Wallingford Riegger
USA, 1910–1961
American composer (1885-1961) who took the twelve-tone method as a starting point rather than a creed, and paid rent writing dance scores for Martha Graham and Doris Humphrey under half a dozen pseudonyms.
MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Wallingford Riegger and 0 artists Wallingford Riegger influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Wallingford Riegger?
- Arnold Schoenberg — Riegger took the twelve-tone method from studying Schoenberg — and treated it as a starting point to be assimilated rather than a doctrine to follow.