Seeger#Seeger family of musicians

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Seeger is an English surname.

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 ("sea") and gar ("spear").Hanks, Patrick & Hodges, Flavia (1988) The Oxford Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press; p. 556

Seeger family of musicians

  • Charles Louis Seeger, Sr. (1860–1943), American businessman
  • Charles Louis Seeger, Jr. (1886–1979), American musicologist, composer, and teacher
  • Pete Seeger (1919–2014), one of the preeminent American folk and protest singers of the 20th century
  • Toshi Seeger (1922–2013), filmmaker and environmental activist
  • Mika SeegerBart Barnes, "[https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/pete-seeger-legendary-folk-singer-dies-at-94/2014/01/28/36faeec0-c5dc-11df-94e1-c5afa35a9e59_story.html Pete Seeger, legendary folk singer, dies at 94]", The Washington Post, January 28, 2014 American ceramic artist
  • Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (b. 1972), a contemporary American folk musician
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger (1901–1953), a modernist composer and an American folk music specialist
  • Mike Seeger (1933–2009), American folk musician and folklorist
  • Peggy Seeger (born 1935), American folk singer and songwriter; wife of Scottish folk singer Ewan MacColl and stepmother of singer Kirsty MacColl
  • Alan Seeger (1888–1916), American poet
  • Elizabeth Seeger (1889–1973), teacher at Dalton School and author

Others

Legal case

"Seeger" may also reference a legal case, United States v. Seeger, regarding Daniel Seeger's conscription.{{cn|date=June 2025}}

See also

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