CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
8353
Partner Institution:
University of Calgary
Source Collection Label:
Earle Birney fonds
Sub Series:
Earle Birney fonds
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Earle Birney reading from Ice, cod, bell or stone and Near False Creek mouth.
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Title Note:
Label of recording title and included poems taped to box. Box stamped JS 0X6.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Identifiers:
[7.4(.2)]
Rights
Rights:
The Public Domain Mark (PDM)
CREATORS
Name:
Birney, Earle
Dates:
1904-1995
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:
T00:26:41
Size:
439.60 MB
Dates
Date:
1966
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
Dates supplied through research for copyright.
LOCATION
Address:
Toronto [?], Ontario, Canada
CONTENT
Contents:
Earle Birney
[00:00:00]
Reads "Most of a Dialogue in Cuzco".
Earle Birney
[00:09:35]
Reads "Buenos Aires: 1962".
Earle Birney
[00:15:04]
Reads "Orphiasco".
Earle Birney
[00:16:07]
Reads "Can. Hist.".
Earle Birney
[00:17:00]
Reads "Fine Arts".
Earle Birney
[00:17:20]
Reads "Candidate's Prayer Before Master's Oral".
Earle Birney
[00:18:36]
Reads "Testimony of a Canadian Educational Leader".
Earle Birney
[00:22:10]
Reads "Reverse on the Coast Range".
Earle Birney
[00:24:40]
Reads "Driftwood".
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
- Readings which do not appear in Selected Poems
- “Most of a Dialogue”: A long monologue/half a dialogue. Imagine a Canadian woman talking to an American woman.
- “Bueno Aires”: Headed by a quotation from Argentinian poet Rafael Alberti.
- “Orphiasco”: Homage to novelist Ivy Compton-Burnett.
- “Can. Hist”: A short course in Canadian history.
- Strait of Anian: initially going to read “Prairie Counterpoint” then decides not to read it on this tape and instead read “Reverse”.
- “Driftwood”: Written for friend Einer Neilsen of Bowen Island.
NOTES
RELATED WORKS
Citation:
Near False Creek Mouth; The Strait of Anian