CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5581
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Title:
Reading in BC Collection
Source Collection ID:
MsC 199
Source Collection Description:
Reading in BC collection was assembled during the late 1970s and ‘80s. There are approximately 1000 tapes in this collection. It consists of the recordings of Canadian and American writers, mostly poets, reading poems, talking, being interviewed, participating in panel discussions, and so on. Most of the recordings were made in BC, but there are some made elsewhere in Canada or the USA. Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere.
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
SFU Library
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:
Sub Series Title:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Broadcast of Williams’ contribution to A Tribute to Ezra Pound at the Yale University on December 5, 1955 #849
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Broadcast
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Swigg, Richard
Notes:
General Editor
Name:
Baker, Richard J
Notes:
Editor
Name:
Bradbury, Cliff
Notes:
Sound Engineer
Name:
Crick, Jeremy
Notes:
The program designed by him
Name:
Williams, William Carlos
Dates:
1883-1963
Name:
Pargeter, Mark
Notes:
Business Manager
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Sound Quality:
Good
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:47:26
Size:
46.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:46:09
Size:
44.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1955-12-05
Type:
Production Date
Source:
J-card
Notes:
From copies in the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings, Yale University Library
LOCATION
Address:
West Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut, 06516, United States
Venue:
Yale University, Radio Station
Latitude:
41.25713055
Longitude:
-72.98966960152231
CONTENT
Contents:
Side 1 : 5 December 1955 : Broadcast of Williams’ contribution to A Tribute to Ezra Pound, YHRC (the Yale radio station). This recording is the unedited interview made for use in the broadcast. Synopsis : First meeting with Pound ; EP’s daily sonnets ; His chanting ; Early verse in a Lume Spento ; EP as reader ; At Hamilton College ; As Bertrans de Born ; Cure for tuberculosis ; EP’s Americanism versus English rules : Provençal, Italian, Chinese, WCW visiting EP in 1910 ; The Shakespears – Visit to Ivy Peabody’s ; Yeats reading Dowson ; Gosse, Yeats, Johnson ; With EP in Church Walk [Loss of words on original tape from “and Ezra – “to” – Church Walk. He was in the lead as usual”]. The violets ; Restaurant and EP’s coat ; At the Tate Gallery
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
Note:
Special thanks are expressed to the Richard Warren Jr
Note:
The last 22 minutes of the second track is empty
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