Twelve-Tone Techniquer Wallingford Riegger Signed 3X5 Card
"Twelve-Tone Techniquer" Wallingford Riegger Hand Signed 3X5 Card W/ Original Musical Bar. 29, 1885 - April 2, 1961 was an. Music composer, well known for orchestral and. Modern dance music, and film scores. But lived much of his life in. He is noted for being one of the first. American composers to use a form of. Was born in 1885 to Ida Wallingford and Constantine Riegger. Lumber mill burned down in 1888, his family moved to. Settling in New York in 1900. He was a member of the first graduating class of the Institute of Musical Art. He continued his studies at the. After returning in 1910, he. Married Rose Schramm in 1911, with whom he later had three daughters. After which he moved back to America. From 1918 to 1922, he. During the greater part of the time from 1930. To 1956, he continued to compose and publish while he taught at various. The Institute of Musical Art and. In 1957, he was called before the.
Honored him by conducting his. He died in New York in 1961 when he tripped over the. Leashes of two fighting dogs, resulting in a fall and a head injury from which. He did not recover despite treatment.
Bernstein said of him in his eulogy, All. Who knew Wally loved him. Music students by teacher: R to S#Wallingford Riegger. Known for his use of a twelve-tone system, related to that of. He became familiar with the technique through.
However, he did not use it in all of his. Compositions and his usage varied from that of Schoenberg, for example in not. Always using rows with twelve tone and not using transposed forms of the rows. For example, did not use these techniques. Aside from Schoenberg, Riegger was also significantly influenced by his.
Early on in his career as a composer, the style. Of his compositions was markedly different from that of his later work, which. Mostly used the twelve-tone system. His compositions, following those of. Starting in the mid-1930s, Riegger began to write. Later, as his career progressed, he began to use.Schoenberg's twelve-tone technique more and more often, though he did. Occasionally revert to his earlier styles. From 1941 on, he focused almost solely on. 3 received the New York Music Critics. Circle Award and a Naumburg Foundation Recording Award.