Mike Seeger, Singer and Music Historian, Dies at 75

[Brownian Motion]

Mike Seeger, a singer and multi-instrumentalist who played an important role in the folk revival of the 1950s and ’60s, died on Friday at his home in Lexington, Va. He was 75.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/arts/mus...?ref=obituaries

[AllenLowe]

Mike was a nice guy with a good sense of humor and was a fine musician as well - not to mention that his mother was one of the most important of American composers, Ruth Crawford Seeger. We were actually talking a few years ago about doing a recording project, which we never got together. Good guy, who did a LOT for American music and recorded a lot of important old time performers.

[7/4]

Mike was a nice guy with a good sense of humor and was a fine musician as well - not to mention that his mother was one of the most important of American composers, Ruth Crawford Seeger. We were actually talking a few years ago about doing a recording project, which we never got together. Good guy, who did a LOT for American music and recorded a lot of important old time performers.

Why was Ruth Crawford Seeger so important?

[AllenLowe]

great composer - early modernist - I particularly like the quartets and some of the piano music -

Edited August 11, 2009 by AllenLowe

[7/4]

great composer - early modernist - I particularly like the quartets and some of the piano music -

I like her too, but I'm not sure that makes her "one of the most important of American composers". I would think her work with folk music is notable.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Crawford_Seeger

She sure knew and worked with some important people, it's a shame she died so young (52) from cancer.

[AllenLowe]

I actually prefer the more atonal pieces - the piano stuff is quite personal and interesting; I think she's a major -