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Peter „Pete“ Seeger (* 3. Mai 1919 in New York, NY, USA; † 27. Januar 2014) war ein US-amerikanischer Folk-Musiker. Der Sohn des Musikwissenschaftlers Dr. Charles Seeger und der Geigenlehrerin Constance de Clyver Seeger widmete sich nach einem abgebrochenen Soziologiestudium an der Harvard-Universität der Sammlung von amerikanischen Volksliedern und Südstaaten-Blues. Daneben spielte er mit dem 5-saitigen Banjo eigene Lieder, in denen er sich mit der Arbeiterbewegung, mit Minderheiten und mit der "Dritten Welt" solidarisierte. 1998 erhielt er für sein politisches Engagement den War Resisters League Peace Award. 1941 gründete Pete Seeger zusammen mit Woody Guthrie, Lee Hays und Millard Lampell...

Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901 - 1953), born Ruth Porter Crawford, was a modernist composer. In the twenties and early thirties, Crawford Seeger wrote atonal works influenced by Alexander Scriabin. These works favored dissonance and post-tonal harmonies; they also utilized irregular rhythms and meters. Her technique may have been influenced by the music of Schoenberg, although they met only briefly during her studies in Germany. 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. She studied piano with her mother and Djane Lavoie Herz, composition with Adolf Weidig and,...

Peggy Seeger (born June 17, 1935, New York City - ) is an American folk singer who also achieved renown in Britain, where she lived for more than 30 years, as the wife of songwriter and activist Ewan MacColl. Seeger's father was Charles Seeger (1886–1979), an important folklorist and musicologist; her mother was Seeger's second wife, Ruth Porter Crawford Ruth Crawford seeger (1901–1953), a modernist composer who was one of the first women to receive a Guggenheim Fellowship. ... (family photo) One of her brothers is Mike Seeger, and the well-known songwriter Pete Seeger is her half-brother. One of Peggy...

Mike Seeger (August 15, 1933 – August 7, 2009) was an American folk musician and folklorist. At 25, along with John Cohen and Tom Paley, he became a founding member of the New Lost City Ramblers. His famous musical family includes sister Peggy Seeger and half-brother Pete Seeger. He was exposed to traditional music through his mother Ruth Crawford-Seeger and father Charles Seeger, who worked with musicologists John and Alan Lomax. He was an accomplished musician; a distinctive singer who played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, mouth harp, mandolin, and dobro. His influence on the folk scene is described at...