During the time Paul Robeson lived in Britain he became a global star: a singer, film and stage actor, and in due course a political activist. It is to this time that scholars attribute his political awakening, which entailed, a broadening of his outlook to encompass an internationalist perspective. The Spanish Civil War galvanized the singer to action. His involvement in the war, which included regular appearances at rallies in Britain and singing to the troops in Spain in early 1938, was, by the singer’s own estimation, a turning point in his life, and a catalyst for the singer’s turn to activism. The claim I make is that Robeson’s internationalist politics was not only expressed in song but emerged through it. I identify several strands to Robeson’s musical internationalism, showing how the field of war provided a platform for the song strands to coalesce into a meaningful statement.

在保罗·罗伯逊住在英国期间，他成为了全球明星：歌手、电影和舞台演员，并在适当的时候成为政治活动家。正是在这个时候，学者们将他的政治觉醒归功于他的视野拓宽，以包含国际主义的观点。西班牙内战激励这位歌手采取行动。他参与了战争，其中包括定期出现在英国的集会上和 1938 年初在西班牙的军队唱歌，根据歌手自己的估计，这是他人生的转折点，也是歌手转向激进主义的催化剂。我的主张是，罗伯逊的国际主义政治不仅通过歌曲表达，而且通过歌曲表达出来。我确定了罗伯逊音乐国际主义的几个方面，