CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5732
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:
Karl Siegler reading Sonnets to Orpheus at George and Angela Bowering home on January 27, 1979 #472
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Home recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Siegler, Karl
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
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
Sound Quality:
Excellent
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:
T00:37:52
Size:
39.3 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:37:59
Size:
40.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1979-01-27
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
401 – 4542 West 10th Vancouver, BC V6R 2J1
Venue:
George and Angela Bowering home
Latitude:
49.26360
Longitude:
-123.21062
Notes:
Angela Bowering was George Bowering's first wife who died quite a few years ago, and this is where they used to live.
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 Siegler talks about the religiosity of the sonnets
039 - Reads 1-1 – “There rose a tree…”
048 I-2 - “and almost a maiden it was…”
059 I-3 – “”A god may”
069 1-4 – “Oh you tender ones”
078 I-5 – “Erect no stone”
088 I-6 – “Is he from here?”
098 I-7 – “Praise, that’s it!”
106 I-8 – “Only in the realm of praise”
116 I-9 – “Only he who has raised the lyre”
125 I-10 – “You that have never left my sensibility”
133 I-11 – “Observe the heavens”
145 I-12 – “Hail the spirit, that may unite us”
153 I-13 –“Fullness of apple…”
165 I-14 – “We go about with Flower…”
175 I-15 – “Stay… that tastes...”
188 I-16 – “You, my friend, are set apart…”
200 I-17 – “Undermost the ancient, entangled”
209 I-18 – “Do you hear the New, Lord”
217 I-19 – “Though the world may transform itself”
224 I-20 – “But to you Lord…”
236 I-21 – “Spring has come again”
245 I-22 – “We are the drivers…”
253 I-23 – “Oh, only then…”
260 I-24 – “Shall we cast aside our ancient Friendship”
274 I-25 – “But you now…”
290 I-26 – “But you, beautiful and godly…”
311 Some comments on part two – Siegler says the language starts to mirror the page
338 - Reads II, 1, in German
354 Translation of II, 1 “Breath, you invisible poem!”
370 II-2 – “As by the quick rising leaf…”
382 II-3 – “Mirrors: no one has written on you”
397 II-4 – “Oh this is the beast which is not”
411 II-5 – “Flower muscle”
428 II-6 – “Rose, enthroned”
446 II-7 – “Flowers, you are finally kin”
459 II-8 – “How Few there were of you”
482 II-9 – “Praise not yourselves…”
502 II-10 – “All we have attained…”
524 II-11 – “Many a quietly ordered law…”
542 II-12 – “Will the transformation”
567 II-13 – “Be previous to all parting…”
586 II-14 – “Look at the flowers…”
605 II-15 – “Oh fountain-mouth…”
623 II-16 – “Time and again we have torn him up”
642 II-17 – “Where, in which sacred gardens…”
664 II-18 – “Dancer…”
687 II-19 – “Somewhere the spoiled gold lives…”
714 II-20 – “Between the stars…”
739 II-21 – “Sing those gardens…”
765 II-22 – “Oh despite destiny…”
789 II-23 – “Summon me to one”
811 II-24 – “Oh this lust always new…”
838 II-25 – “Listen: already the First harrow’s work is”
858 II-26 – “How the cry of a bird seizes us…”
882 II-27 – “Does time really exist…”
902 II-28 – “Oh come and go”
932 II-29 – “Silent companion of the many distances”
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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