Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961)
American
composer Wallingford Riegger was a proponent of none of the major
twentieth century "schools" of composition, and until the very end of
his long career he received little more than cursory notice from the
American musical establishment. Nevertheless, his 75 completed
compositions have proved a source of enrichment to several generations
of musicians who are drawn to Riegger's unique brand of modernism.
Riegger was born into a musically rich Georgia family in 1885, and was
taught piano and violin from an early age. Riegger added the cello to
his musical pursuits when the family decided to form a private string
quartet in 1900. After a year at Cornell University (1904), Riegger
enrolled at the newly formed Institute of Musical Arts in New York as a
student of both cello and composition. After graduating from the
Institute in 1907, Riegger traveled to Germany, where he took cello
lessons from Robert Haussmann, and studied composition with Max Bruch
and Edgar Stillman-Kelley. Riegger found employment as a cellist with
the St. Paul Orchestra upon returning to the United States in 1910, but
by 1914 he found himself back in Germany, working first as an opera
conductor (Stadttheater of Würzburg) and then, during the 1916-1917
season, as conductor of the Blüthner Orchestra in Berlin. Riegger was
lured back to the United States by the prospect of becoming professor
of cello at Drake University in Iowa, a position which would offer him
enough flexibility to pursue composition in a more serious way. His
first published work, the Piano Trio, op. 1 (1920) was awarded the
Paderewski Prize and gained Riegger some national attention, but during
the next few years he began to question the long-term merits of his
conservative musical style. From 1923 to 1926 he retired from active
composition to sort out his own personal views on the future of music.
By the late '20s, Riegger had aligned himself with progressive
composers Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, and Carl Ruggles, adopting a more
dissonant but still fiercely independent, compositional language. This
new language appears fully developed in the 1932 orchestra work
Dichotomy. Unfortunately, this new musical direction failed to bring
any recognition and financial reward. After he resigned from Drake
University in 1922, Riegger was forced to work as an editor and musical
arranger to make ends meet. During the 1930s, an interest in modern
dance led the composer to write almost exclusively for leaders in that
field, including Martha Graham and José Limon. By 1941 Riegger had
tired of his increasing isolation from other musicians and he
recommitted himself to instrumental composition, this time with greater
financial and popular success. The premiere of the Symphony No. 3 (1948) provided him national exposure, and he remained in the front rank
of American composers until his death in 1961. His later works employ
12-tone techniques in a very free manner.- Blair Johnston/AllMusic
COMPOSITIONS Riegger Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Band Overture, band (????, unfinished?) [in NYPL]
[Two Canons]: Canon #1; Canon #2, [????] (????) [in NYPL]
Minuet in G, violin, cello and piano (????) [in NYPL]
[Piece], violin and piano (????) [in NYPL]
[Piano Solo] (????) [in NYPL]
Theme (and one variation), piano (????, unfinished) [in NYPL]
Reminiscences, piano (????) [in NYPL]
Reverie, piano (c. 1900)
Quartet, B minor, [string quartet] (c. 1902)
Reverie, piano (c. 1902)
Moderato, piano (c. 1902)
Idylle, cello and piano (1904)
Dance, piano (1906)
Moderato, piano (c. 1908)
Romance, piano (1909)
Theme with Variations, piano (1910) [originally listed as "opus 2"]
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon, voice and piano (1910) [text: Burns]
Who Has Seen the Wind, voice and piano (1910) [text: Stevenson]
Night Flowers, voice and piano (1910) [text: Cronyn]
Andante con moto, C minor, string quartet (c. 1912, discarded)
Elegy, viola and piano (1915)
Elegy, cello and orchestra (1916) [also arr. for cello, piano and harmonium/incomplete]
Rhapsody, cello and piano (c. 1918)
Trio, B minor, violin, cello and piano, op. 1 (1919-20; fp. 21 Mar 1930) [Allegro moderato; Larghetto misterioso; Allegro]
Whimsy, cello (or violin) and piano, op. 2 (1920) [arr. for string quartet, 10 Apr 1933]
Revery, cello (or viola) and piano (1920)
Solitude, piano (c. 1920)
Two Bergerettes, high voice and piano (1920s?)
