


The manuscript has been edited from several varying sources by Larry Polansky, with the assistance of Seeger's biographer Judith Tick.

She was trying to analyze the whole style and problem of performing this music." Along with her children Mike and Peggy Seeger, he has long desired to see this work in print as it was meant to be read. According to her stepson, Pete Seeger, when the original was not included "Ruth suffered one of the biggest disappointments of the last ten years of her life. Originally written as a foreword for the 1940 book Our Singing Country, it was considered too long and was replaced by a much shorter version. Book excerpt: This is the first publication of an annotated monograph by the noted composer and folksong scholar Ruth Crawford Seeger. This book was released on 2001 with total page 220 pages. Book Synopsis "The Music of American Folk Song" and Selected Other Writings on American Folk Music by : Ruth Crawford Seegerĭownload or read book "The Music of American Folk Song" and Selected Other Writings on American Folk Music written by Ruth Crawford Seeger and published by University Rochester Press.
