Seeger
Seeger is the surname of various people, including an extended family of American musicians.
Etymology
"Seeger" is one of the variant forms of "Seagar" a surname of Middle English origin based on the given name "Segar" which was formed from Old English "sæ" (sea) and "gar" (spear).[1]
Seeger family of musicians
- Charles Seeger (1886–1979), American musicologist, composer, and teacher
- (i) Constance Edson Seeger, violinist; first wife of Charles; 3 children
- Charles Seeger III, (1912–2002) astronomer
- John Seeger, (1914–2010), high school principal and co-founder of Camp Killooleet, a summer camp in Vermont
- Pete Seeger (1919–2014), one of the pre-eminent American folk and protest singers of the 20th century
- () Toshi Seeger (1922–2013), filmmaker and environmental activist, wife of Pete Seeger; 4 children
- Daniel Seeger[2]
- Mika Seeger[2] American ceramic artist; daughter of Pete and Toshi Seeger
- Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (b. 1972), a contemporary American folk musician; son of Mika
- Tinya Seeger [2]
- (ii) Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953), a modernist composer and an American folk music specialist; second wife of Charles; 4 children
- Mike Seeger (1933–2009), American folk musician and folklorist
- Chris Arley Seeger (born 1961), technologist, broadcast engineer, mixer/editor; married to Laura Vaccaro Seeger, a children's book author/illustrator
- Peggy Seeger (born 1935), American folk singer and songwriter; wife of Scottish folk singer Ewan MacColl and stepmother of singer Kirsty MacColl
- Neil MacColl guitarist for David Gray; son of Peggy Seeger & Ewan MacColl
- Jamie MacColl guitarist in Bombay Bicycle Club and Neil MacColl's son
- Barbara Seeger, appeared on Animal Folk Songs for Children (1992) with Mike Seeger and others
- Penny Seeger, married John Cohen
- Alan Seeger (1888–1916), American poet; brother of Charles
- Elizabeth Seeger (1889–1973), teacher at Dalton School and author; sister of Charles and Alan
Others
- Al Seeger (b. 1980), a boxer from the United States
- Melanie Seeger (b. 1977), a German race walker
- Daniel Seeger (b. 1934), defendant in a case on conscription of pacifists
- Charles M. Seeger (b. 1948), an American author and attorney
- Hal Seeger (1917–2005), an animated cartoon producer and director
- Louis Seeger (1798–1865), a German equestrian
- Russ Seeger (b. 1953), American musician from New York
Legal cases
"Seeger" may also reference either of two legal cases involving the individuals above:
- United States v. Seeger, regarding Daniel Seeger's conscription
- Seeger v. United States, regarding Pete Seeger's refusal to testify in front of HUAC
Schools
- Seeger Memorial Junior-Senior High School in West Lebanon, Indiana
- Elizabeth Seeger School in Greenwich Village, established in 1971 by 5 teachers from Dalton School
See also
References
- ^ Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia (1988) The Oxford Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press; p. 556
- ^ a b c Bart Barnes, "Pete Seeger, legendary folk singer, dies at 94", The Washington Post, January 28, 2014
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