Triple Jazz, orchestra, op. 3 (1922) [originally titled "American Polonaise"]
Lullaby, cello (or viola) and piano (1922)
Novelette, cello and piano (1922)
La belle dame sans merci, 4 solo voices and 8 instruments, w/opt. female chorus, opt. strings, op. 4 (1923) [text: Keats]
Graded Studies in Ensemble Playing, piano & violin (pub. 1923) [w/explanatory material & 20 orig. compositions & transcriptions]
Chromatic Quartet (in one movement), string quartet (1924, unpublished)
Begin with Pieces (pub. 1924) [album of instructional material for beginning violin students]
Rhapsody, orchestra, op. 5 (1926)
Blue Voyage, piano, op. 6 (1927) [after Conrad Aiken]
Study in Sonority, 10 violins (or any multiple of ten), op. 7 (1927; fp. 23 Jan 1928) [originally titled "Caprice"]
Suite for Flute Alone, op. 8 (1929)
Petite Suite, violin orchestra, with piano accompaniment (1929) [pub. as "Holiday Sketches"]
Radio Suite, chamber orchestra ("about 1930, discarded") [theme of 3rd mvt used in canon and fugue of op. 33]
In the country, elementary orchestra (pub. 1930) [arr. by Tom Clark; Schirmer's Elementary Orchestra Series, no.6]
Three Canons for Woodwind Quartet, op . 9 (1931)
Fantasy and Fugue, organ 4-hands and orchestra, op. 10 (1930-33)
Gigue (Johann Sebastian Bach), dance piece, orchestra (1930) (5th French Suite arr. for Agnes De Mille)
Bacchanale, dance piece, piano 4-hands, op. 11 (fp. 2 Feb 1931) [for Martha Graham]
Rhapsody, orchestra (fp. 29 Oct 1931)
Dichotomy, chamber orchestra, op. 12 (1931-32)
Scherzo, chamber orchestra, op. 13 (1932)
- Scherzo, 2 pianos, op. 13a (1932) [arr. from work for orchestra]
Four Tone Pictures, piano, op. 14 (1932; pub. 1939?)
Divertissement, flute, harp and cello, op. 15 (1933)
Frenetic Rhythms, dance piece, piano, flute, clarinet, piano and drums, op. 16 (fp. 19 Nov 1933) [for Martha Graham]
Evocation, dance piece, piano 4-hands, op. 17 (1933) [for Martha Graham] [also for orchestra]
Trilogy (1935) [3 part choreographic work commissioned by Doris Humphrey]
- Part I: Theatre Piece (fp. 19 Jan 1936)
- Part II: With My Red Fires (fp. 13 Aug 1936)
- Part III: New Dance (fp. 27 Oct 1935)
Ballet for Band, op. 18 (1935)
- New Dance: Finale, band, op. 18c (fp. 7 July 1942)
New Dance (Part III of "Trilogy"), pf 4-hands & perc, op. 18 (fp. 27 Oct 1935) (also arr. for orch) [for Humphrey-Weidman]
- New Dance: Finale, orchestra, op. 18b [orchestrated 1935; fp. 30 Jan 1942]
- New Dance: Finale, violin and piano, op. 18e (fp. 23 Oct 1947)
- New Dance: Finale, 2 pianos, op. 18a; piano 4-hands, op. 18d; solo piano, op. 18 (1935) [originally a work for dance] (1932?)
Theatre Piece (Part I of "Trilogy"), dance piece, piano and other instruments, op. 19 (fp. 19 Jan 1936) [for Humphrey-Weidman]
With My Red Fires (Part II of "Trilogy"), pf & other instrmnts, op. 20 (fp. 13 Aug 1936) [for Humphrey-Weidman][NY: 30 Jan 1939]
Chronicle, dance piece, orchestra, op. 21 (fp. 20 Dec 1936) [for Martha Graham]
The Cry, dance piece, piano 4-hands, op. 22 (Nov 1935) [for Hanya Holm]
- The Cry, piano 4-hands, op. 22; 2 pianos, op. 22a (1935) [originally a work for dance]
Music for Voice and Flute, op. 23 (1936) [no text/vocalise; also for 2 flutes, or oboe and flute]
Dance Rhythms, 2 percussion players (1st player: 2 dr, tamb, 2 gongs, cym, small dr, large dr, bass dr, tom tom; 2nd player:
gong, cym, 3 locks, tom tom, b dr, tamb) (pub. 1936) [for Doris Humphrey; "notated by Wallingford Riegger"]
Candide, dance piece, piano, drums and other instruments, op. 24 (May 1937) [for Charles Weidman]
Trend, dance piece, piano, drums and other instruments, op. 25 (fp. 13 Aug 1937) [for Hanya Holm] [music also by Varèse]
Easy Exercises for Beginners on the Violin (pub. 1937)
