There was one many years ago by Helen Roach. It included much other spoken
stuff and was discographically strange but listed many records. Maybe 1965
or so.
Steve Smolian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas Stern" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 9:56 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts... and poetry
> Is there a discography of recorded poetry?
> It seems there were quite a few 78's (The RCA Edna St.Vincent Millay set
> (which was reissued by Caedmon on lp), and other
> anthologies on LP - a box set on Gryphon, the Spoken Arts series). During
> the LP era many recordings on Caedmon, RCA, Decca (Yale Recorded Poets
> series), etc.
> If I remember correctly the Harvard series was on cassette tapes - did
> they ever come out on LP/CD?
> Thanks.
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
>
>
>
> Don Share wrote:
>
>>Don't forget the old Harvard Vocarium: Pound, Eliot, Jeffers, Auden, et
>>al.,
>>which is part of the formidable poetry audio archive here at Harvard.
>>Some of
>>these were issued in the cassette set, "The Poet's Voice." These days,
>>we're
>>digitizing things, delivering some by the web when we have permission, and
>>of
>>course, many of our recordings appear in such things as "Poetry Speaks,"
>>the
>>Random House "Voice of the Poet" series, "Poets on Record," and so on.
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>Don Share, Ph.D.
>>Curator of Poetry in the G.E. Woodberry Poetry Room
>>Lamont Library
>>Harvard University
>>Cambridge, MA 02138 USA
>>Telephone: (617) 495-2454
>>Fax: (617) 495-1376
>>
>>Poetry Room information:
>>http://hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton/collections/poetry_room.html
>>
>>
>>
>>Quoting ARSCLIST automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]>:
>>
>>
>>>There are 11 messages totalling 737 lines in this issue.
>>>
>>>Topics of the day:
>>>
>>> 1. Spoken Arts records (8)
>>> 2. Folkways 78s
>>> 3. Crosley Radio (2)
>>>
>>>----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:58:50 -0400
>>>From: Richard Warren <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>
>>>Hi Tom,
>>>
>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>
>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>
>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what
>>>>was once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>
>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>
>>>------------------------------
>>>
>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:22:36 -0400
>>>From: Steve Weiss <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Subject: Re: Folkways 78s
>>>
>>>:
>>>
>>> From Library of Congress SONIC:
>>>
>>>1 Folkways 1045 A (78A) *Title:* Bhagavad-Gita. 53rd-73rd verses,
>>>chapter 2 ; Bhagavad-Gita. 53rd-73rd verses, chapter 2
>>>*Date:*
>>>*Name(s)*: Read by Dr. T.M.P. Mahadevan in Sanskrit
>>>2 Folkways 1436 (78A) *Title:* Ile-ile ; Tari piring sadang lawas /
>>>Tumba lela-lelan
>>>*Date:*
>>>*Name(s)*: Dinjanikan Oleh: Ropaoen Batoebara; Orkest: Sinondang Sipirok
>>>3 Folkways 01440 (78A) *Title:* 1. Pile pied'm (Ibo dance song). 2.
>>>M'pas bwe m'pas mange (work song) ; 1. Ogoun Balindjo (invocation). 2.
>>>Ezilie Wedo (invocation)
>>>*Date:*
>>>*Name(s)*: 1. Morgina Lavache. 2. Libera Borderau, Ti Yogan; 1. Chorus,
>>>drums. 2. with mortar sounds
>>>4 Folkways 01442 (78A) *Title:* 1. Mainin'm alle (Congo drum song).
>>>2. Cote yo, cote yo (Mais dance song) ; 1. Crapeau Tingele (play song).
