Wallingford Riegger

American music composer (1885–1961)

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[15]
Date of birth: April 29, 1885
Date of death: April 2, 1961
Place of birth: Albany
Place of death: New York City
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: conductor, composer, musicologist, cellist
Employer: Drake University^[10]
Educated at: Juilliard School^[11]
Notable work: Symfonie nr. 4 (Riegger)^[13]
Genre: symphony^[16]
Cause of death: falling from height^[18]
Archives at: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts^[17]
Described by source: Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers^[30]
Family name: Riegger^[19]
Instrument: cello^[29]
Manner of death: accidental death^[28]
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters^[14]
On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject New York Public Library^[31]
Pseudonym: Edwin Farrell, Gerald Wilfring Gore, Leonard Gregg, Edgar Long, John H. McCurdy, George Northrup, William Richards, Walter Scotson^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]
Student: Morton Feldman^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 63

ISNI: 0000000109178364
VIAF cluster ID: 76514153
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n81133625
GND ID: 119251604
American Academy in Rome ID: 12454450
American National Biography ID: 1800938
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/66543
BIBSYS ID: 4019110
BMLO ID: r0567
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14026631h
CANTIC ID: 981061520000406706
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 49766

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CiNii Research ID: 1140563741614600832
Classical Archives composer ID: 5597
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 119251604
Dezède person ID: 30886
Discogs artist ID: 1644370
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/Wallingford-Riegger
Encyclopædia Universalis ID: wallingford-riegger
Europeana entity: agent/base/156741
FAST ID: 82509
FES digital collections entity ID: 412622
Flanders Arts Institute person ID (former scheme): 1954212
Freebase ID: /m/07hgf4
Geni profile ID: 6000000158828937821
Gran Enciclopèdia de la Música ID: 12347
Grove Music Online ID: 23432
HAND ID: C382-AFE1-52A3-3731-21FD
Harper's tag: wallingford-riegger
IDU person ID: 29806
IMDb ID: nm2726007
IMSLP ID: Category:Riegger,_Wallingford_Constantine
IdRef ID: 174481314
J9U entity ID: 987007271842005171
KANTO ID: 000208468
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID: 119251604
Kunstenpunt Knowledge Graph ID: Wikidata item
Libraries Australia ID: 35870980
LiederNet composer ID: 5500
MMB ID: 102956
MusicBrainz artist ID: 6acb80ea-3fc4-4d6e-bd0b-db41d168c19d
Musicalics composer ID: 80596
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000239148
NACSIS-CAT author ID: DA12099967
NL CR AUT ID: mzk2010585742
NLA Trove people ID: 1124546
NLP ID: a0000003258140
NUKAT ID: n2008079811
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000440684
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810539203305606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX5777334
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 097134902
New Georgia Encyclopedia ID: arts-culture/wallingford-riegger-1885-1961
Open Library ID: OL4646059A
OpenMLOL author ID: 409006
Oxford Reference overview ID: 20110803100421318
Prabook ID: 1095887
SBN author ID: REAV179429
SNAC ARK ID: w6h130cw
The Oxford Dictionary of Music entry ID: 7592
TheaterEncyclopedie ID: 01944073-1b2d-734f-a922-4f9475a60a16
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJpjhrGXJdJRVdDX7xpgKd
Yale LUX ID: person/55947c3e-df86-4484-9167-e95358d4caab

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🔗 Connections

Mb:teacher 4

Morton Feldman, Elie Siegmeister, Henry Brant, Alan Stout

Occupation 4

composer, conductor, musicologist, cellist

Students 2

Morton Feldman, Toots Mondello

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

Juilliard School

Employer 1

Drake University

Genre 1

symphony

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

cello

Manner of death 1

accidental death

Member of 1

American Academy of Arts and Letters

Place of birth 1

Albany

Place of death 1

New York City

Sex or gender 1

male

Student 1

Morton Feldman

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Robert Hausmann

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Summary

Wallingford Riegger was born on April 29, 1885^[1], in Albany^[2]. He died on April 2, 1961^[3], in New York City^[4]. He worked as a conductor^[5], composer^[6], musicologist^[7], and cellist^[8].

FAQs

Where was Wallingford Riegger born?

Wallingford Riegger was born in Albany^[2].

Where did Wallingford Riegger die?

Wallingford Riegger passed away in New York City^[4].

What did Wallingford Riegger do for work?

Wallingford Riegger worked as a conductor^[5], composer^[6], musicologist^[7], and cellist^[8].

Where did Wallingford Riegger go to school?

Wallingford Riegger was educated at Juilliard School^[11].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — place of birth (P19): Albany. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — place of death (P20): New York City. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — educated at (P69): Juilliard School. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — occupation (P106): conductor. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — occupation (P106): composer. Musicalics. Retrieved 2022-04-05. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — occupation (P106): musicologist. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — occupation (P106): cellist. Retrieved 2019-06-20. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — employer (P108): Drake University. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — genre (P136): symphony. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — member of (P463): American Academy of Arts and Letters. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — archives at (P485): New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. archives.nypl.org. Retrieved 2024-07-22. archives.nypl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — cause of death (P509): falling from height. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — date of birth (P569): April 29, 1885. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — date of death (P570): April 2, 1961. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — family name (P734): Riegger. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — pseudonym (P742): Edwin Farrell. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — pseudonym (P742): Gerald Wilfring Gore. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — pseudonym (P742): Leonard Gregg. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — pseudonym (P742): Edgar Long. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — pseudonym (P742): John H. McCurdy. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — pseudonym (P742): George Northrup. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — pseudonym (P742): William Richards. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — pseudonym (P742): Walter Scotson. Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved 2020-08-30. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — notable work (P800): Symfonie nr. 4 (Riegger). wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — student (P802): Morton Feldman. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — manner of death (P1196): accidental death. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — instrument (P1303): cello. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — described by source (P1343): Brief Biographical Dictionary of Foreign Composers. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Wallingford Riegger — on focus list of Wikimedia project (P5008): WikiProject New York Public Library. wikidata.org.

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