Trojan Incident, dance piece, piano, drums and other instruments, op. 26 (fp. 21 Apr 1938) [for Helen Tamiris]
To the Dance, dance piece (fp. 30 Jan 1939) [for Weidman-Humphrey]
Case History No. ..., piano, drums and other instruments, op. 27 (fp. 28 Feb 1937) [for Anna Sokolow]
Machine Ballet, dance piece, piano and orchestra, op. 28 (Mar 1938) [for Saida Gerrard]
Dance Suite, ballet (1941?) ["Pilgrim's Progress" and "New Dance" later published or performed as separate works]
Pilgrim's Progress, dance piece, piano, op. 29 (20 Apr 1941) [for Erick Hawkins]
String Quartet No. 1, op. 30 (1938-39)
Consummation, orchestra, op. 31 (1939) [see "Music for Orchestra", op. 50]
Eternity, female chorus, flute, 2 horns and double bass, op. 32a (1942; fp. 11June 1944) [text: Emily Dickinson]
The Harold Flammer Duet Album, piano 4-hands (pub. 1942) [12 folk songs arranged for piano 4-hands]
From Some Far Shore, chorus and piano (or organ), op. 32b (1945) [text: Whitman, from "Song of the Universal"]
Easter Passacaglia (Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones), chorus (SATB or SAB or SSA) and piano (or organ), op. 32c (1946; fp. 1948)
Canon and Fugue, string orchestra, op. 33 (1941) [arr. 1944 for orchestra, op. 33a; arr. 1954 for 2 pianos] ["Canon and Fuge"]
- Canon and Fugue, 2 pianos (arr. 1954 from work for string orch, op. 33, 1941; also arr. for organ) ["Canon and Fuge"]
Passacaglia and Fugue, band, op. 34 (1942) [also arr. for orchestra] [also called "Prelude and Fugue"]
Duos for Three Woodwinds, flute, oboe and clarinet, op. 35 (1943; fp. 14 May 1947)
Processional (Funeral March), band, op. 36 (1943) [also arr. for orchestra, op. 36a; orch ver. fp. 3 July 1945]
Symphony No.1, orchestra, op. 37 (1944; fp. March 1949)
New and Old (12 pieces), piano, op. 38 (1944) [12 piano pieces with analysis and explanation of modern terms]
- Toccata, piano (1944) [originally "Fourths" and "Fifths" from "New and Old", with revised ending]
Sonatina, violin and piano, op. 39 (1947) [some material comes from Sym #2]
Little Black Samba, small orchestra, op. 40 (1946)
Symphony No. 2, orchestra, op. 41 (1945)
Symphony No. 3, orchestra, op. 42 (1946-47; rev. 1960; fp. 16 May 1948)
String Quartet No. 2, op. 43 (1948)
Who Can Revoke, chorus and piano, op. 44 (1948; fp. 19 Feb 1950)
Music for Brass Choir, op.45 (1948-49) [10 trumpets, 4 horns, 10 trombones, 2 tubas, timpani and cymbal]
In Certainty of Song, cantata, solo voices, chorus and piano (or orchestra), op. 46 (1950; fp. 23 Apr 1952) [text: Catherine Harris]
Piano Quintet, piano and string quartet, op. 47 (fp. 10 July 1951)
Non vincit malitia (Evil Shall Not Prevail), double chorus (SSA-SSA or SSATBB or TBB-TBB), op. 48 (1951)
Nonet for Brass, 3 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones and tuba, op. 49 (1951)
Music for Orchestra, op. 50 (1950) [a revision of "Consummation", op. 21, retaining original fugue; fp. 27 Mar 1955]
Woodwind Quintet, op. 51 (1952)
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 52 (1953)
Concerto, piano and wind quintet, op. 53 (1953; pub. 1956)
Variations for Piano and Orchestra, op. 54 (1952-53) [?originally planned as "Sym # 4" or symphonic poem]
- Variations for Two Pianos, op. 54a (1952-53) [arr. from work for piano and orchestra]
- Variations for Two Pianos and Orchestra, op. 54b [an alternate version of op. 54]
A Child Went Forth, chorus and oboe, op. 55 (1953) [text: Whitman] ["There Was a Child Went Forth"]
Suite for Younger Orchestras, op. 56 (1954) (1953?) [for various combinations of strings, winds, and piano ad. lib.]
Romanza, string orch or qt, op. 56a (1954) [amplification of "Lullaby" mvt from "Suite for Younger Orchestras", op. 56]
Variations, violin and viola (soli or in choirs), op. 57 (1957) (1956?)
