CLASSIFICATION
Swallow ID:
5732
Partner Institution:
Simon Fraser University
Source Collection Label:
Reading in BC Collection
Sub Series:
Reading in BC Collection
ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title:
Karl Siegler reading Sonnets to Orpheus at George and Angela Bowering home on January 27, 1979 #472
Title Source:
cassette and j-card
Language:
English
Production Context:
Home recording
Genre:
Reading: Poetry
Identifiers:
[]
Rights
Rights:
Copyright Not Evaluated (CNE)
CREATORS
Name:
Siegler, Karl
Role:
"Reader"
CONTRIBUTORS
MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
Image:
Recording Type:
Analogue
AV Type:
Audio
Material Designation:
Cassette
Physical Composition:
Magnetic Tape
Extent:
1/8 inch
Track Configuration:
2 track
Playback Mode:
Stereo
Generations:
Second generation from Reel-to-Reel
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:
T00:37:52
Size:
39.3 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Channel Field:
Stereo
Sample Rate:
44.1 kHz
Duration:
T00:37:59
Size:
40.0 MB
Bitrate:
32 bit
Encoding:
WAV for master files and .MP3 for online files
Dates
Date:
1979-01-27
Type:
Performance Date
Source:
J-card
LOCATION
Address:
401 – 4542 West 10th Vancouver, BC V6R 2J1
Venue:
George and Angela Bowering home
Latitude:
49.26360
Longitude:
-123.21062
Notes:
Angela Bowering was George Bowering's first wife who died quite a few years ago, and this is where they used to live.
CONTENT
Contents:
Side Track No. Comments
One 000 Siegler talks about the religiosity of the sonnets
039 - Reads 1-1 – “There rose a tree…”
048 I-2 - “and almost a maiden it was…”
059 I-3 – “”A god may”
069 1-4 – “Oh you tender ones”
078 I-5 – “Erect no stone”
088 I-6 – “Is he from here?”
098 I-7 – “Praise, that’s it!”
106 I-8 – “Only in the realm of praise”
116 I-9 – “Only he who has raised the lyre”
125 I-10 – “You that have never left my sensibility”
133 I-11 – “Observe the heavens”
145 I-12 – “Hail the spirit, that may unite us”
153 I-13 –“Fullness of apple…”
165 I-14 – “We go about with Flower…”
175 I-15 – “Stay… that tastes...”
188 I-16 – “You, my friend, are set apart…”
200 I-17 – “Undermost the ancient, entangled”
209 I-18 – “Do you hear the New, Lord”
217 I-19 – “Though the world may transform itself”
224 I-20 – “But to you Lord…”
236 I-21 – “Spring has come again”
245 I-22 – “We are the drivers…”
253 I-23 – “Oh, only then…”
260 I-24 – “Shall we cast aside our ancient Friendship”
274 I-25 – “But you now…”
290 I-26 – “But you, beautiful and godly…”
311 Some comments on part two – Siegler says the language starts to mirror the page
338 - Reads II, 1, in German
354 Translation of II, 1 “Breath, you invisible poem!”
370 II-2 – “As by the quick rising leaf…”
382 II-3 – “Mirrors: no one has written on you”
397 II-4 – “Oh this is the beast which is not”
411 II-5 – “Flower muscle”
428 II-6 – “Rose, enthroned”
446 II-7 – “Flowers, you are finally kin”
459 II-8 – “How Few there were of you”
482 II-9 – “Praise not yourselves…”
502 II-10 – “All we have attained…”
524 II-11 – “Many a quietly ordered law…”
542 II-12 – “Will the transformation”
567 II-13 – “Be previous to all parting…”
586 II-14 – “Look at the flowers…”
605 II-15 – “Oh fountain-mouth…”
623 II-16 – “Time and again we have torn him up”
642 II-17 – “Where, in which sacred gardens…”
664 II-18 – “Dancer…”
687 II-19 – “Somewhere the spoiled gold lives…”
714 II-20 – “Between the stars…”
739 II-21 – “Sing those gardens…”
765 II-22 – “Oh despite destiny…”
789 II-23 – “Summon me to one”
811 II-24 – “Oh this lust always new…”
838 II-25 – “Listen: already the First harrow’s work is”
858 II-26 – “How the cry of a bird seizes us…”
882 II-27 – “Does time really exist…”
902 II-28 – “Oh come and go”
932 II-29 – “Silent companion of the many distances”
Notes:
SFU BC Readings formatting
NOTES
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