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Quite a few of these recordings are unique copies, not to be found elsewhere."],"collection_source_collection_id":["MsC 199"],"persistent_url":[""],"item_title":["Pacifica Radio Series on Ezra Pound: discussion of Ezra Pound’s Le Testement de Villon by Charles Amirkhanian, Robert Hughes, and Hugh Kenner, 1973 Tape1 of 2 #507a"],"item_title_source":["J-card and inventory"],"item_language":["English"],"item_production_context":["Studio recording"],"item_identifiers":["[]"],"rights":["Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)"],"creator_names":["Pound, Ezra","Amirkhanian, Charles","Hughes, Robert","Kenner, Hughes"],"creator_names_search":["Pound, Ezra","Amirkhanian, Charles","Hughes, Robert","Kenner, Hughes"],"creators":["[{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/24606774\",\"name\":\"Pound, Ezra\",\"dates\":\"1885-1972\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Author\"]},{\"url\":\" http://viaf.org/viaf/7489149108420668780004\",\"name\":\"Amirkhanian, Charles\",\"dates\":\"1945-\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/61574402\",\"name\":\"Hughes, Robert\",\"dates\":\"1938-2012\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]},{\"url\":\"http://viaf.org/viaf/106966232\",\"name\":\"Kenner, Hughes\",\"dates\":\"1923-2003\",\"notes\":\"\",\"nation\":[],\"role\":[\"Speaker\"]}]"],"contributors":["[]"],"Performance_Date":[1973],"material_description":["[{\"side\":\"\",\"image\":\"../Uploads/887/Reading in BC_MsC199_507a.jpg\",\"other\":\"\",\"extent\":\"1/8 inch\",\"AV_types\":\"Audio\",\"tape_brand\":\"\",\"generations\":\"Second generation from Reel-to-Real\",\"Conservation\":\"\",\"equalization\":\"\",\"playback_mode\":\"Stereo\",\"playing_speed\":\"\",\"sound_quality\":\"Excellent\",\"recording_type\":\"Analogue\",\"storage_capacity\":\"T01:30:40\",\"physical_condition\":\"Very Good\",\"track_configuration\":\"2 track\",\"material_designation\":\"Cassette\",\"physical_composition\":\"Magnetic Tape\",\"accompanying_material\":\"J-card\",\"other_physical_description\":\"Black and white clear jewel case with J-card\"}]"],"material_designations":["Cassette"],"physical_compositions":["Magnetic Tape"],"recording_type":["Analogue"],"AV_type":["Audio"],"playback_mode":["Stereo"],"digital_description":["[{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"507_1-side-1.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:30:21\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"45.6 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"},{\"file_url\":\"\",\"file_path\":\"\",\"filename\":\"507_1-side-2.mp3\",\"channel_field\":\"Stereo\",\"sample_rate\":\"44.1 kHz\",\"duration\":\"T00:30:20\",\"precision\":\"\",\"size\":\"43.5 MB\",\"bitrate\":\"32 bit\",\"encoding\":\"WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files\",\"contents\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"title\":\"\",\"credit\":\"\",\"caption\":\"\",\"content_type\":\"\",\"featured\":\"\",\"public_access_url\":\"\"}]"],"Dates":["[{\"date\":\"1973\",\"type\":\"Performance Date\",\"notes\":\"\",\"source\":\"Inventory\"}]"],"Location":["[{\"url\":\"\",\"venue\":\"\",\"notes\":\"\",\"address\":\"\",\"latitude\":\"\",\"longitude\":\"\"}]"],"content_notes":["SFU BC Readings formatting"],"contents":["Side\tTrack\tNo.\tComments\nOne\t\t\tIntroduction to, and discussion of, Ezra Pound’s Le Testement de Villon\n\t\t000\tIntroduction to the opera (for the opera itself, see tape #506) Robert Hughes, Charles Amirkhanian, Hugh Kenner discuss the opera\n\t\t017\tRobert Hughes (the conductor) synopsizes the plot\n\t\t030\tCharles Amirkhaman (Music Director at KPFA, Berkeley) asks Hughes about the musical structure of the work\n\t\t047\tHugh Kenner compares Pound, Stravinsky, and T.D. Eliot\n\t\t051\tThe cost of the opera is introduced (see notes in tape #506)\n\t\t062\tAnnouncer introduces the resumed discussion\n\t\t074\tHughes discusses the critical reaction to the opera, the difficulties of performing it, and the advantages of modern recording techniques\n\t\t096\tKenner describes his reaction to finally hearing a good performance of Le Testament de Villon\n\t\t109\tHughes talks about the problem of the opera’s not having much physical action and the audience’s lack of ability to understand the French of the Villon poem\n\t\t123\tKenner’s The Pound Era is discussed; Hughes speaks about techniques of expression used in Pound’s Cantos which are also used by Kenner.  Hughes then talks about the relationship of Pound’s poetry to music and vice versa\n\t\t203\tHistory of Pound’s involvement with music\n\t\t223\tPound is quoted: “I pointed out that music and poetry had been an alliance in the twelfth century, that the divorce of the two arts had been to the advantage of neither…”  This opinion is discussed\n\t\t265\tAmirkhanian reads from an article by George Antheil (who edited the opera in 1923) which assesses Pound’s music\n\t\t317\tPound’s lack of knowledge of harmony, etc., is discussed and compared to Stravinski’s lack of musical “hang-ups”\n\t\t360\tHughes defends Pound’s being opinionated and “bombastic” on the subject of music\n\t\t400\tHughes discusses Pound’s original manuscript of the score, and some of the problems of performing it as written\n\t\t460\tRobert Browning’s use of musical notation as part of some of his later poems is mentioned by Hughes; it is pointed out that Pound also does this in the Pisan Cantos\n\t\t485\tThe future of Pound’s opera as a lasting work is discussed, as is the inability of earlier orchestras to play such a complex work\n\t\t586\tPound’s “pan-cultural” approach to music and literature is discussed\n\t\t655\tHughes discusses how he gets musical inspiration for his own compositions from Pound’s writings\n\t\t734\tKenner talks about the “old fashioned” kind of scholarship needed to understand Pound’s works\n\t\t790\tKenner expresses the opinion that Le Testement may have been a “tryout” for the Cantos\n"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Liner Notes: This Tape contains an introduction to the opera (Band 1) and a discussion of the opera among Charles Amirkhanian (the Music Director at KPFA, Berkeley), Robert Hughes (the Conductor) and Hugh Kenner  \\nSide 1: 29:05\\nSide 2: 26:08\",\"type\":\"General\"}]"],"Related_works":["[]"],"_version_":1853670552756027392,"timestamp":"2026-01-07T14:59:57.226Z","score":5.2539043}]