Earle Birney reading from Ice, cod, bell or stone and Near False Creek mouth.

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
8353
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 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
Persistent URL:
https://searcharchives.ucalgary.ca/index.php/earle-birney-fonds
Identifiers:
[7.4(.2)]

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:
T00:26:41
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

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