Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901-1953)

Nationality: American

Born: July 3, 1901, East Liverpool, Ohio Died: November 18, 1953, Chevy Chase, Maryland (age 52)

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Diaphonic Suite No. 2

(for bassoon and cello)

Duration: 5 minutes (approximately)

Composed: 1930 (age 28-29)

1 recording, 3 videos

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1:16

Helmut Menzler, Wolfgang Rüdiger

I. Freely

1:29

Helmut Menzler, Wolfgang Rüdiger

II. Andante cantando

0:58

Helmut Menzler, Wolfgang Rüdiger

III. Con brio

Teacher

Nationality: American

Born: March 11, 1897, Menlo Park, CA Died: December 10, 1965, Shady, NY (age 68)

Teacher

Nationality: French | American

Born: March 23, 1895, Paris Died: September 13, 1985, San Francisco (age 90)

Teacher

Nationality: German | American

Born: November 28, 1867, Hamburg Died: September 23, 1931 (age 63)

teacher/husband

Nationality: American

Born: December 14, 1886, Mexico City Died: February 7, 1979, Bridgewater, CT (age 92)

Student

Nationality: American

Born: September 28, 1913, Chicago Died: March 20, 2000, Bennington, VT (age 86)

andante [I]—moderately slow tempo (e.g. walking). Faster than adagio but slower than allegretto
brio [I], con brio, brioso—vigor, vigorously, with fire
cantabile, cantate, cantando—singing, lyrical, flowing
chamber music, Kammermusik [G], musique de chambre [F], musica da camera [I], musica cameralis [L]—"Classical Music" for a small ensemble, generally 8 or fewer players with a canonical emphasis on 3-6 players. explore
con [I,S]—with
diaphony, diaphonic—2-part counterpoint, a contrapuntal texture featuring 2 voices
duo, duet, dueto [S], duetto [I], duett [G]—a work for two instruments; the ensemble itself
suite—a set of instrumental pieces (movements) played together to create a larger whole. Suites tend towards collections of dances, frequently in the same key, preceded by a prelude, introduction or overture.