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]>:
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>>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)
>>
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>>
>>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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>--
>>>No virus found in this incoming message.
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>>>5:32 AM
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>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.
>>>>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 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.
>>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>>>>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.2/766 - Release Date:
>>>>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.
>>>>Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.5.4/768 - Release Date:
>>>>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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