But her legacy extends far beyond the cutting edge of modern music. Greer, Lydia Hamessley, Bess Lomax Hawes, Jerrold Hirsch, Roberta Lamb, Carol J. Joining Aaron Copland and Henry Cowell as a key member of the 1920s musical avant-garde, she went on to study with modernist theorist and future husband Charles Seeger, writing her masterpiece, String Quartet 1931, not long after. Judith Ticks biography is a suitable monument to. Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) is frequently considered the most significant American female composer in this century. cover art Ruth Crawford Seeger is a pivotal but little-known figure of American music in the 20th Century. and the booklet provides informative notes by Crawfords latest biographer, Judith Tick, and a tribute from Knussen.

Analysis by Ruth Crawford Seeger of the Third and Fourth Movements of the String Quartet Part I-Early Years: 1901-1920 - A Minister's Daughter - An 'American Woman Pianist' - Part II-Chicago: 1921-1929 - The 'Wonder City' - New Ways of Knowing - 'Trees of Sound and Color': Music, 1924-1929 - Part III-New York: 1929-1930 - One West 68th Street - 'The Curves in our friendship' - Part IV-Europe: 1930-1931 - 'In Europe one can work!' - 'Dear Superwoman' - Part V-New York: 1932-1936 - Homecoming - 'Music as a weapon in the class struggle' - 'A thread unwinding': Music, 1930-1932 - 'Composing babies' - Part VI-Washington: 1936-1953 - Discovering 'Unmusical' America - Lomax Country - The breath of the singer': Transcriptions - American folk songs go to school - Dio's Circus - A fork in the road - 'Keep the song going': Folk-song arrangements - 'Wading in grace' - Appendix A. Its certainly a fitting legacy from so gifted and encompassing an intelligence as Ruth Crawford Seegers. Review: This volume should find a place in every serious folk music fans library. 1 online resource (xiv, 457 pages) : illustrations Judith Tick is Professor of Music at Northeastern University and author of the first major biography of Ruth Crawford Seeger.

Ruth Crawford Seeger by Judith Tick