| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file) |
| Series |
Masterworks Heritage vocal series |
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Masterworks heritage vocal series.
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| 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) |
| Notes |
Songs in various genres |
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The 18th-25th works arranged by Normand Lockwood |
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Originally released 1942-1948; the 1st-2nd and 5th works previously unreleased |
| Performer |
Paul Robeson, bass-baritone ; Lawrence Brown, piano (1st-17th works) ; Columbia Concert Orchestra ; Emanuel Balaban, conductor (18th-25th works) |
| Event |
Recorded 1942, 1945, and 1947 New York City |
| Notes |
Sung in English, German, Russian, and Spanish |
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Hard copy version record |
| Subject |
Folk songs.
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Spirituals (Songs)
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Songs (Low voice) with piano.
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged.
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Oratorios -- Excerpts, Arranged.
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Political ballads and songs.
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Songs (Low voice) with orchestra.
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Popular music -- 1941-1950.
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Musicals -- Excerpts
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Folk songs
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Musicals -- Excerpts
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Operas -- Excerpts, Arranged
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Oratorios -- Excerpts, Arranged
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Political ballads and songs
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Popular music
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Songs (Low voice) with orchestra
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Songs (Low voice) with piano
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Spirituals (Songs)
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming audio
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| Form |
Streaming audio
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| Author |
Brown, Lawrence, 1893-1972, instrumentalist.
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Balaban, Emanuel, 1895-1973, conductor.
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Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, performer.
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Columbia Concert Orchestra, instrumentalist.
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