String Quartet No. 3 (1957) - no such work
Dance Rhythms, orchestra, op. 58 (1955) (1954?) [also arr. for band]
The Dying of the Light, voice and piano, op. 59; or voice and orchestra, op. 59a (1954) [text: Dylan Thomas]
Overture, orchestra, op. 60 (1955)
Preamble and Fugue, orchestra, op. 61 (1955) [original title "Introduction and Fugue"]
Pastorale, 3 recorders (1955)
String Trio (1955) ["this material was used (in part) for the beginning of my Fourth Symphony"]
Petite Etude, piano, op. 62 (1956; pub. 1957)
Symphony No. 4, orchestra, op. 63 (1957) (1956?)
op. 64 - no work?
A Shakespeare Sonnet (No. 138), chorus (SSAB), baritone solo and piano (or chamber orchestra), op. 65 (1956)
Movement, 2 trumpets, trombone and piano, op. 66 (1957)
op. 67 - no work?
Festival Overture, orchestra, op. 68 (1957)
Etudes, clarinet (1957) - is this an actual work???
Canon on a Ground Bass (Purcell) (pub. 1957) [arr. for string orchestra]
Introduction and Fugue, 4 cellos or cello orchestra, op. 69 (1962) - CHECK DATE
Cooper Square, accordion, op. 70 (1958)
Variations for Violin and Orchestra, op. 71 (1959)
Quintuple Jazz, orchestra, op. 72 (1958)
Sinfonietta, orchestra, op. 73 (1959)
Introduction and Fugue, cello and symphonic winds/band (or orchestra), op. 74 (1960)
Duo, piano and orchestra, op.75 (1960)
The Somber Pine, voice and piano (pub. 1961) [text: Egmont Arens]
Arias and Arabesques, TV movie soundtrack (1962) [music: "Parallels"]
WORKS BY GENRE Riegger Links ~ top of page ~
Dance
Gigue (Johann Sebastian Bach), dance piece, orchestra (1930) (5th French Suite arr. for Agnes De Mille)
Bacchanale, dance piece, piano 4-hands, op. 11 (fp. 2 Feb 1931) [for Martha Graham]
Frenetic Rhythms, dance piece, piano, flute, clarinet, piano and drums, op. 16 (fp. 19 Nov 1933) [for Martha Graham]
Evocation, dance piece, piano 4-hands, op. 17 (1933) [for Martha Graham]
Trilogy (1935) [3 part choreographic work commissioned by Doris Humphrey]
- Part I: Theatre Piece (fp. 19 Jan 1936)
- Part II: With My Red Fires (fp. 13 Aug 1936)
- Part III: New Dance (fp. 27 Oct 1935)
New Dance (Part III of "Trilogy"), pf 4-hands & perc, op. 18 (fp. 27 Oct 1935) (also arr. for orch) [for Humphrey-Weidman]
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- Processional, piano [from "New Dance", #4]
- Liberation, piano 4-hands and percussion (1935) [also arr. for violin and piano] [from "New Dance", op. 18]
- Variations and Conclusion
Theatre Piece (Part I of "Trilogy"), dance piece, piano and other instruments, op. 19 (fp. 19 Jan 1936) [for Humphrey-Weidman]
With My Red Fires (Part II of "Trilogy"), pf & other instrmnts, op. 20 (fp. 13 Aug 1936) [for Humphrey-Weidman][NY: 30 Jan 1939]
- Quintet [excerpt from "With My Red Fires"; material used later for Sym #3, 2nd mvt]
Chronicle, dance piece, orchestra, op. 21 (fp. 20 Dec 1936) [for Martha Graham]
The Cry, dance piece, piano 4-hands, op. 22 (Nov 1935) [for Hanya Holm]
Candide, dance piece, piano, drums and other instruments, op. 24 (May 1937) [for Charles Weidman]
Trend, dance piece, piano, drums and other instruments, op. 25 (fp. 13 Aug 1937) [for Hanya Holm] [music also by Varèse]
Trojan Incident, dance piece, piano, drums and other instruments, op. 26 (fp. 21 Apr 1938) [for Helen Tamiris]
- Cassandra's Dance (1938) [excerpt from "Trojan Incident", voice and piano, w/cues for chorus and orchestra]
To the Dance, dance piece (fp. 30 Jan 1939) [for Weidman-Humphrey]
Case History No. ..., piano, drums and other instruments, op. 27 (fp. 28 Feb 1937) [for Anna Sokolow]
Machine Ballet, dance piece, piano and orchestra, op. 28 (Mar 1938) [for Saida Gerrard]
Dance Suite, ballet (1941?) ["Pilgrim's Progress" and "New Dance" later published or performed as separate works]
- Pavane
- Megalomaniac
- Pilgrim's progress
- New Dance
Pilgrim's Progress, dance piece, piano, op. 29 (20 Apr 1941) [for Erick Hawkins]
Dance Suite
- ???
