Ballad for Americans
date: label: recording date
content: 1940
name: label: recording artist
content: Robeson, Paul
label: manufacturer
content: Victor
notes: label: Description
content: <p>Paul Robeson. side 1: Ballad for Americans (part 1); side 2: Ballad for Americans (part 2) (Victor 26516), from the album, <i>Ballad for Americans</i> (Victor P 20).<br>78 rpm</p>
label: Description
content: <p>"Ballad for Americans" (1939), originally titled "The Ballad for Uncle Sam", is an American patriotic cantata with lyrics by John La Touche and music by Earl Robinson. It was written for the Federal Theatre Project production, <i>Sing for Your Supper</i> which opened on April 24, 1939 at the Adelphi Theatre in New York City, and ran for 44 performances.</p>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Camden
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Music & Musical Instruments
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content: Popular Entertainment
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Rust, Brian A. Complete Entertainment Discography, From the Mid-1890's to 1942
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bonnie Dank
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0384.47
label: accession number
content: 1988.0384
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0384.47
label: maker number
content: 26516
label: maker number
content: P 20
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sound recording
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: shellac (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in; 25.4 cm