1916. Member music faculty Drake U., 1917-1921, Ithaca (New York) Conservatory, 1921-1923, also Institute Museum Art, Teachers College Columbia, New School Social Research, Metropolitan Music School, Manhattan School Music, New York City, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Identified as leader twelve tone technique.
Music director dance division, federal theater project Works Progress Administration, New York City. Composer 700 choral arrangements under seven pseudonyms. Advisory member Yaddo Music Festival.
Member music faculty Drake U., 1917-1921, Ithaca (New York) Conservatory, 1921-1923, also Institute Museum Art, Teachers College Columbia, New School Social Research, Metropolitan Music School, Manhattan School Music, New York City, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Member Yaddo Music Festival. Member American Composers Alliance (vice president), National Institute Arts and Letters, International Society Contemporary Music (president United States section 1948).
Compositions include: Rhapsody for Orchestra, 1925.
Married Rose Schramm. Children: Catherine (Mistress Edmond Harris), Ruth, Mary Rose (Mistress Harold Aks).