Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for civil rights made Paul Robeson a global star. He was one of the most famous Americans in the 1930s and 1940s. But McCarthyism ...
Two leading singers of their generation center recitals on Paul Robeson and the Messiaen song cycle “Harawi.” The performances are nothing short of thrillingly transcendent. The old-fashioned song (or ...
There aren’t many people born 126 years ago who still command a place in the collective memory, but Paul Robeson, the great black bass-baritone, is certainly one of them. Born in Princeton, N.J., in ...
Paul Robeson was a superstar of the stage and screen, a talented football player and a music hitmaker. Then came a dramatic ...
A big, bronze-colored man, magnificently built, scrupulously dressed, walked on the stage in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hall last week and waited quietly for his audience to settle. Then he began in a voice ...
Lawrence Brown (left) and Paul Robeson perform at the Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem, N.Y., in 1941. (Sony Classical) Singing or acting on stage and film, playing football and advocating for ...
A box set featuring previously unreleased recordings sheds new light on the life and legacy of Paul Robeson, a bass-baritone concert artist,... Paul Robeson's many faces get new spotlight in recording ...
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