![]() ![]() But her study under Djane Lavoie Herz, a disciple of Scriabin, was important for the social and intellectual world it opened for her. She learned composition from Adolf Weidig, whose instruction accelerated her skill. ![]() Later, she continued at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago with Heniot Levy and Louise Robyn. She studied with Madame Valborg Collett later on, who was a student of Agathe Grøndahl. Ruth Crawford was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and began her music education at age 6 with her first piano lesson. She was encouraged and guided by her teacher-then-husband Charles Seeger's dissonant counterpoint, as well-and also developed her own methods of composing. Her technique may have been influenced by the music of Schoenberg, although they met only briefly during her studies in Germany. These works favored dissonance and post-tonal harmonies they also utilized irregular rhythms and meters. In the twenties and early thirties, Crawford Seeger wrote atonal works influenced by Alexander Scriabin. ![]()
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