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Ruth Crawford Seeger (July 3, 1901 - November 18, 1953), born Ruth Porter Crawford, was a modernistcomposer and an American folk music specialist.

Life

In the twenties and early thirties, Crawford Seeger wrote atonal works influenced by Alexander Scriabin.

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These works favored dissonance and post-tonal harmonies; they also utilized irregular rhythms and meters. Her technique may have been influenced by the music of Schoenberg, although they met only briefly during her studies in Germany.

She was encouraged and guided by her teacher-then-husband Charles Seeger's dissonant counterpoint, as well—and also developed her own methods of composing.

Ruth Crawford was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and began her music education at age 6 with her first piano lesson.

Later she studied with her mother. She studied with Madame Valborg Collett later on, who was a student of Agathe Grøndahl. Later, she continued at the American Conservatory of Music in C