ruth crawford seeger

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Definition of ruth crawford seeger in English English dictionary

orig. Ruth Porter Crawford born July 3, 1901, East Liverpool, Ohio, U.S. died Nov. 18, 1953, Chevy Chase, Md. U.S. composer. She studied piano as a child and was self-taught as a composer until she entered the American Conservatory. After early works influenced by Alexander Scriabin, she wrote several astonishing serial pieces, including her String Quartet (1931). She married the musicologist Charles Seeger (1886-1979) in 1931, becoming folk singer Pete Seeger's stepmother. She composed little after that but became an influential curator of American folk music

Hyphenation

ruth Craw·ford See·ger

Turkish pronunciation

ruth krôfırd sigır

Pronunciation

/ˈro͞oᴛʜ ˈkrôfərd ˈsēgər/ /ˈruːθ ˈkrɔːfɜrd ˈsiːɡɜr/