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Thread #140277 Message #3223346
Posted By: Richie
14-Sep-11 - 08:34 PM
Thread Name: Ruth Crawford Seeger's music
Subject: RE: Ruth Crawford Seeger's music
Hi,
Thanks for sharing!
Her early works were influeneced by Scriabin and also Schoenberg who she met once.
Her folk transcriptions for first Sandburg and then Lomax were accurate although some of the arrangements were difficult to play- and perhaps should have been simplified.
Her transcription of KY fiddler Stepp's "Boneparte's Retreat" was used by Aaron Copland for this final Hoedown in his ballet, Rodeo.