CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
8385
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 1)
Title Source:
Transcribed from the artifact
Title Note:
Label of recording title and included poems taped to box. Label taped over writing (unreadable). Box stamped JS 0X6.
Language:
English
Production Context:
Studio recording
Identifiers:
[7.3.1]
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:
T00:31:52
Size:
525.15 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 7.3.1
LOCATION
CONTENT
Contents:
Earle Birney
[00:01:41]
Reads "The Bear on the Delhi Road".
Earle Birney
[00:01:41]
Reads "Twenty-Third Flight".
Earle Birney
[00:04:12]
Reads "Captain Cook".
Earle Birney
[00:06:58]
Reads "Honolulu".
Earle Birney
[00:08:41]
Reads "Wake Island".
Earle Birney
[00:10:07]
Reads "Wind-chimes in a Temple Ruin".
Earle Birney
[00:10:52]
Reads "A Walk in Kyoto".
Earle Birney
[00:14:40]
Reads "Bankok Boy".
Earle Birney
[00:17:52]
Reads "The Bear on the Delhi Road".
Earle Birney
[00:22:14]
Reads "Tavern by the Hellespont".
Earle Birney
[00:25:28]
Reads "Epidaurus".
Earle Birney
[00:28:08]
Reads "Plaza de Inquisicion".
Earle Birney
[00:28:58]
Reads "El Greco: Espolio".
Notes:
Title based on contents of file.
- “Bankok Boy” is inspired by a boy who ran in front of Birney’s camera.
- “The Bear on the Delhi Road” comes from Birney’s travels in India. He was haunted by what he saw and couldn’t write anything about his experiences, eventually wrote “The Bear” about men trying to teach a bear to dance. The men probably saved all their money to buy this bear, and are therefore completely reliant on this bear, symbiosis.
- “Epidaurus”: Birney visited Epidaurus on the day headlines across the world were preoccupied with the H-Bomb scare. Birney is trying to imagine when this theatre was new. At Epidaurus, there is a guide who will send you to the top of the orchestra and drop a pin on the stage so that you can hear it.
- “El Greco Espolio” is about the curious nature of craftsmanship.
NOTES
RELATED WORKS
Citation:
Selected Poems, 1940-1966