>>>2. Balance ya ya (play song). 3 Trois fe (social criticism)
>>>*Date:*
>>>*Name(s)*: 1. Ti Yogan, Morgina Lavache. 2. Libera Borderau; 1. with
>>>drums 2. with bamboo stampers and irons
>>>5 Folkways 01443 (78A) *Title:* 1. Spirit conversation. 2. General
>>>Brise (Quitta dance song) ; 1. Mayousse (carnival song) 2. Paulette
>>>(romantic song)
>>>*Date:*
>>>*Name(s)*: 1. Cult priest at Leogane. 2. Lafrance Belvue, with chorus,
>>>drums
>>>6 Folkways 1201/1202 (78A) *Title:* Who built America: Auction block
>>>; The boll weavil ; Chisholm trail ; Jesse James ; Who built America: Mi
>>>chacra ; Schluf mine kind ; Salangadou ; Kleine Junges ; So long, been
>>>good to know you
>>>*Date:*
>>>*Name(s)*: Bill Bonyun
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Rob Poretti wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>I don't know if he's on this list but Pete Reineger at
>>>>Smithsonian/Folkways
>>>>
>>>might be able
>>>
>>>>to help you here... I don't think he would mind if I shared his address
>>>>for
>>>>
>>>this type of
>>>
>>>>query...
>>>>
>>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>>Cheers!
>>>>
>>>>Rob Poretti
>>>>Sascom - Toronto
>>>>vox.905.825.5373 fax.905.469.1129 cel.905.580.2467
>>>>www.sascom.com www.cube-tec.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>>>>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Thomas Stern
>>>>>Sent: April 18, 2007 7:11 PM
>>>>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>Subject: [ARSCLIST] Folkways 78s
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>There were some very early Folkways 78rpm releases - Bill
>>>>>Bonyun FOL 2,
>>>>>Leadbelly Memorial FOL 4.
>>>>>They also were released on LP, with FOLL prefix, later FP
>>>>>prefix (before
>>>>>the 60's renumbering).
>>>>>If anyone knows which OTHER titles were actually released on 78, I'd
>>>>>appreciate as much detail as you can provide,
>>>>>and release dates if known. Does anyone have information indicating
>>>>>when the 78 series was discontinued?
>>>>>Please indicate if the information is from catalogs, and you have not
>>>>>seen the actual disks.
>>>>>Many Thanks!!!
>>>>>Best wishes, Thomas.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>------------------------------
>>>
>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:38:03 -0400
>>>From: Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>
>>>Hi, Richard,
>>>
>>>For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you tell
>>>me
>>>how all this evolved post-1982?
>>>
>>>Steve Smolian
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Richard Warren" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>
>>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>>
>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>
>>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what was
>>>>>once
>>>>>Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>
>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>
>>>>--
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>------------------------------
>>>
>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 11:17:23 -0400
>>>From: Richard Warren <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>
>>>Hi Steve,
>>>
>>>Spoken Arts was sold to an educational-market company by Arthur Luce
>>>Klein, who later bought back the recordings that he'd made as Spoken
>>>Arts (I can't give you dates for those events, sorry) and carried on
>>>as World of Words (since he'd sold the company name, too). Effective
>>>July 5, 2001 World of Words and Yale University agreed to establish
>>>the Arthur and Luce Klein Spoken Arts Audio Collection in HSR, which
>>>included nearly all the master tapes made for the Spoken Arts label
>>>and various related paper materials. Preservation projects and
>>>arrangements to make many of the recordings accessible are under way.
>>>
>>>Please feel free to ask questions if that's not enough for your data
>>>base.
>>>
>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>
>>>At 10:38 AM 4/19/2007, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi, Richard,
>>>>
>>>>For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you
>>>>tell me how all this evolved post-1982?
>>>>
>>>>Steve Smolian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren"
>>>>
>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>>
>>>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>>>
>>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what
>>>>>>was once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
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>>>>>4/19/2007 5:32 AM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>------------------------------
>>>
>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 13:38:42 -0500
>>>From: Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>
>>>A paid obit in the NYTimes contains the names of his children whom you
>>>may be able to contact:
>>>If you are able to obtain information concerning the current status of
>>>the Spoke Arts recordings,
>>>I would like to know. There are some worthy recordings in the catalog
>>>which should be made available.
>>>Best wishes, Thomas.
