Wallingford Riegger

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The composer Wallingford Riegger is pictured circa 1909 as a student in Berlin, Germany, where he studied the cello and composition for three years. A native of Albany, Riegger was summoned to testify before the Congressional House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1957, but he refused to answer their questions about suspected Communists.

From Wallingford Riegger: Two Essays in Musical Biography, by S. Spackman

Wallingford Riegger