This composer once won a major award that had never been presented to an American composer previously. One of his works, however, was described by a critic as resembling "dying moans of a bovine." Who is this composer and what was interesting about his untimely demise?

lanfranco

That would be avant-garde composer Wallingford Riegger (1885-1961), whose work was described as sounding like "a dying cow emitting mournful groans." (And it's pretty much true, though he won the Coolidge and Padereweski Prizes.) He died after having tripped over a leash during a dogfight: http://eridanus.gsu.edu/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2697 Jul 12 05, 5:57 PM

peasypod

Nice One Frankie, seems these composers drop off in the most peculiar ways. Jul 12 05, 6:17 PM

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