Ruth Crawford Seeger

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:music_educator
composer
folk music arranger
gptkbp:activeYears 1920s–1953
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Library_of_Congress
gptkb:Works_Progress_Administration
gptkbp:award gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkbp:birthDate 1901-07-03
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:East_Liverpool,_Ohio,_USA
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Chevy_Chase,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:causeOfDeath gptkb:cancer
gptkbp:child gptkb:Mike_Seeger
gptkb:Peggy_Seeger
gptkbp:contribution early female recipient of Guggenheim Fellowship for composition
collected and arranged American folk songs
pioneered dissonant counterpoint
gptkbp:deathDate 1953-11-18
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Chevy_Chase,_Maryland,_USA
gptkbp:education gptkb:American_Conservatory_of_Music
gptkbp:field gptkb:music
music education
folk music preservation
gptkbp:genre folk
modernist music
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ruth Crawford Seeger
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Mike_Seeger
gptkb:Pete_Seeger
gptkb:Peggy_Seeger
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_Sandburg
gptkb:Henry_Cowell
gptkb:Charles_Seeger
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Composers'_Collective_of_New_York
gptkbp:movement American modernism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Nine_Preludes_for_Piano
gptkb:String_Quartet_1931
gptkb:Three_Chants_for_Women's_Chorus
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:music_educator
composer
arranger
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Charles_Seeger
gptkbp:stepchild gptkb:Pete_Seeger
gptkbp:teacherOf gptkb:Adelaide_Crapsey
gptkb:Charles_Seeger
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Federal_Music_Project
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4