CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5679
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:
Poetry reading by Robert Duncan: Knowplace, tape 2 of 2 #692
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Duncan, Robert
Dates:
1919-1988
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Excellent
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J-card
DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:53:02
Size:
51.3 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:38:10
Size:
36.9 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000
006 Tape begins with Duncan reading “The Envoy”
030 Duncan talks about “The Structure of Rime (1956)” (begun while he was at Black Mountain) and about his work in general
118 Duncan finally begins reading “The architecture/it must have recesses…”
314 Short break
329 “The Ballad of Mrs. Noah”
370 Short break
380 “Variations on Two Dicta of William Blake”
462 End of Side One
Two 000
007 Tape begins – Duncan explains that he will read Passages XXX; XXXI; XXXII and “Epilogos”
016 “Stage directions/it’s not so/not strictly so…”
148 Short break
155 XXXI – “The Concert” – “Out of the sun/and the dispersing stars”
211 “Ancient Reveries and Declamations”
307 “Epilogos” – “And as an old man come forward into speech…”
382 Applause and after-reading chitchat
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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