Earle Birney reading from Selected poems 1940-1966 (Tape 7)

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
8349
Partner Institution:
University of Calgary
Source Collection Title:
Earle Birney fonds
Source Collection ID:
Source Collection Contributing Unit:
University of Calgary, Archives and Special Collections
Source Collection URI:
Source Collection Image URL:

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Earle Birney reading from Selected poems 1940-1966 (Tape 7)
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Title Note:
Label of recording title and included poems taped to box. Box stamped ME 0X5.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Persistent URL:
https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/index.php/earle-birney-fonds
Identifiers:
[7.3.7]

Rights

Rights:
The Public Domain Mark (PDM)

CREATORS

Name:
Birney, Earle
Dates:
1904-1995
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/97679781

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Reel to Reel
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/4 inch
Playing Speed:
7 1/2 ips
Tape Brand:
CBC Radio - Canada
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Duration:
T00:31:54
Size:
525.81 MB

Dates

Date:
1966
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
Date taken from creation dates listed for item level descriptions in archival finding aid for the Earle Birney fonds Item number 7.3.7

LOCATION

CONTENT

Contents:
Earle Birney [00:00:00] Reads "First Tree for Frost" [Section title Canada: Case History]. Earle Birney [00:02:29] Reads "Bushed". Earle Birney [00:04:16] Reads "Biography". Earle Birney [00:06:10] Reads "Takkakaw Falls". Earle Birney [00:07:45] Reads "Climbers". Earle Birney [00:09:48] Reads "Images in Place of Logging". Earle Birney [00:11:25] Reads "Slug in Woods". Earle Birney [00:13:12] Reads "Aluroid". Earle Birney [00:15:21] Reads "Haiku for a Young Waitress". Earle Birney [00:15:39] Reads "Gulf of Georgia". Earle Birney [00:16:39] Reads "November Walk Near False Creek Mouth".
Notes:
Title based on contents of file. - Concluding section “Canada: Case History.” Remainder of the poems in this section have to do with Alberta or British Columbia. - “First Tree for Frost”: About country between Edmonton and Calgary, from a long time ago. - “Biography”: Written on Thetis Island on the West Coast 1949. - “Takkakaw Falls”: Reads differently, can tell that it is a more abstract/concrete poem just from his shift in reading style. - “Climbers”: Written on Savary Island, B.C. 1950. Climbing takes place in mountains immediately north of city of Vancouver. - “Images in Place of Logging”: Written on Vancouver Island 1948. - “Slug in Woods”: One of his earliest completed poems, written in Crescent Beach, B. C. 1928. - “Aluroid”: Written in back garden in Vancouver 1948. Birney had a Siamese cat called Bast after the Egyptian cat goddess. ‘aluroid’ is a funny dictionary name for cat-like, Birney prefers ‘aluroid’ because it sounds like a sounds his Siamese cat made, his cat was “really far out of this world, more sci-fi type, they are humanoid so they also must be aluroid.” - “Haiku for a Young Waitress”: Vancouver 1960. - “Gulf of Georgia”: Vancouver 1945, small lyrical poem. - “November Walk Near False Creek Mouth”: Begun in 1961 in Vancouver, completed in 1963 in Ametia, Spain - [? cannot find] .

NOTES

RELATED WORKS

Citation:
Selected Poems, 1940-1966

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