Ruth Crawford Seeger
3 Songs on Poems of Carl Sandburg
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Ruth Crawford Seeger
3 Songs on Poems of Carl Sandburg
- Instrumentation Low Voice, Oboe, Percussion and Piano
- Composer Ruth Crawford Seeger
- Edition Study Score
- Publisher Theodore Presser Company
- Order no. PRES116-41600S
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Among the most intriguing of this pioneering American composer's works, Three Songs on Poems of Carl Sandburg is scored for Contralto with Oboe, Percussion, and Piano, plus an optional orchestra. The study score includes an essay introducing Crawford's unique work in historical contexts as she sought a new musical language accessible to the many, while remaining uncompromisingly avant-garde. A commercial recording is available at https://youtu.be/0RYUukGESkU