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The listening room (WQXR-FM). Remembering Paul Robeson [interview]

Title
The listening room (WQXR-FM). Remembering Paul Robeson Oct. 27, 1988 [sound recording] : [interview] / [interview by Bob Sherman ; featuring Paul Robeson Jr., Howard Dobson, William Greaves and Joseph Papp.]
Author
Sherman, Robert, 1932-
Publication
1988.

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Additional Authors
  • Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976
  • Dobson, Howard
  • Greaves, William
  • Papp, Joseph
  • Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953.
  • Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881.
  • Weatherly, F. E. (Frederic Edward), 1848-1929
  • WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
  • New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, donor.
Found In
New York Shakespeare Festival records, 1954-1992.
Description
1 sound cassette : analog, stereo.
Summary
Cassette contains an interview and stories of Paul Robeson, by his son and several comtemporaries, featuring Joseph Papp. Paul Robeson Jr. shared recordings of his father singing songs, lecturing about international songs and linguistics, and interviewing in London about his radical politics in 1958.
Uniform Title
Song of freedom (Motion picture)
Alternative Title
  • Remembering Paul Robeson
  • In a place far away.
  • My way.
  • Danny boy.
  • New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Live sound recordings.
Note
  • "The listening room; 10/27/88; Remembering Paul Robeson; part one; part two"--Cassette.
  • Separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival records; for papers, see the Billy Rose Theatre Collection, *T-Mss 1993-028; for sheet music and scores, see the Music Division, JPB 04-03.
Event (note)
  • Recorded and broadcasted live on Oct. 27, 1988.
Source (note)
  • The New York Shakespeare Festival and Gail Merrifield Papp;
Language (note)
  • Sung in German, Chinese, Russian and English. Spoken in English and German.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Contents
Unknown aria in German -- Othello in German (excerpt) -- Statement (1949) / by James Hicks, read by William Greaves -- In a place far away (Chinese song) in English and Chinese -- Lecture about international songs (Lingustics) -- Now sleeps the crimson petal / Roger Quilter -- 1958 London interview -- My way (from the 1936 British film Song of freedom) -- Boris Godunov (1957 opera excerpt) / by Modest Mussorgsky -- Danny boy / by Frederick Edward Weatherly -- For Paul Robeson (poem) / by Dr. Jacques Penne (?) read by William Greaves -- The cross of redemption (?) / performed by Paul Robeson.
Call Number
*LTC 6651
OCLC
196884981
Author
Sherman, Robert, 1932- Interviewer
Title
The listening room (WQXR-FM). Remembering Paul Robeson Oct. 27, 1988 [sound recording] : [interview] / [interview by Bob Sherman ; featuring Paul Robeson Jr., Howard Dobson, William Greaves and Joseph Papp.]
Imprint
1988.
Event
Recorded and broadcasted live on Oct. 27, 1988.
Language
Sung in German, Chinese, Russian and English. Spoken in English and German.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Added Author
Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, interviewee.
Dobson, Howard, interviewee.
Greaves, William, interviewee.
Papp, Joseph, interviewee.
Quilter, Roger, 1877-1953. Songs. op. 3. Now sleeps the crimson petal.
Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich, 1839-1881. Boris Godunov (Rimsky-Korsakov). Selections.
Weatherly, F. E. (Frederic Edward), 1848-1929, composer.
WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
Papp, Gail Merrifield, donor.
New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, donor.
Added Title
Song of freedom (Motion picture)
In a place far away.
My way.
Danny boy.
New York Shakespeare Festival recordings collection.
Found In:
New York Shakespeare Festival records, 1954-1992.
Research Call Number
*LTC 6651
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