Earl Hawley Robinson (July 2, 1910 – July 20, 1991) was a composer, arranger and folk music singer-songwriter from Seattle, Washington. Robinson is remembered for his music, including the cantata "Ballad for Americans" and songs such as "Joe Hill" and "Black and White", which expressed his left-leaning political views. He wrote many popular songs and music for Hollywood films, including his collaboration with Lewis Allan on the 1940s hit "The House I Live In" from the Academy Award winning film of the same name. He was a member of the Communist Party from the 1930s to the 1950s. More about Earl Robinson
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Robinson studied violin, viola and piano as a child, and studied composition at the University of Washington, receiving a BM and teaching certificate in 1933. While at Washington, Robinson was a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, a men's music fraternity. In 1934 he moved to New York City where he studied with Hanns Eisler and Aaron Copland. He was also involved with the depression-era WPA Federal Theatre Project, and was actively involved in the anti-fascist movement and was the musical director at the Communist-run Camp Unity in upstate New York. In the 1940s he worked on film scores in Hollywood until he was blacklisted for being a Communist. Unable to work in Hollywood, he moved back to New York, where he headed the music program at Elisabeth Irwin High School, directing the orchestra and chorus.In total, we tracked 63 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Earl Robinson (EARL ROBINSON Hand Signed Album Page Cut) was sold in February 2011 for $104.01 while the cheapest item (Earl Robinson signed 3x5 index card) found a new owner for $0.69 in February 2013. The month with the most items sold (3) was September 2010 with an average selling price of $2.47 for an autographed item of Earl Robinson. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in November 2009 with $33.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.69 was February 2013. In average, an autographed item from Earl Robinson is worth $5.79.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Earl Robinson were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
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1961 TOPPS EARL ROBINSON-BALTIMORE ORIOLE AUTOGRAPHED ROOKIE CARD-d.2014 | $8.48 | ||
1961 Topps SIGNED: Earl Robinson, ORIOLES #343 (D.2014) | $5.99 | ||
1962 TOPPS BASEBALL #272 EARL ROBINSON AUTOGRAPH SIGNED AUTO Baltimore Orioles | $9.00 | ||
Earl Robinson #343 Signed 1961 Topps MLB Baseball on Card Signature Autograph | $9.95 | ||
Earl Robinson (1936-2014) signed 3x5 | $1.49 | ||
Earl Robinson (1936-2014) signed 3x5 | $1.85 | ||
Earl Robinson (1936-2014) signed album Cut | $1.79 | ||
EARL ROBINSON 1991 CROWN AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED AUTO BASEBALL CARD ORIOLES | $11.77 | ||
EARL ROBINSON AUTOGRAPH SIGNED AUTO INDEX CARD ORIOLES DODGERS DIED 2014 | $2.95 | ||
EARL ROBINSON BALTIMORE ORIOLES SIGNED 3X5 INDEX CARD W/ COA | $9.99 |