| Ruth Crawford Seeger's Worlds: Innovation and Tradition in Twentieth-Century American Music Contributor(s): Allen, Ray (Editor), Hisama, Ellie M. (Editor), Hawes, Bess Lomax (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 158046212X ISBN-13: 9781580462129 Publisher: University of Rochester Press OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: 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.BR> 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 City. Ellie M. Hisama (Columbia University) is author of Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger, Marion Bauer, and Miriam Gideon. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Individual Composer & Musician |
| Dewey: 780.92 |
| LCCN: 2006026742 |
| Series: Eastman Studies in Music |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.33" W x 9.1" (1.48 lbs) 322 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 City Ellie M. Hisama (Columbia University) is author of Gendering Musical Modernism: The Music of Ruth Crawford Seeger, Marion Bauer, and Miriam Gideon. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hisama, Ellie M.: - Ellie M. Hisama is professor of music at Columbia University. |