CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5876
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:
Caedmon Treasury of Modern Poets Reading: Gertrude Stein, Archibald MacLeish, E.E. Cummings, Marianne Moore, William Empson, Stephen Spender, Conrad Aiken, Robert Frost, William Carlos Williams, Richard Eberhart, Ezra Pound, and Richard Wilbur reading #604
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Title Note:
For full J-card information, including poems read, see material photo.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Stein, Gertrude
Dates:
1874-1946
Name:
MacLeish, Archibald
Dates:
1892-1982
Name:
Cummings, E. E.
Dates:
1894-1962
Name:
Moore, Marianne
Dates:
1887-1972
Name:
Empson, William
Dates:
1906-1984
Name:
Spender, Stephen
Dates:
1909-1995
Name:
Aiken, Conrad
Dates:
1889-1973
Name:
Frost, Robert
Dates:
1874-1963
Name:
Williams, William Carlos
Dates:
1883-1963
Name:
Eberhart, Richard
Dates:
1904-2005
Name:
Pound, Ezra
Dates:
1885-1972
Name:
Wilbur, Richard
Dates:
1921-2017
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:
Good
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:
T00:32:40
Size:
46.2 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:32:37
Size:
47.1 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One Time: 25 mins.
000
004 Gertrude Stein: “If I Told Him” [A Completed Portrait of Picasso]
039 Archibald MacLeigh: “Epistle to be Left in the Earth”
061 E.E. Cummings: “What if a much of a which of a wind”
082 E.E. Cummings: “sweet spring is your”
102 Marianne Moore: “What are Years”
115 William Empson: “Missing Dates”
131 Stephen Spender: “I think continually of those”
153 Stephen Spender: “Seascape”
181 Conrad Aiken: “Tetelestai”
427 Side 1 ends
Two Time: 22 mins.
000
016 Robert Frost: “Birches”
046 Robert Frost: “After Apple-Picking”
067 William Carlos Williams: “The Seafarer”
078 Wallace Stevens: “The Idea of Order at Key West”
133 Richard Eberhart: “The Groundhog”
166 Ezra Pound: “Moeurs Contemporaines”
245 Richard Wilbur: “Love Calls Us to the Things of This World”
431 Side 2 ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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