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Table of Contents:
- Balm in Gilead / spiritual, arr. Harry T. Burleigh (2:28)
- Chassidic chant / Lehman Engel (2:41)
- Quiet flows the Don: From border to border (2:24) ; Oh, how proud our quiet Don (3:17) / 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 (3:18)
- Joe Hill / Earl Robinson (2:29)
- The peat-bog soldiers ( Moorsoldaten song from a German concentration camp) / anonymous ; arr. Hanns Eisler (2:24)
- The four insurgent generals (Spanish loyalist song) / anonymous (2:11)
- Native land / Isaac Donayevsky (2:18)
- Song of the plains (Red Army song) / anonymous ; arranged Lev Knipper (3:48)
- 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 (2:28) ; John Henry / arr. Hall Johnson (2:27)
- Water boy / Avery Robinson (2:23)
- My curly headed baby / George H. Clutsam (2:43)
- Mah Lindy Lou / Lily Strickland (3:08)
- Wagon wheels / Peter DeRose (2:24)
- 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 (3:08)
- Porgy and Bess: It ain't necessarily so / George Gershwin (2:37).
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Language Notes:
- Sung in English, German, Russian, and Spanish.
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Performers:
- Paul Robeson, bass-baritone ; Lawrence Brown, piano (1st-17th works) ; Columbia Concert Orchestra ; Emanuel Balaban, conductor (18th-25th works).
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Performance Medium:
- 2 performers: bass voice; piano
1 performer and 1 ensemble: orchestra; solo bass voice
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General Notes:
- Songs in various genres.
The 18th-25th works arranged by Normand Lockwood.
Originally released 1942-1948; the 1st-2nd and 5th works previously unreleased.
Recorded 1942, 1945, and 1947 New York City.
Description based on: Hard copy version record.
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Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 audio file).
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Audio Characteristics:
- digital
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Digital Characteristics:
- audio file
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Call Numbers:
- Online Audio
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Other Standard Numbers:
- International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200030
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200031
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200032
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200033
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200034
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200035
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200036
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200037
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200038
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14700068
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14700067
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14700066
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14700065
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14700064
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14700063
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14700062
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14700061
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14500060
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14500059
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14500058
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14500057
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200042
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200041
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200040
International Standard Recording Code: USSM14200039
Publisher Number, Sony Classical: 886443372467
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OCLC Numbers:
- 961800982