- The Cry ["Dance Suite. II"]
- New Dance (Finale) ["Dance Suite. III"]
Orchestra
Triple Jazz, orchestra, op. 3 (1922) [originally titled "American Polonaise"]
Rhapsody, orchestra, op. 5 (1926)
Study in Sonority, 10 violins (or any multiple of ten), op. 7 (1927; fp. 23 Jan 1928) [originally titled "Caprice"]
Petite Suite, violin orchestra, with piano accompaniment (1929) [pub. as "Holiday Sketches"]
- Little prelude
- Lullaby
- Little waltz
- Little march
- Day dreams
Holiday Sketches, elementary orchestra (pub. 1928) [arr. by Tom Clark; selected and edited by Victor L.F. Rebmann]
- Little prelude
- Day-dreams
- Little waltz
- The parade
Radio Suite, chamber orchestra ("about 1930, discarded") [theme of 3rd mvt used in canon and fugue of op. 33]
Rhapsody, orchestra (fp. 29 Oct 1931)
Dichotomy, chamber orchestra, op. 12 (1931-32)
Scherzo, chamber orchestra, op. 13 (1932)
Evocation, orchestra, op. 17a (fp. 27 Nov 27 1948) [from dance piece]
New Dance: Finale, orchestra, op. 18b [orchestrated 1935; fp. 30 Jan 1942] [from dance piece]
Consummation, orchestra, op. 31 (1939) [see "Music for Orchestra", op. 50]
Canon and Fugue, string orchestra, op. 33 (1941) [arr. 1944 for orchestra, op. 33a; arr. 1954 for 2 pianos] ["Canon and Fuge"]
Passacaglia and Fugue, orchestra, op. 34a (1942; arr. 1944) [from work for band] [also called "Prelude and Fugue"]
Processional (Funeral March), band, op. 36 (1943) [also arr. for orchestra, op. 36a; orch ver. fp. 3 July 1945]
Symphony No.1, orchestra, op. 37 (1944; fp. March 1949)
Little Black Samba, small orchestra, op. 40 (1946)
Symphony No. 2, orchestra, op. 41 (1945)
Symphony No. 3, orchestra, op. 42 (1946-47; rev. 1960; fp. 16 May 1948)
Music for Brass Choir, op.45 (1948-49) [10 trumpets, 4 horns, 10 trombones, 2 tubas, timpani and cymbal]
Music for Orchestra, op. 50 (1950) [a revision of "Consummation", op. 21, retaining original fugue; fp. 27 Mar 1955]
Suite for Younger Orchestras, op. 56 (1954) (1953?) [for various combinations of strings, winds, and piano ad. lib.]
- Minuet
- Czardas
- March of the hobgoblins
- Lullaby
- On distant strands
Romanza, string orch or qt, op. 56a (1954) [amplification of "Lullaby" mvt from "Suite for Younger Orchestras", op. 56]
Dance Rhythms, orchestra, op. 58 (1955) (1954?)
Overture, orchestra, op. 60 (1955)
Preamble and Fugue, orchestra, op. 61 (1955) [original title "Introduction and Fugue"]
Symphony No. 4, orchestra, op. 63 (1957) (1956?)
