- Variant Title
- Songs of the Spanish Civil War, volumes 1 & 2
- Format
- Musical sound recording
- Published
- Washington, DC : Smithsonian Folkways, [2014]
℗2014
- Locale
- Spain
- Contents
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Volume 1, part 1, Songs of the Lincoln Brigade. Jarama Valley (2:47) ; Cookhouse/The young man from Alcalá (2:37) ; Quartermaster song (2:02) ; Viva la Quince Brigada = Long live the 15th Brigade (2:45) ; El Quinto Regimiento = The Fifth Regiment (2:18) ; Si me quieres escribir = If you want to write to me (2:36) (performed by Pete Seeger, Tom Glazer, Baldwin (Butch) Hawes, Bess Hawes)
part 2, Six songs for democracy. Los cuatro generales = The four generals (2:37) ; Die Thälmann-Kolonne = The Thaelmann column (2:57) ; Hans Beimler (2:21) ; Das Lied von der Einheitsfront = Song of the United Front (2:42) ; Lied der Internationalen Brigaden = Song of the International Brigades (2:32) ; Die Moorsoldaten = The peat-bog soldiers (2:58) (sung by Ernst Busch and chorus)
Volume 2, part 1. Jarama (2:52) ; On the Jarama Front (2:43) ; Ballad of the XI Brigage (3:07) ; Hans Beimler, comrade (2:51) ; Die Thälmann-Kolonne = The Thaelmann column (2:42) (Woody Guthrie; Ernst Busch accompanied by chorus and orchestra)
part 2, "Songs we remember." Santa Espina (2:22) ; Sevillanos (2:24) ; Road to Avilés (2:40) (sung by the people of Catalonia, Seville, and Asturias, Spain)
part 3, From "Behind the barbed wire." La Guardia Rossa = The Red Guard (2:30) ; Wie hinterm Draht = Behind the barbed wire (2:51) ; La joven guardia = The youthful guardsmen (2:19) ; Au devant de la vie = Toward the new life (2:45) (sung by Bart van der Schelling and the Exiles Chorus, directed by Earl Robinson).
- Other Authors/Editors
- Seeger, Pete, 1919-2014, performer.
Glazer, Tom, performer.
Hawes, Butch, 1919-1971, performer.
Hawes, Bess Lomax, 1921-2009, performer.
Busch, Ernst, 1900-1980, performer.
Guthrie, Woody, 1912-1967, performer.
Schelling, Bart van der, 1892-1970, performer.
Robinson, Earl, 1910-1991, conductor.
Exiles' Chorus, performer.
- Notes
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Title from disc label.
Originally issued by Moses Asch for Folkways Records in 1961 as FH5436, and in 1962 as FH5437.
Program notes by Peter Glazer, including bibliography (39 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Volume 1, part 1, Songs of the Lincoln Brigade. Jarama Valley (2:47) ; Cookhouse/The young man from Alcalá (2:37) ; Quartermaster song (2:02) ; Viva la Quince Brigada = Long live the 15th Brigade (2:45) ; El Quinto Regimiento = The Fifth Regiment (2:18) ; Si me quieres escribir = If you want to write to me (2:36) (performed by Pete Seeger, Tom Glazer, Baldwin (Butch) Hawes, Bess Hawes) -- part 2, Six songs for democracy. Los cuatro generales = The four generals (2:37) ; Die Thälmann-Kolonne = The Thaelmann column (2:57) ; Hans Beimler (2:21) ; Das Lied von der Einheitsfront = Song of the United Front (2:42) ; Lied der Internationalen Brigaden = Song of the International Brigades (2:32) ; Die Moorsoldaten = The peat-bog soldiers (2:58) (sung by Ernst Busch and chorus) -- Volume 2, part 1. Jarama (2:52) ; On the Jarama Front (2:43) ; Ballad of the XI Brigage (3:07) ; Hans Beimler, comrade (2:51) ; Die Thälmann-Kolonne = The Thaelmann column (2:42) (Woody Guthrie; Ernst Busch accompanied by chorus and orchestra) -- part 2, "Songs we remember." Santa Espina (2:22) ; Sevillanos (2:24) ; Road to Avilés (2:40) (sung by the people of Catalonia, Seville, and Asturias, Spain) -- part 3, From "Behind the barbed wire." La Guardia Rossa = The Red Guard (2:30) ; Wie hinterm Draht = Behind the barbed wire (2:51) ; La joven guardia = The youthful guardsmen (2:19) ; Au devant de la vie = Toward the new life (2:45) (sung by Bart van der Schelling and the Exiles Chorus, directed by Earl Robinson).
Various performers.
Sung in Spanish, English, German, and French.
