Question

Roland says that Ruth Crawford Seeger was a modernist composer. Clive says that she was a collector and arranger of American folk songs. Who is correct?

Answer 1

 Ruth Crawford Seeger was a modernist composer.

Answer 2

Answer: They are both correct

Explanation:

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 - 1953) became well known in two quite different fields. Although she started her career as a modernist composer, eventually she veered to be a collector and arranger of American folk songs.

Her early career was centered on composition and led her to study musical modernism in Europe. However, when she came back to the US, she turned into working with American folk songs