CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
8363
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 uncollected poems (Tape 6)
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Title Note:
Label of recording title and included poems taped to box.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Identifiers:
[8.1-6]
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:
T00:26:35
Size:
438.20 MB
Dates
Date:
1966
Type:
Performance Date
Notes:
Dates supplied through research for copyright.
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Earle Birney
[00:00:00]
Reads "Nobody’s as Poor as a Poor Man".
Earle Birney
[00:01:16]
Reads "Secret Message from Poet to Reader".
Earle Birney
[00:03:08]
Reads "Return Flight".
Earle Birney
[00:04:10]
Reads "John Cabot".
Earle Birney
[00:05:18]
Reads untitled.
Earle Birney
[00:06:56]
Reads "Interview with City of Vancouver".
Earle Birney
[00:14:42]
Reads "A Song for Sunsets".
Earle Birney
[00:15:57]
Reads Spanish translation "From the Hazel Bough".
Earle Birney
[00:17:24]
Reads "The Leven Bolt".
Notes:
- “Nobody”: 1960, poem translated from Hungarian poet Jozsef Attila.
- “Secret”: 1962, response to publisher of Ice, Cod, Bell, Stone about the illustration’s inaccuracy (designer put in large church bell instead of the harebell flower of the poem), Birney wanted it inserted into the book somewhere but it was too late.
- “Return”: audiovisual, shape poem.
- “John”: Birney reading the new Canadian Dictionary of National Biographies.
- “untitled”: Bruce Woodland wrote into the Saturday Night responding to Birney’s “John Cabot,” this is Birney’s reply.
- “Interview”: an imaginary interview with the city of Vancouver. Have to imagine reporter asking Lady Vancouver about herself.
- “Song”: Birney on a plane traveling into the sunset a few days prior to this recording.
- Translation: Second attempt at reading Spanish version of “From the Hazel Bough,” first attempt on previous tape (tape 5).
- “Leven”: prose short story. Written during the war while Birney was in England. During sneak raids in London, where one plane would come in high and drop a bomb, British fighter planes had to find them. There was no way of knowing where the bombs would land so most people ignored the alerts and went about their day.
NOTES
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