Sound seminar: George Oppen reading at the New York poetry center YM-YWHA on February 19, 1967 #403

CLASSIFICATION

Swallow ID:
5654
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection

ITEM DESCRIPTION

Title:
Sound seminar: George Oppen reading at the New York poetry center YM-YWHA on February 19, 1967 #403
Title Source:
J-card and Recording
Language:
English
Production Context:
Documentary recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]

Rights

Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)

CREATORS

Name:
Oppen, George
Dates:
1908-1984
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/98097764
Role:
"Reader"
Name:
Schwerner, Armand
Dates:
1927-1999
URL:
http://viaf.org/viaf/92551112
Role:
"Speaker"
Notes:
Introduction by Armand Schwerner

CONTRIBUTORS

MATERIAL DESCRIPTION

Image:
Image
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Sound Quality:
Excellent
Physical Condition:
Good
Other Physical Description:
Black and white clear jewel case with J card

DIGITAL FILE DESCRIPTION

Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:45
Size:
31.4 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:30:47
Size:
31.6 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Notes:
It's blank

Dates

Date:
1967-02-19
Type:
Production Date
Source:
Recording

LOCATION

Address:
92nd Street Y, 1395, Lexington Avenue, Upper East Side, Carnegie Hill, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10128, United States
Venue:
Poetry Center of the 92nd Street YM-YWHA
Latitude:
40.7830439
Longitude:
-73.9527658
URL:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/3729655969

CONTENT

Contents:
Side Track No. Comments 000 Introduction by Armand Schwerner 048 Oppen begins to read – series of 40 short poems – Of Being Numerous 052 1 There are things… 060 2 So spoke of the existence of things… 064 3 The emotions are engaged 068 4 For the people of that flow 071 5 The great stone 075 6 We are pressed 078 7 Obsessed, bewildered 081 8 Amor Fati 085 9 Whether, as the intensity of seeing increases 090 10 Or, in that light… 096 11 It is that light… 108 12 In these explanations 115 13 Unable to begin 123 14 I cannot even now… 131 15 Chorus (androgynous)… 134 16 He who will not work… 139 17 The roots of words… 144 18 It is the air of atrocity… 146 19 Now in the helicopters… 150 20 They await 160 21 There can be a brick 163 22 Clarity 166 23 Half free 173 24 In this nation 175 25 Strange that the youngest… 182 26 They carry nativeness 210 27 It is difficult now to speak of poetry 226 28 The light 229 29 My daughter, my daughter, what can I say 243 30 Behind their house 247 31 Because the known and the unknown 250 32 Only that it should be beautiful 257 33 Which is ours, which is ourselves 260 34 Like the wind in the trees and the bells 272 35 … or define 276 36 Tho the world 286 37 ‘…approached the window as if to see…’ 297 38 You are the last 302 39 Occuring neither for self… 305 40 Whitman: ‘April 19, 1864’ 316 “Anyway but back” 343 Ends
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting

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