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Ruth Crawford Seeger - Her
Music
For information
on Ruth Crawford Seeger and her compositions, please contact Kim Seeger
KSeeger@hvc.rr.com
The Adventures of Tom Thumb
The Adventures
of Tom Thumb is an annotated performance edition of this early
Ruth Crawford work, for which she wrote the text and music. It
is edited by Larry Polansky, Amy Beal, Jenny Lin (who first recorded
the work), Bruno Ruviaro, and Peggy Seeger (who completed the text
for the last section). To receive a copy of the score, write to:
Frog
Peak Music
Box 1052 Lebanon, NH 03766
fp@frogpeak.org
ph: 603-643-9037
 The
World of Ruth Crawford Seeger
Jenny Lin and
Timothy Jones
BIS Records 2001 BIS-CD-1310.
Available in music stores.
The piano music of Ruth Crawford Seeger is extremely varied, ranging
from delightful works for children to avant-garde pieces that have been
recognized as vital contributions to the history of 20th-century music.
Performed by Jenny Lin, a gifted young musician and a brilliant pianist.
Timothy Jones, bass-baritone, narrates the children's suite, The Adventures
of Tom Thumb.
 Ruth
Crawford Seeger
Portrait
Oliver Knussen
Lucy Shelton
Einbert de Leeuw
New London Chamber Choir
James Wood
Schonberg Ensemble
Oliver Knussen on Ruth Crawford Seeger:
Ruth Crawford Seeger's music grows in stature the more one gets to know
it. At first it is the astonishing prescience of her musical ideas that
commands attention-virtually every movement of every piece embodies
an utterly original conception; often anticipating comparable discoveries
elsewhere by decades. (excerpt from liner notes)
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