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Ruth Crawford Seeger

ルース・クロフォード・シーガー　/　るーす・くろふぉーど・しーがー

American composer

July 3, 1901 – November 18, 1953　・　East Liverpool, Ohio, United States

Ohio
composer

My Take

Ruth Crawford Seeger fascinates me as a quiet revolutionary. A woman from small-town East Liverpool, Ohio, she planted herself at the center of America's ultramodernist composers and became the first woman to win a Guggenheim Fellowship in composition in 1930 - a staggering feat for the era. What moves me most is her turn from the avant-garde toward folk music, choosing to preserve the songs of ordinary people over chasing fashion. She died far too young at 52, but her String Quartet still feels startlingly modern, and her influence on the Seeger musical legacy is incalculable. A composer who deserves far more shelf space.

Overview

Ruth Crawford Seeger (born Ruth Porter Crawford; July 3, 1901 – November 18, 1953) was an American composer and musicologist. Her music heralded the emerging modernist aesthetic, and she became a central member of a group of American composers known as the "ultramodernists". She composed primarily during the 1920s and 1930s, turning towards studies on folk music from the late 1930s until her death.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Ruth Crawford Seeger
Name (Japanese): ルース・クロフォード・シーガー
Reading: るーす・くろふぉーど・しーがー
Born: July 3, 1901 – November 18, 1953
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Ox
Origin: East Liverpool, Ohio, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: composer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

1930 Guggenheim Fellowship
1980 Ohio Women's Hall of Fame

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	String Quartet	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%EF%BC%9D%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%BC

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