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Ruth Crawford Seeger

Ruth Crawford Seeger has been played on NTS in shows including Tafelmusik w/ Francesco Fusaro, featured first on 15 January 2016. Songs played include Study In Mixed Accents, String Quartet 1931 and Seeger: Andante for strings.

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 - 1953), born Ruth Porter Crawford, was a modernist composer. In the twenties and early thirties, Crawford Seeger wrote atonal works influenced by Alexander Scriabin. These works favored dissonance and post-tonal harmonies; they also utilized irregular rhythms and meters.

Her technique may have been influenced by the music of Schoenberg, although they met only briefly during her studies in Germany. She was encouraged and guided…

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MOST PLAYED TRACKS
Study In Mixed Accents
Ruth Crawford Seeger, Continuum, Cheryl Seltzer, Joel Sachs
Musical Heritage Society1993
Study In Mixed Accents
Ruth Crawford Seeger, Continuum, Cheryl Seltzer, Joel SachsMusical Heritage Society1993
Discogs
String Quartet 1931
Finney, Seeger, The Stanley Quartet, Amati String Quartet
Special Service Records1960
String Quartet 1931
Finney, Seeger, The Stanley Quartet, Amati String QuartetSpecial Service Records1960
Discogs
Seeger: Andante for strings
Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Ruth Crawford Seeger
Decca1995
Seeger: Andante for strings
Charles Ives, Carl Ruggles, Ruth Crawford SeegerDecca1995
Discogs
Preludes
Steffen Schleiermacher, Dane Rudhyar, Ruth Crawford, Carl Ruggles, Henry Cowell
MDG2005
Preludes
Steffen Schleiermacher, Dane Rudhyar, Ruth Crawford, Carl Ruggles, Henry CowellMDG2005
Discogs
Music For Small Orchestra
Ruth Crawford Seeger, Oliver Knussen, Lucy Shelton, Reinbert de Leeuw, New London Chamber Choir, James Wood, Schönberg Ensemble
Deutsche Grammophon1997
Music For Small Orchestra
Ruth Crawford Seeger, Oliver Knussen, Lucy Shelton, Reinbert de Leeuw, New London Chamber Choir, James Wood, Schönberg EnsembleDeutsche Grammophon1997
Discogs
String Quartet (1931)
JACK Quartet, Rodericus, Carter, Crawford Seeger, Haas
Bmn Audiophil2015
String Quartet (1931)
JACK Quartet, Rodericus, Carter, Crawford Seeger, HaasBmn Audiophil2015
Discogs
String Quartet No.2
Fine Arts Quartet, John Downey, Ben Johnston, Ruth Crawford - Seeger
Gasparo1980
String Quartet No.2
Fine Arts Quartet, John Downey, Ben Johnston, Ruth Crawford - SeegerGasparo1980
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