>>>
>>>
>>> KLEIN, DR. ARTHUR LUCE
>>>
>>>published: April 14, 1997
>>>
>>>KLEIN-Dr. Arthur Luce, born March 31, 1916, to Joseph Klein and Jennie
>>>Kallish, in Carbondale, PA, died of a heart attack on April 7, 1997, in
>>>New Rochelle. Dr. Klein was an actor, director, and consumate raconteur.
>>>He founded Spoken Arts Inc., the distinguished recording company which
>>>was among the earliest ventures devoted to the preservation of the
>>>voices of contemporary poets and novelists, as well as to literary and
>>>educational recordings. Dr. Klein earned his bachelor's, master's, and
>>>doctoral degrees at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. He was a
>>>captain in the Army Signal Corps during WWII. Among the beneficiaries of
>>>Dr Klein's generous philanthropy were the Sound Shore Medical Center of
>>>Westchester, the New Rochelle Boys' Club, and the police and fire
>>>departments of New Rochelle, NY. He is survived by his wife Luce; his
>>>children, Judith E. Klein of Manhattan, Florence Klein of Santa Barbara,
>>>CA, Joel Klein of Baltimore, MD, and Rosine Klein of New Rochelle, NY;
>>>seven grandchildren; and his sister Sylvia Meil of Scranton, PA.
>>>Services were held at Temple Israel of New Rochelle on Thursday, April
>>>10th. He was a unique personality who touched many with his creative
>>>fire, his love, and his courageous insistence to always live to the
>>>fullest despite obstacles life offers. We will miss him and we pray that
>>>he finds peace and comfort with the Most High.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Steven Smolian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>My "in perpetual progress" "Who Owns It" database gives Arthur Luce
>>>>Klein as the owner, at 59 Locust Av, New Rochelle, NY. Alas! This is
>>>>in 1972.
>>>>
>>>>Steve Smolian
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine"
>>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 8:16 PM
>>>>Subject: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what was
>>>>>once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>
>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
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>>>>>4/18/2007 7:39 AM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>------------------------------
>>>
>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:01:31 -0500
>>>From: Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>
>>>AND, which poetry series is not owned by Yale, and why?
>>>(I have a vague recollection of a large series, perhaps a dozen lps, of
>>>recorded poetry which was drawn
>>>from archival recordings,. Perhaps these were leased, thus not owned by
>>>SA).
>>>Thanks, Thomas.
>>>
>>>Steven Smolian wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi, Richard,
>>>>
>>>>For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you
>>>>tell me how all this evolved post-1982?
>>>>
>>>>Steve Smolian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren"
>>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>>
>>>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>>>
>>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>>
>>>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what
>>>>>>was once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
>>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
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>>>>>4/19/2007 5:32 AM
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>------------------------------
>>>
>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 18:37:19 -0400
>>>From: Alex Kogan <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>
>>>Sorry to bother you, but it's been so long since I sent a message to the
>>>entire list that I forgot how to do it. Would you remind me of how?
>>>Many
>>>thanks.
>>>
>>>Alex Kogan
>>>Showcase Productions, Inc.
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Thomas Stern" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 3:01 PM
>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>AND, which poetry series is not owned by Yale, and why?
>>>>(I have a vague recollection of a large series, perhaps a dozen lps, of
>>>>recorded poetry which was drawn
>>>>from archival recordings,. Perhaps these were leased, thus not owned by
>>>>SA).
>>>>Thanks, Thomas.
>>>>
>>>>Steven Smolian wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi, Richard,
>>>>>
>>>>>For the "Who Owns It" sequence in my peripitatic data base, can you
>>>>>tell
>>>>>me how all this evolved post-1982?
