Paul Robeson Sings Ode to Joy

Paul Robeson Sings Ode to Joy

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On Paul Robeson’s birthday, here’s Princeton’s own, to sing Beethoven’s celebration of universal brotherhood, his setting of Schiller’s “Ode to Joy.”

At the time of this recording, his U.S. passport had been revoked.

https://www.peoplescollection.wales/items/24367

More about Robeson’s ties to Wales and the plight of the miners:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/jul/02/how-paul-robeson-found-political-voice-in-welsh-valleys

The story behind “Freedom Train,” with audio:

https://njdigitalhighway.org/lesson/paul_robeson/freedom_train


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