Richard.

See this on You-Tube as well (Stein reading her own verse):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJEIAGULmPQ

and other You-Tube items relating to her.  Her work is obviously a lot more
about the sound of the verses than any meaning, so it is great to hear how
she read her own works.

Best,
John Haley


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:59 AM, Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> SA 1040
> The Spoken Arts: Treasury Of 100 Modern American Poets
> Vol. I
> Produced by Arthur Luce Klein
> Edited by Paul Kresh
> Reading Their Poems:
> Edgar Lee Masters
> James Weldon Johnson
> Gertrude Stein                -  ?????????????????????
> Robert Frost
> Carl Sandberg
>
>
>
> In Their Own Voices: A Century of Recorded Poetry
> Release Date:  Sep 17, 1996 Format:  CD
> Record Label:  Rhino Number of Discs:  4 Discs
> UPC:  081227240820
> DISC 1:
> 7. If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso - Gertrude Stein
>
> Poetry On Record: 98 Poets Read Their Work (1888-2006),
> Release Date:  Apr 30, 2006
> Format:  CD Record Label:  Shout! Factory
> Number of Discs:  4 UPC:  826663100297
> 10. If I Told Him: A Completed Portrait of Picasso - Gertrude Stein
>
>
> from an eBay listing - I assume these are part of the recordings issued by
> Dorian/Caedmon:
>
> GERTRUDE STEIN: A VALENTINE TO SHERWOOD ANDERSON/SELECTIONS FROM MADAME
> RECAMIER AN OPERA.
> ERPI PICTURE CONSULTANTS/NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH
> CONTEMPORARY POETS 3/4. 12" 78rpm
>
> The DORIAN Lp was reviewed in the NY Times  December 9, 1951
> Gertrude Stein Read by Gertrude Stein - this is the burden of a twelve-inch
> disk issued by DORIAN RECORDS DR 331.  She made these recordings on
> shellac in a limited
> edition in 1935 during her last trip to America, and they are now reissued
> on a long-playing record.
>   If you have strong feelings about Miss Stein and her works,
> pro or con, you should find these readings of interest.  It is amusing
> to hear her negotiate such subjects as THE MAKING OF AMERICANS, A
> VALENTINE TO SHERWOOD ANDERSON,  IF I TOLD HIM ( A Completed Portrait of
> Picasso),
> Matisse and Madame Recamier (An Opera).
>   To a Stein devotee it may all seem clear and logical.  To the irreverent
> some of it may be hard going.  I confess I got lost following
> her most intricately simple phrases.  There are places where
> she herself stumbles over some of her tongue twisters.  And there
> are some passages where you think the needle is stuck in the same
> groove.  Her voice and reading style are disarming.
>
> Thomas.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Quinn
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2014 12:47 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Recordings of Gertrude Stein
>
> Hi Richard,
> A 3 minute 24 second extract of the 12th November 1934 broadcast appears
> as track 1 on disc 1 of the British Library 3 CD compilation of "The Spoken
> Word - American Writers"
> Catalogue No. NSACD 50-52 issued 2008.
> Best Wishes
> Mike Quinn
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Richard Markowitz <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to determine the availability (and existence in the second
> > case) of two interviews with Gertrude Stein.
> >
> > She was "interviewed" in 1934 by NBC reporter William Lundell.
> > Apparently the written questions were submitted to her, and she wrote
> > responses.  They both, then, read the text over the air, on WJZ,
> > November 12, 1934.  A transcript of the broadcast appeared in *Paris
> > Review*, No. 116, Fall 1990.  The sound of a small fragment has been
> > posted online.  The complete recording is part of the Brander Matthews
> > Dramatic Museum Collection, originally at Columbia University, now
> > housed at the Library of Congress.
> >
> > After the liberation of Paris in 1945, Stein was interviewed by the
> > American reporter Eric Sevareid.  He discusses and quotes from the
> > interview in his 1946 autobiography *Not so Wild a Dream*.  I am
> > trying to determine if the sound of this interview has been preserved.
> >
> > As far as I can tell, neither of these recordings has been
> > commercially issued.  I am seeking copies of both of them.  I would be
> > interested to learn of any other recordings of Gertrude Stein in
> conversation.
> >
> > The only other recordings of her voice known to me are those made
> > around
> > 1934 at Columbia University, which were first issued as a Dorian LP in
> > 1951, and reissued by Caedmon in 1956.  I would be grateful to learn
> > of any others.
> >
> > Richard Markowitz
> >
>