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Ruth Crawford Seeger (born Ruth Porter Crawford; July 3, 1901 – November 18, 1953) was an American composer and folk music specialist. Her music heralded the emerging modernist aesthetic, and she became a central member of a group of American composers known as the "ultramoderns".
28 mar 2017 · Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) is widely recognized both as the most important American woman composer of the Twentieth Century, and as a major figure in the study and preservation of American folk music.
13 ott 2017 · Ruth Crawford Seeger created pathbreaking music. But her family’s folk revival legacy has overshadowed her avant-garde compositions.
29 giu 2024 · Ruth Crawford Seeger (born July 3, 1901, East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S.—died Nov. 18, 1953, Chevy Chase, Md.) was a U.S. composer. She studied piano as a child and was self-taught as a composer until she entered the American Conservatory.
Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 - 1953) - Nine Preludes for Piano (1924 - 1928)I. Andante tranquillo [0:00]II. Allegro giocoso [1:26]III. Semplice [3:49]IV. Grave...
By 1930, Ruth Crawford was a force to be reckoned with in American modernism. Stylistically her work stood out in its uncompromising use of dissonance, contrapuntal ostinati, striking choice of texts and tidy formal construction.
Composer Ruth Crawford Seeger was a pivotal figure in American modernist music as well as a leading ethnomusicologist. Born in East Liverpool, Ohio, in 1901, Ruth Crawford learned to play piano from her mother.
