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Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) is frequently considered the most significant American female composer in this century. 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 he...

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1. Verfasser: Tick, Judith (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : Oxford University Press, 2000, ©1997.
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Zusammenfassung:Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953) is frequently considered the most significant American female composer in this century. 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. But her legacy extends far beyond the cutting edge of modern music. Collaborating with poet Carl Sandburg on folk song arrangements in the twenties, and with the famous folk-song collectors John and Alan Lomax in the 1930s, she emerged as a central.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xiv, 457 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:"Chronological checklist of works": pages 361-371
Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-432), discography (pages 433-435) , and index.
ISBN:1423760662
9781423760665
0195137922
9780195137927

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