Ruth Crawford Seeger's Worlds

Ruth Crawford Seeger's Worlds offers new perspectives on the life and pioneering musical activities of American composer and folk music activist Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-53). 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.CONTRIBUTORS: LYN ELLEN BURKETT MELISSA J. DE GRAAF TAYLOR A. GREER LYDIA HAMESSLEY BESS LOMAX HAWES JERROLD HIRSCH ROBERTA LAMB CAROL J. OJA NANCY YUNHWA RAO JOSEPH N. STRAUS JUDITH TICK.Ray Allen (Brooklyn College) is author of Singing in the Spirit: African-American Sacred Quartets in New York CityEllie M. Hisama (Columbia University) is author of Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger Marion Bauer and Miriam Gideon.