PAUL ROBESON (1898-1976) Signature on Russian sheet music.
Sheet music of "Compilation of Spanish Songs" (in translation) printed in Cyrillic, published in Leningrad and dated 1936, signed in green ink "Paul Robeson" at the head of the wrapper. 12 x 8 1/2 inches (30 x 22 cm). The cover dust soiled and with marginal chips.

This music dates from around the time Paul Robeson visited Moscow, and of Russia he said "Here I am not a Negro but a human being for the first time in my life ... I walk in full human dignity." Such items relating to Robeson's time in the Soviet Union are scarce.

C The Collection of Nancy Salisbury

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