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010 a| 2006026742;

020 a| 158046212X;

020 a| 9781580462129;

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050 00 a| ML410.S4446b| R88 2007;

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245 00 a| Ruth Crawford Seeger's worlds :b| innovation and tradition in twentieth-century American music /c| edited by Ray Allen and Ellie M. Hisama.;

260 a| Rochester :b| University of Rochester Press,c| 2007.;

300 a| x, 308 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 24 cm.;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Eastman studies in music;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages 289-292), and index.;

505 00 t| Writing the music of Ruth Crawford into mainstream music history /r| Judith Tick --t| Ruth Crawford's precompositional strategies /r| Joseph N. Straus --t| Linear aggregates and proportional design in Ruth Crawford's Piano study in mixed accents /r| Lyn Ellen Burkett --t| In pursuit of a proletarian music: Ruth Crawford's "Sacco, Vanzetti" /r| Ellie M. Hisama --t| The reception of an ultramodernist: Ruth Crawford in the composers' forum /r| Melissa J. de Graaf --t| Ruth Crawford's imprint on contemporary composition /r| Nancy Yunhwa Rao --t| Reminiscences on Our Singing Country: the Crawford Seeger/Lomax alliance /r| Bess Lomax Hawes --t| Philosophical counterpoint: a comparison of Charles Seeger's composition treatise and Ruth Crawford Seeger's folk song appendix /r| Taylor A. Greer --t| Composing and teaching as dissonant counterpoint /r| Roberta Lamb --t| "Cultural strategy": the Seegers and B. A. Botkin as friends and allies /r| Jerrold Hirsch --t| Performing Dio's legacy: Mike Seeger and the urban folk music revival /r| Ray Allen --t| Peggy Seeger: from traditional folksinger to contemporary songwriter /r| Lydia Hamessley.;

520 a| This book offers new perspectives on the life and pioneering musical activities of American composer and folk music activist Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953). Ruth Crawford developed a unique modernist style with such now-esteemed works as her String Quartet 1931. In 1933, after marrying Charles Seeger, she turned to the work of teaching music to children and of transcribing, arranging, and publishing folk songs. This collection of studies by musicologists, music theorists, folklorists, historians, music educators, and women's studies scholars reveals how innovation and tradition have intertwined in surprising ways to shape the cultural landscape of twentieth-century America.;

600 10 a| Seeger, Ruth Crawford,d| 1901-1953x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A636815;

650 0 a| Women composersz| United Statesx| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A475999;

700 1 a| Allen, Ray,e| editor.=| ^A284561;

700 1 a| Hisama, Ellie M.e| editor.=| ^A476495;

830 0 a| Eastman studies in music.=| ^A494093;

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Ruth Crawford Seeger's worlds : innovation and tradition in twentieth-century American music / edited by Ray Allen and Ellie M. Hisama.

Other author	Allen, Ray, editor.
Other author	Hisama, Ellie M. editor.
Format	Book
Publication Info	Rochester : University of Rochester Press, 2007.
Description	x, 308 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
Subjects	Seeger, Ruth Crawford, 1901-1953--Criticism and interpretation. Women composers--United States. --Criticism and interpretation. Music--United States. --20th century. --History and criticism.

Series	Eastman studies in music Eastman studies in music. ^A494093
Contents	Writing the music of Ruth Crawford into mainstream music history / Judith Tick -- Ruth Crawford's precompositional strategies / Joseph N. Straus -- Linear aggregates and proportional design in Ruth Crawford's Piano study in mixed accents / Lyn Ellen Burkett -- In pursuit of a proletarian music: Ruth Crawford's "Sacco, Vanzetti" / Ellie M. Hisama -- The reception of an ultramodernist: Ruth Crawford in the composers' forum / Melissa J. de Graaf -- Ruth Crawford's imprint on contemporary composition / Nancy Yunhwa Rao -- Reminiscences on Our Singing Country: the Crawford Seeger/Lomax alliance / Bess Lomax Hawes -- Philosophical counterpoint: a comparison of Charles Seeger's composition treatise and Ruth Crawford Seeger's folk song appendix / Taylor A. Greer -- Composing and teaching as dissonant counterpoint / Roberta Lamb -- "Cultural strategy": the Seegers and B. A. Botkin as friends and allies / Jerrold Hirsch -- Performing Dio's legacy: Mike Seeger and the urban folk music revival / Ray Allen -- Peggy Seeger: from traditional folksinger to contemporary songwriter / Lydia Hamessley.
Abstract	This book offers new perspectives on the life and pioneering musical activities of American composer and folk music activist Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953). Ruth Crawford developed a unique modernist style with such now-esteemed works as her String Quartet 1931. In 1933, after marrying Charles Seeger, she turned to the work of teaching music to children and of transcribing, arranging, and publishing folk songs. This collection of studies by musicologists, music theorists, folklorists, historians, music educators, and women's studies scholars reveals how innovation and tradition have intertwined in surprising ways to shape the cultural landscape of twentieth-century America.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references, discography (pages 289-292), and index.
LCCN	2006026742
ISBN	158046212X
ISBN	9781580462129

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