Festival Overture, orchestra, op. 68 (1957)
Canon on a Ground Bass (Purcell) (pub. 1957) [arr. for string orchestra]
Quintuple Jazz, orchestra, op. 72 (1958)
Sinfonietta, orchestra, op. 73 (1959)
Band
Band Overture, band (????, unfinished?) [in NYPL]
Ballet for Band, op. 18 (1935)
- New Dance: Finale, band, op. 18c (fp. 7 July 1942)
Passacaglia and Fugue, band, op. 34 (1942) [also arr. for orchestra]
Processional (Funeral March), band, op. 36 (1943) [also arr. for orchestra]
Music for Brass Choir, op.45 (1948-49) [10 trumpets, 4 horns, 10 trombones, 2 tubas, timpani and cymbal]
Prelude and Fugue, Op. 52 (1953)
Dance Rhythms, band, op. 58a (1954) [originally for orchestra]
Introduction and Fugue, cello and symphonic winds/band (or orchestra), op. 74 (1960)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Elegy, cello and orchestra (1916) [also arr. for cello, piano and harmonium/incomplete]
Fantasy and Fugue, organ 4-hands and orchestra, op. 10 (1930-33)
Concerto, piano and wind quintet, op. 53 (1953)
Variations for Piano and Orchestra, op. 54 (1952-53) [?originally planned as "Sym # 4" or symphonic poem]
- Variations for Two Pianos and Orchestra, op. 54b [an alternate version of op. 54]
Variations for Violin and Orchestra, op. 71 (1959)
Introduction and Fugue, cello and symphonic winds/band (or orchestra), op. 74 (1960)
Duo, piano and orchestra, op.75 (1960)
Chorus w/Orchestra or Ensemble
La belle dame sans merci, 4 solo voices and 8 instruments, w/opt. female chorus, opt. strings, op. 4 (1923) [text: Keats]
In Certainty of Song, cantata, solo voices, chorus and piano (or orchestra), op. 46 (1950; fp. 23 Apr 1952) [text: Catherine Harris]
A Shakespeare Sonnet (No. 138), chorus (SSAB), baritone solo and piano (or chamber orchestra), op. 65 (1956)
Choral
La belle dame sans merci, 4 solo voices and 8 instruments, w/opt. female chorus, opt. strings, op. 4 (1923) [text: Keats]
Eternity, female chorus, flute, 2 horns and double bass, op. 32a (1942; fp. 11June 1944) [text: Emily Dickinson]
From Some Far Shore, chorus and piano (or organ), op. 32b (1945) [text: Whitman, from "Song of the Universal"]
Easter Passacaglia (Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones), chorus (SATB or SAB or SSA) and piano (or organ), op. 32c (1946; fp. 1948)
Who Can Revoke, chorus and piano, op. 44 (1948; fp. 19 Feb 1950)
In Certainty of Song, cantata, solo voices, chorus and piano (or orchestra), op. 46 (1950; fp. 23 Apr 1952) [text: Catherine Harris]
Non vincit malitia (Evil Shall Not Prevail), double chorus (SSA-SSA or SSATBB or TBB-TBB), op. 48 (1951)
A Child Went Forth, chorus and oboe, op. 55 (1953) [text: Whitman] ["There Was a Child Went Forth"]
A Shakespeare Sonnet (No. 138), chorus (SSAB), baritone solo and piano (or chamber orchestra), op. 65 (1956)
Numerous choral collections in the "Harold Flammer" series, arranged for various vocal combinations and piano
The Riegger Anthem Book (pub. 1956) [Zingarelli, N.A. Go not far from me, o God.--Beautiful saviour.--Ippolitof-Ivanof. Bless the Lord, o my soul.--Rutenbeck, M.N. We thank Thee, Lord, for mother love.--Pears, J.R. O saviour of the world.--Faure, J.B. The palms.--Riegger, W. Easter passacaglia.--Prayer of thanksgiving.--Christmas snows of Sweden.--Maltzeff, A.G. Russian carol]
- Softly and Tenderly, female chorus and piano (arr. 1934; music by Will L. Thompson)
- Beautiful Saviour, 2-part female chorus (arr. 1939) [an old crusader's hymn]
- Children of the Heavenly Father, female chorus, with soprano solo (arr. 1947) [a Swedish folk song]
Chamber
[Two Canons]: Canon #1; Canon #2, [????] (????) [in NYPL]
Minuet in G, violin, cello and piano (????) [in NYPL]
Quartet, B minor, [string quartet] (c. 1902)
Andante con moto, C minor, string quartet (c. 1912, discarded)
Trio, B minor, violin, cello and piano, op. 1 (1919-20; fp. 21 Mar 1930) [Allegro moderato; Larghetto misterioso; Allegro]
Whimsy, cello (or violin) and piano, op. 2 (1920) [arr. for string quartet, 10 Apr 1933]
Chromatic Quartet (in one movement), string quartet (1924, unpublished)
Study in Sonority, 10 violins (or any multiple of ten), op. 7 (1927; fp. 23 Jan 1928) [originally titled "Caprice"]
Three Canons for Woodwind Quartet, op . 9 (1931)
- 3-part canon with bassoon obbligato
- canon in the unison for flute and clarinet
- double canon:oboe and clarinet (augmented fourth), piccolo and bassoon (third octave)
Divertissement, flute, harp and cello, op. 15 (1933)
Music for Voice and Flute, op. 23 (1936) [no text/vocalise; also for 2 flutes, or oboe and flute]
Dance Rhythms, 2 percussion players (1st player: 2 dr, tamb, 2 gongs, cym, small dr, large dr, bass dr, tom tom; 2nd player:
gong, cym, 3 locks, tom tom, b dr, tamb) (pub. 1936) [for Doris Humphrey; "notated by Wallingford Riegger"]
String Quartet No. 1, op. 30 (1938-39)
Duos for Three Woodwinds, flute, oboe and clarinet, op. 35 (1943; fp. 14 May 1947)
- Duo for flute and oboe
- Duo for flute and clarinet
- Duo for oboe and clarinet
String Quartet No. 2, op. 43 (1948)
Music for Brass Choir, op.45 (1948-49) [10 trumpets, 4 horns, 10 trombones, 2 tubas, timpani and cymbal]
Piano Quintet, piano and string quartet, op. 47 (fp. 10 July 1951)
Nonet for Brass, 3 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones and tuba, op. 49 (1951)
Woodwind Quintet, op. 51 (1952)
Concerto for Piano and Woodwind Quintet, op. 53 (1953???; pub. 1956)
Romanza, string orch or qt, op. 56a (1954) [amplification of "Lullaby" mvt from "Suite for Younger Orchestras", op. 56]
String Trio (1955) ["this material was used (in part) for the beginning of my Fourth Symphony"]
Pastorale, 3 recorders (1955)
Variations, violin and viola (soli or in choirs), op. 57 (1957) (1956?)
String Quartet No. 3 (1957) - no such work
Movement, 2 trumpets, trombone and piano, op. 66 (1957)
Introduction and Fugue, 4 cellos or cello orchestra, op. 69 (1962) - CHECK DATE
Instrument and Piano
[Piece], violin and piano (????) [in NYPL]
Idylle, cello and piano (1904)
Elegy, viola and piano (1915)
Rhapsody, cello and piano (c. 1918)
Whimsy, cello (or violin) and piano, op. 2 (1920) [arr. for string quartet, 10 Apr 1933]
Revery, cello (or viola) and piano (1920)
Lullaby, cello (or viola) and piano (1922)
Novelette, cello and piano (1922)
New Dance: Finale, violin and piano, op. 18e (fp. 23 Oct 1947)
Sonatina, violin and piano, op. 39 (1947) [some material comes from Sym #2]
Instructional/Educationall
Graded Studies in Ensemble Playing, piano & violin (pub. 1923) [w/explanatory material & 20 orig. compositions & transcriptions]
Begin with Pieces (pub. 1924) [album of instructional material for beginning violin students]
[an elementary method for individual or class instruction of beginners on the violin. 38 folk-songs and folk dances,
13 scales with harmonies, 29 little pieces and exercises, all with piano accompaniment.]
Holiday Sketches, elementary orchestra (pub. 1928) [arr. by Tom Clark; selected and edited by Victor L.F. Rebmann]
- Little prelude
- Day-dreams
- Little waltz
- The parade
In the country, elementary orchestra (pub. 1930) [arr. by Tom Clark; Schirmer's Elementary Orchestra Series, no.6]
Easy Exercises for Beginners on the Violin (pub. 1937)
Solo Instrument
Suite for Flute Alone, op. 8 (1929)
Etudes, clarinet (1957) - is this an actual work???
Cooper Square, accordion, op. 70 (1958)
Piano
[Piano Solo] (????) [in NYPL]
Theme (and one variation), piano (????, unfinished) [in NYPL]
Reminiscences, piano (????) [in NYPL]
Reverie, piano (c. 1900)
Reverie, piano (c. 1902)
Moderato, piano (c. 1902)
Dance, piano (1906)
Moderato, piano (c. 1908)
Romance, piano (1909)
Theme with Variations, piano (1910) [originally listed as "opus 2"]
Solitude, piano (c. 1920)
Blue Voyage, piano, op. 6 (1927) [after Conrad Aiken]
Bacchanale, piano 4-hands, op. 11 (1931) [originally a work for dance]
Scherzo, 2 pianos, op. 13a (1932) [arr. from work for orchestra]
Four Tone Pictures, piano, op. 14 (1932; pub. 1939?)
- Prelude
- Angles and Curves
- Wishful Thinking
- Grotesque
Evocation, piano 4-hands or 2 pianos, op. 17 (1933) [originally a work for dance]
New Dance: Finale, 2 pianos, op. 18a; piano 4-hands, op. 18d; solo piano, op. 18 (1935) [originally a work for dance] (1932?)
