Seeger
is the surname of various people, including an extended musical family:
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SEEGER TICKETS
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Seeger family
- 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, (b. 1914), high school principal and co-founder of Camp Killooleet, a summer camp in Vermont
:* Pete Seeger (b. 1919), one of the pre-eminent American folk and protest singers of the 20th century
::* Mika Seeger American ceramic artist; daughter of Pete
:::* Tao Rodríguez-Seeger (b. 1972), a contemporary American folk musician; son of Mika
(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
:* Peggy Seeger (b. 1935), American folk singer; wife of English folk singer Ewan MacColl and stepmother of singer Kirsty MacColl
:* Barbara Seeger, appeared on Animal 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
- Hal Seeger (1917 - 2005), an animated cartoon producer and director
- Louis Seeger (1798 - 1865), a German equestrian
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