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The music of Ruth Crawford Seeger / Joseph N. Straus.
Author
Straus, Joseph Nathan
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995.
Description
xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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Mendel Music Library - Stacks
ML410.S4446 S77 1995
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Subject(s)
Composers
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United States
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Biography
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Seeger, Ruth Crawford 1901-1953
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Criticism and interpretation
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Series
Music in the twentieth century
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Summary note
This book is the first full-length analytical study of the music of Ruth Crawford Seeger. Crawford was a pivotal figure in the American avant-garde, the so-called 'ultra-modern' movement of the 1920s and 1930s. In addition to her historical significance, as part of the first generation of American composers to step out from the shadow of European models, her music deserves attention for its original and compelling structures and its expressive power. Crawford created new ways of writing melodies, of combining them in heterogeneous juxtaposition, of projecting musical ideas over large spans of time, and of structuring rhythm and dynamics alongside pitch. In her innovative musical language, Crawford wrote a small handful of works that should now take their rightful place in the musical modernist canon.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-256) and index.
Contents
Introduction
Elements of a style. Melody ; Register ; Large-scale designs ; Precompositional plans ; Counterpoint ; Harmony ; Rhythm ; Dynamics
Six analyses. "Rat Riddles" from Three Sandburg Songs ; "Prayers of Steel" from Three Sandburg Songs ; String Quartet, third movement ; String Quartet, fourth movement ; Suite for Wind Quintet, first movement ; Suite for Wind Quintet, third movement
Crawford's music in its context. In the context of her biography ; In the context of the ultra-modern movement ; In the context of the history of women in music.
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ISBN
0521416469
9780521416467
LCCN
94021135
OCLC
30664263
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