The Cry, piano 4-hands, op. 22; 2 pianos, op. 22a (1935) [originally a work for dance]
Canon and Fugue, 2 pianos (arr. 1954 from work for string orch, op. 33, 1941; also arr. for organ) ["Canon and Fuge"]
The Harold Flammer Duet Album, piano 4-hands (pub. 1942) [12 folk songs arranged for piano 4-hands]
New and Old (12 pieces), piano, op. 38 (1944) [12 piano pieces with analysis and explanation of modern terms]
- The augmented triad
- The major second
- The tritone
- The twelve tones
- Shifted rhythm
- Twelve upside down
- Seven times seven
- Chromatics
- Dissonant counterpoint
- Tone clusters
- Polytonality
- Fourths and fifths
Toccata, piano (1944) [originally "Fourths" and "Fifths" from "New and Old", with revised ending]
Variations for Two Pianos, op. 54a (1952-53) [arr. from work for piano and orchestra]
Petite Etude, piano, op. 62 (1956; pub. 1957)
Suite for Two Pianos (pub. ????)
- Evocation
- The Cry
- New Dance: Finale
Skip to My Lou, 2 pianos
The Galway Piper, 2 pianos
Vocal
Ye Banks and Braes O' Bonnie Doon, voice and piano (1910) [text: Burns]
Who Has Seen the Wind, voice and piano (1910) [text: Stevenson]
Night Flowers, voice and piano (1910) [text: Cronyn]
Two Bergerettes, high voice and piano (1920s?)
- Charmant bocage
- Toi, dont les yeux
La belle dame sans merci, 4 solo voices and 8 instruments, w/opt. female chorus, opt. strings, op. 4 (1923) [text: Keats]
[2 sopranos, contralto, tenor, vln, va, vc, db, ob/EH, cl and horn]
Music for Voice and Flute, op. 23 (1936) [no text/vocalise; also for 2 flutes, or flute and oboe]
The Dying of the Light, voice and piano, op. 59; or voice and orchestra, op. 59a (1954) [text: Dylan Thomas]
The Somber Pine, voice and piano (pub. 1961) [text: Egmont Arens]
Incidental/Film
Arias and Arabesques, TV movie soundtrack (1962) [music: "Parallels"]
Little Black Sambo, Musical accompaniment for monologue (????)
RIEGGER LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
[under construction]
Mark Morris’s Guide to Twentieth Century Composers (MusicWeb International)
Wallingford Riegger: A Thumbnail Sketch (Dr. David C.F. Wright, MusicWeb International)
Wallingford Riegger and the Modern Dance (The Musical Quarterly)
Composer website (at G. Schirmer) . . . inquire about Wallingford Riegger: here
Riegger @ Wikipedia
Riegger @ Answers.com
Riegger @ Art of the States
Riegger @ Bach Cantatas
Riegger @ Classical Archives
Riegger @ Classical Composers Database
Riegger @ Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
Riegger @ Facebook
Riegger @ Gilder-MusicWeb Dictionary of Composers
Riegger @ IBDB (Internet Broadway Database)
Riegger @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Riegger @ InstantEncore
Riegger @ Manchester Symphony Orchestra
Riegger @ MusicWeb International
Riegger @ Naxos
Riegger @ The New Georgia Encyclopedia
Riegger @ New York Public Library also here
Riegger @ The New York Times
Riegger @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Riegger @ Williams Symphonic Winds
Publisher
Riegger @ American Composers Alliance
Riegger @ American Music League
Riegger @ Arrow Music Press
Riegger @ Ars Viva Verlag
Riegger @ Associated Music/G. Schirmer
Riegger @ Bennington College
Riegger @ Bomart Music Publications
Riegger @ Boosey & Hawkes
Riegger @ Chappell & Co
Riegger @ Chester Novello
Riegger @ Deiro/MOMAC
Riegger @ Harms
Riegger @ Harold Flammer
Riegger @ Leeds Music Corp
Riegger @ London Assoc. Music Publ.
Riegger @ Malcolm Music
Riegger @ Edward B. Marks Music Corp.
Riegger @ Mercury Music Corp
Riegger @ Merion Music [sole representative: T. Presser]
Riegger @ Merrymount Music Press
Riegger @ Mobart Music [sole agent, Jerona Music]
Riegger @ New Music Edition
Riegger @ New Music Society of California
Riegger @ Pacific Music Press
Riegger @ Peermusic/Peer International
Riegger @ Edition Peters/C.F. Peters
Riegger @ Theodore Presser
Riegger @ G. Schirmer
Riegger @ Shawnee Press
Riegger @ Society for the Publication of American Music
Riegger @ M. Witmark & Sons
Streaming Audio
Riegger @ Art of the States
Riegger @ Classical Archives
Riegger @ last.fm
Riegger @ Rhapsody.com
Recordings
Riegger @ ArkivMusic
Riegger @ ClassicsOnline
Riegger @ Discogs
Riegger @ DRAM Online
Video
Riegger @ YouTube
Riegger @ Google Video
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