>>>>>
>>>>>Steve Smolian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Warren"
>>>>><[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 8:58 AM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spoken Arts records
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi Tom,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>With the exception of one series of poetry records, Yale is the owner.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Best wishes, Richard
>>>>>>
>>>>>>At 08:16 PM 4/18/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Does anyone know who is the current owner of the archives of what was
>>>>>>>once Spoken Arts Records, based in New Rochelle NY?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>-- Tom Fine
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
>>>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>>>>>>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.4/768 - Release Date:
>>>>>>4/19/2007
>>>>>>5:32 AM
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>------------------------------
>>>
>>>Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:09:47 -0400
>>>From: Alex Kogan <[log in to unmask]>
>>>Subject: Re: Spoken Arts records
>>>
>>>Since I got a copy of my previous message, it appears that the way to
>>>send a
>>>message is to do it as a reply, so here goes:
>>>
>>>Dear ARCLIST members,
>>>
>>>At the suggestion of Jane Klain, at the Museum of Television and Radio, I
>>>am
>>>asking all of you for help in locating kinescope materials for the
>>>following
>>>important live dramatic anthology programs which were packaged and
>>>produced
>>>by our company, Showcase Productions, Inc., for NBC's Producers' Showcase
>>>series. (The full story is at www.showcaseproductions.com) NBC
>>>recognizes
>>>us as the copyright owner, and has signed a number of access agreements
>>>to
>>>materials for these programs. While we have whatever ownership rights NBC
>>>had, our interest is in getting access so that we can work our kinescope
>>>digital mastering and restoration magic; we will return both the
>>>materials
>>>and a first-rate digital clone of our master. If any of you have any
>>>concerns about our rights, rest assured that you can check with NBC, the
>>>MT&R, and (we hope, if they didn't lose the paperwork I sent them) the
>>>LOC,
>>>and that we will furnish copies of the documents to you. The missing
>>>programs,all from the Producers' Showcase series, are
>>>
>>>I. PROGRAMS WITH PARTIAL MATERIALS
>>>
>>>1. "ROSALINDA" (7/23/56) - Edwin Lester Los Angeles-San Francisco Light
>>>Opera Association, produced by Edwin Lester, directed by Bob Banner,
>>>music
>>>by Johnann Strauss (Fledermaus), written by Sid Kuller, from the Max
>>>Reinhardt-Erich Korngold version of "Die Fledermaus), book by Gottfried
>>>Reinhardt and John Mechan Jr., lyrics by Paul Kerby and Sid Kuller,
>>>choreography by Todd Bolender, design by Oliver Smith, with Cyril
>>>Ritchard,
>>>Jean Fenn, Sig Arno, Wiere Brothers, Lois Hunt, Robert Wright, Thomas
>>>Hayward, Ralph Dumke. We hve the mag track but no video.
>>>
>>>II. NO MATERIALS YET LOCATED
>>>
>>>2. "REUNION IN VIENNA" (4/4/55) - 1931 smash hit Broadway play by Robert
>>>E.
>>>Sherwood, adapted for television by David Shaw, produced by Fred Coe,
>>>Guest
>>>Producer Jean Dalrylmple, directed by Vincent Donehue, Associate Director
>>>Dominick Dunne, sets by Ter-Arutunian, costumes by Guy Kent; story of
>>>banished Austrian archduke who returns to Vienna for reunion of the old
>>>nobility and reunites with his former love, now married to a
>>>psychoanalyst;
>>>stars Greer Garson, Brian Aherne, Peter Lorre, Cathleen Nesbitt, Lili
>>>Darvis, Herbert Berghof, George Voskovec, Nehemiah Persoff, Robert
>>>Flemyng,
>>>Tamara Daykarhanova, and Gene Saks in a bit part as a waiter
>>>
>>>3. "THE KING AND MRS. CANDLE" (4/22/55) - musical play based on Sumner
>>>Locke
>>>Elliott's original television play originally presented on Philco
>>>Television
>>>Playhouse on 4/18/54, produced by Fred Coe, directed by Arthur Penn,
>>>written
>>>by Sumner Locke Elliott, dances choreographed by Tony Charmoli, music by
>>>Moose Charlap, lyrics by Chuck Sweeny; two songs (Young Ideas, What is
>>>the
>>>Secret of Your Success? recorded by RCA; deposed king of Brandovia, whose
>>>inhabitants spend their time exporting bologna and repelling invasions by
>>>neighboring Carps and Gloats, finds his way to America, where he earns a
>>>living as a dancing instructor, pursued by his former royal fiancee w
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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