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Ruth Crawford was born in East Liverpool, Ohio, and began her music education at age 6 with her first piano lesson.

Later she studied with her mother.

She studied with Madame Valborg Collett later on, who was a student of Agathe Grøndahl.

Later, she continued at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago with Heniot Levy and Louise Robyn.

She learned composition from Adolf Weidig, whose instruction accelerated her skill.

But her study under Djane Lavoie Herz, a disciple of Scriabin, was important for the social and intellectual world it opened for her.

During this time, she met Cowell, Rudhyar, and the leading Chicago poet Carl Sandburg whose writings she eventually set to music.