6 Songs for Democracy: Discos de las Brigadas Internacionales [The Music Room's International Series: Set 101]
by (Robeson, Paul) [Busch, Ernst]
- Used
- Signed
- Condition
- Red suede cloth stamped in gilt on spine over illustrated front board. Spine separating, wear to extremities. Lacking booklet co
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
"These songs of the Spanish struggle
Deeply reflect the spirit of Democracy.
That spirit like Joe Hill 'never died,'
This album is a 'must.'"
Joe Hill, a rabble-rousing Wobblie executed for murder (most certainly a miscarriage of justice) became a folk-hero after his death. Robeson was known for singing "I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night," with its lyric, referenced in his inscription:
I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night,
Alive as you and me.
Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
"I never died" said he,
"I never died" said he
Despite its length and revealing reference to Joe Hill, this inscription is generic. The Yale University copy, and at least two other copies at one time or another on the market, contain the exact inscription, and it is probable that Robeson signed a quantity for the publisher. Still, a rare and interesting item.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 235756
- Title
- 6 Songs for Democracy: Discos de las Brigadas Internacionales [The Music Room's International Series: Set 101]
- Author
- (Robeson, Paul) [Busch, Ernst]
- Format/Binding
- Three 10 inch 78 rpm records housed in card sleeves. Oblong 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Red suede cloth stamped in gilt on spine over illustrated front board. Spine separating, wear to extremities. Lacking booklet co
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Music Room [Keynote Recordings, Inc.]
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Music
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art, Architecture & Design;
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