Ruth Crawford Seeger
Available Recordings

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	American Folk Songs for Children Rounder 8001, 1980 Mike Seeger & Peggy Seeger For more information
no image available	American Folk Songs for Children Smithsonian Folkways SF 45020, 1962 Pete Seeger For more information
	Animal Folk Songs for Children Rounder 8023, 1992 Mike, Peggy, Barbara & Penny Seeger For more information
no image available	Animal Folk Songs for Children Smithsonian Folkways SF 07551, 1957 Peggy Seeger For more information
	American Folk Songs for Christmas Rounder 0268, 1989 Mike Seeger & Peggy Seeger For more information
	Ruth Crawford Seeger: Portrait Deutsche Grammophon 449 925-2, 1997 Andante for Strings (arr. Andante from String Quartet 1931) Music for Small Orchestra (1926) Rissolty, Rossolty (1939) · Schönberg Ensemble; Oliver Knussen, conductor Piano Study in Mixed Accents (1930) · Reinbert de Leeuw, piano String Quartet 1931 · Marijke van Kooten and Heleen Hulst, violins; Karin Dolman, viola; Hans Woudenberg, cello Suite for Wind Quintet (1952) · Govert Jurriaanse, flute; Marieke Schut, oboe; Pierre Woudenberg, clarinet; Wilma van den Berge, bassoon; Hans Dullaert, horn Three Chants for Women’s Chorus (1930) · Amanda Pitt, soprano; Jeanette Ager, alto; New London Chamber Choir; James Wood, conductor Two Ricercari for Voice and Piano · Lucy Shelton, soprano; Reinbert de Leeuw, piano Three Songs to Poems by Carl Sandburg for Contralto, Oboe, Percussion, and Piano (with optional orchestral ostinati for strings and winds) (1930-1932) [also known as Rat Riddles] · Lucy Shelton, soprano; members of Schönberg Ensemble For more information, search the Universal Classics website
	Ruth Crawford Composers Recordings CRI 658, 1993 Diaphonic Suite No. 1 for Solo Oboe or Flute (1930) · Joseph Ostryniec, oboe Nine Preludes for Piano (1924-1925; 1927-1928) Piano Study in Mixed Accents (1930) · Joseph Bloch, piano Sonata for Violin and Piano (1926) · Ida Kavafian, violin; Vivian Fine, piano Suite for Wind Quintet (1952) · The Lark Quintet Three Songs to Poems by Carl Sandburg for Contralto, Oboe, Percussion, and Piano (with optional orchestral ostinati for strings and winds) (1930-1932); also known as Rat Riddles · Patricia Berlin, mezzo-soprano; Joseph Ostryniec, oboe; Paul Hoffman, piano; Dan Armstrong, percussion For more information, search for Crawford as composer at www.composersrecordings.com
	Ruth Crawford Seeger: Chamber Works CPO 999670, 2000 Diaphonic Suite No. 1 for Solo Oboe or Flute (1930) · Christian Hommel, oboe Diaphonic Suite No. 2 for Bassoon and Cello (1930) · Wolfgang Rudiger, bassoon; Helmut Menzler, cello Diaphonic Suite No. 3 for Two Bb Clarinets (1930) · Walter Ifrim & Ian Semple, clarinets Diaphonic Suite No. 4 for Oboe and Cello (1931) · Christian Hommel, oboe, Helmut Menzler, cello String Quartet 1931 (1931) · Pellegrini String Quartet Suite No. 1 for Five Wind Instruments and Piano (1927; rev. 1929) · Aventure Ensemble; Reinhard Roth, piano Suite No. 2 for Four Strings and Piano (1929) · Pellegrini String Quartet; Reinhard Roth, piano Suite for Wind Quintet (1952) · Aventure Ensemble For more information from Amazon.com For more information from CPO's website (in German)
	Songs Of America - On Home, Love, Nature and Death Nonesuch 79178, 1988 Five Songs to Poems of Carl Sandburg (1929) “White Moon” and “Joy” · Jan DeGaetani, mezzo-soprano; Gilbert Kalish, piano For more information search the Nonesuch website
	White Moon: Songs to Morpheus Nonesuch 79364-2, 1996 Five Songs to Poems of Carl Sandburg (1929) “White Moon” · Dawn Upshaw, soprano; Margo Garrett, piano For more information search the Nonesuch website
	Music of Marion Bauer and Ruth Crawford Seeger Troy 297, 1998 Kaleidoscopic Changes on an Original Theme Ending with a Fugue (1924) Nineteen American Folk Songs for Piano (1936-1938) · Virginia Eskin, piano[Selections] Suite No. 2 for Four Strings and Piano (1929) · Charleston String Quartet; Virginia Eskin, piano For more information
No image available	Sonata for Violin and Piano (1926) · Catherine Tait, violin; Barry Snyder, piano Gasparo GSCD-300, 1995 For more information, search the Gasparo website
	Voices from Elysium New World Records 80543, 1998 Three Songs to Poems by Carl Sandburg for Contralto, Oboe, Percussion, and Piano (with optional orchestral ostinati for strings and winds) (1930-1932); also known as Rat Riddles · Beverly Morgan, mezzo-soprano; members of Speculum Musicae; Paul Lustig Dunkel, conductor For more information, search the New World Records website
	9 Preludes New Albion Records 114 CD, 2001 Nine Preludes for Piano (1924-1925; 1927-1928) Piano Study in Mixed Accents (1930) · Sarah Cahill, piano For more information
	Quartet Romantic New World Records 80285, 1984 Suite No. 2 for Four Strings and Piano (1929) · The New Music Consort For more information, search the New World Records website
Available soon from Qualiton	The World of Ruth Crawford Seeger BIS CD 1310, 2001 Little Waltz (1922) Little Lullaby Jumping the Rope (Playtime) Caprice Whirligig Mr. Crow and Miss Wren Go for a Walk: A little study in short trills Sonata (1923) Theme and Variations (1923) Five Canons (1924) Kaleidoscopic Changes on an Original Theme (1924) Five Preludes (1924-25) Four Preludes (1927-28) Piano Study in Mixed Accents (1930) We Dance Together (1926) The Adventures of Tom Thumb for piano with narrator (1925) · Jenny Lin, piano with Timothy Jones, narrator Check for more information
	Premieres: Seeger, Mekeel, Musgrave Delos 1012, 1987 Music for Small Orchestra (1926) · Boston Musica Viva; Richard Pittman, conductor For more information

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