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Songs of free men
- Title
- Songs of free men [sound recording].
- Author
- Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976.
- Publication
- [New York] : Sony Classical, p1997.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | Use in library | M1495.R63 S6 1997g | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Series Statement
- Masterworks heritage vocal series
- Uniform Title
- Masterworks heritage vocal series.
- Alternative Title
- Paul Robeson recital
- Subjects
- Note
- Songs in various genres.
- The 18th-25th works arr. by Normand Lockwood.
- Originally released 1942-1948; the 1st-2nd and 5th works previously unreleased.
- Compact disc.
- Program and biographical notes by Paul Robeson, Jr. and Albert Innaurato, in English with French and German translations (37 p. : ill.) bound in container.
- Event (note)
- Recorded in New York City, Jan. 27 and 30, and Feb. 2, 1942 (1st-13th works); Dec. 28, 1945 (14th-17th works); and Nov. 7-8, 1947 (18th-25th works).
- Language (note)
- Sung in English, German, Russian, and Spanish.
- Contents
- Balm in Gilead / spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh (2:26) -- Chassidic chant / Lehman Engel (2:40) -- Quiet flows the Don: From border to border (2:46) ; Oh, how proud our quiet Don (3:18) / Ivan Dzerzhinsky -- Elijah : op. 70: The Lord God of Abraham / Felix Mendelssohn (3:07) -- No for an answer: The purest kind of guy (Joe's birthday song) / Marc Blitzstein (3:20) -- Joe Hill / Earl Robinson (2:40) -- The peat-bog soldiers ( Moorsoldaten song from a German concentration camp) / anonymous ; arr. Hanns Eisler (2:25) -- The four insurgent generals (Spanish loyalist song) / anonymous (2:25) -- Native land / Isaac Donayevsky (2:17) -- Song of the plains (Red Army song) / anonymous ; arr. Lev Knipper (3:04) -- Cradle song / Alexander Gretchaninoff (3:49) -- Within four walls / Modest Mussorgsky (3:30) -- Folk songs: By an' by / arr. Harry T. Burleigh (2:26) ; Sometimes I feel like a motherless child / arr. Lawrence Brown (2:27) ; John Henry / arr. Hall Johnson (2:27) -- Water boy / Avery Robinson (2:30) -- My curly headed baby / George H. Clutsam (2:44) -- Mah Lindy Lou / Lily Strickland (3:09) -- Wagon wheels / Peter DeRose (2:42) -- The house I live in / Earl Robinson (3:08) -- Showboat: I still suits me / Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern (2:32) -- Sylvia / Oley Speaks (2:06) -- Showboat: Ol' man river / Oscar Hammerstein II & Jerome Kern (3:09) -- Porgy and Bess: It ain't necessarily so / George Gershwin (2:39).
- LCCN
- 074646322321
- OCLC
- ocm38314347
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries