Two Ricercare on poems by H.T. Tsiang by Ruth Crawford Seeger Chamber Music - Sheet Music
By Ruth Crawford SeegerRuth Crawford was a pioneering subversive in both American music and socioeconomic politics. In 1932 she discovered H.T.Tsiang’s polemic poetry in The Daily Worker (a NYC-based Communist journal), and two poems leapt out as dramatically expressing oppression of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie, showing internal class struggle even within immigrant communities. This is the genesis of the songs “Sacco, Vanzetti” and “Chinaman, Laundryman.” Musically, Crawford’s rigorous modernism not only serialized pitches, but other elements as well. This explains the slightly surprising title TWO RICERCARE, a reference to the Renaissance precursor of fugue.
Details
Summary
- Ensembles:
- Chamber Music
- Composers:
- Ruth Crawford Seeger
- Publishers:
- Theodore Presser Company
- Series:
- Women Composers and Arrangers
- UPC:
- 680160679997
- ISBN:
- 9781491131657
- Format:
- Performance Score
- Item types:
- Physical
- Artist:
- Ruth Crawford Seeger
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 24
- Size:
- 9 x 12 inches
- Shipping Weight:
- 0.19 pounds
Detailed Description
SKU: PR.141401030
Composed by Ruth Crawford Seeger. This edition: saddle-wire stitch. Sws. Performance Score. 24 pages. Duration 0:09:00. Theodore Presser Company #141-40103. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.141401030).ISBN 9781491131657. UPC: 680160679997. 9 x 12 inches. English. Poems by H.T. Tsiang, originally published in "The Daily Worker" (1928).
Ruth Crawford was a pioneering subversive in both American music and socioeconomic politics. In 1932 she discovered H.T.Tsiang’s polemic poetry in The Daily Worker (a NYC-based Communist journal), and two poems leapt out as dramatically expressing oppression of the proletariat by the bourgeoisie, showing internal class struggle even within immigrant communities. This is the genesis of the songs “Sacco, Vanzetti” and “Chinaman, Laundryman.” Musically, Crawford’s rigorous modernism not only serialized pitches, but other elements as well. This explains the slightly surprising title TWO RICERCARE, a reference to the Renaissance precursor of fugue.
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Ratings + Reviews
5 Rating
1 review
Sebastian R.
Apr 13, 2025
These works are not easy to find, and the edition is good.