| Other author/creator | Lockwood, Normand, 1906-2002 arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Burleigh, H. T. (Harry Thacker), 1866-1949, arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962 arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Knipper, Lev, 1898-1974, arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Johnson, Hall, 1888-1970 arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Brown, Lawrence, 1893-1972, performer, arranger of music. |
| Other author/creator | Balaban, Emanuel, 1895-1973, conductor. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Engel, Lehman, 1910-1982 Chassidic chant. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Dzerzhinskiĭ, Ivan, 1909-1978. Tikhiĭ Don. Selections. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Elias. Herr Gott Abrahams. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Blitzstein, Marc. No for an answer. Purest kind of guy. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Robinson, Earl, 1910-1991 Joe Hill. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Grechaninov, Aleksandr Tikhonovich, 1864-1956. Romansy, op. 1. Kolybelʹnai︠a︡. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Bez solnt︠s︡a. V chetyrekh stenakh. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Dunaevskiĭ, Isaak Osipovich, 1900-1955 Pesni︠a︡ o rodine. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Robinson, Avery, 1878-1965. Water boy. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Clutsam, George H., 1866-1951. Ma curly-headed babby. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Strickland, Lily, 1887-1958. Mah Lindy Lou. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): De Rose, Peter, 1900-1953 Wagon wheels. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Robinson, Earl, 1910-1991 House I live in. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. Show boat. Selections. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Speaks, Oley, 1874-1948. Sylvia. |
| Included Work | Contains (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Porgy and Bess. It ain't necessarily so. |
| Other author/creator | Columbia Concert Orchestra performer. |
| Variant title |
Subtitle on container: Paul Robeson recital |
| Physical medium | 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Masterworks Heritage vocal series
Masterworks heritage vocal series. ^A1264233
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| 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). |
| General note | Songs in various genres. |
| General note | Title from disc label. |
| General note | The 18th-25th works arr. by Normand Lockwood. |
| General note | Originally released 1942-1948; the 1st-2nd and 5th works previously unreleased. |
| General note | Compact disc. |
| General note | Program and biographical notes by Paul Robeson, Jr. and Albert Innaurato, in English with French and German translations (37 p. : ill.) bound in container. |
| Performer |
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone ; Lawrence Brown, piano (1st-17th works) ; Columbia Concert Orchestra ; Emanuel Balaban, conductor (18th-25th works). |
| Date/time/place of a 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 | Sung in English, German, Russian, and Spanish. |
| Contains title |
Contains (work): Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. |
| Other title | There is a balm in Gilead. |
| Other title | Peat-bog soldiers. |
| Other title | Moorsoldaten. |
| Other title | Four insurgent generals. |
| Other title | Song of the plains. |
| Other title | By an' by. |
| Other title | By and by. |
| Other title | John Henry. |
| LCCN | 2004593209 |
| UPC |
074646322321 |
| Publisher number | MHK 63223 Sony Classical |
