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Kenneth Rexroth reading Chu Shu Chen’s "Spring has come" (Kenneth Rexroth, translator; Ron Croddy, double bass)
1media/high-volume.png2019-07-18T12:32:08-07:00Curtis Fletcher3225f3b99ebb95ebd811595627293f68f680673eTape 396, Side 1, Part A: Kenneth Rexroth in a live performance, January 1957-1958, reading poetry (all with music) [...]4Tape 396, side 1, part A1) Kenneth Rexroth in a live performance, 1957 [1958?] January, reading poetry (all with music) (0:14): Li Qingzhao's "Late spring" (Kenneth Rexroth, translator; Ron Croddy, double bass) (2:10), Ju Shu Chun's "Spring has come" (Kenneth Rexroth, translator; Ron Croddy, double bass) (5:46), Rexroth's "Sword in a cloud of light" (1999) (10:24), Rexroth's "This night only" (Erik Satie's Gymnopédie #1"; Claire Willy, piano) (16:55) , Francis Carco's "The shadow" (22:05), Rexroth's "Habeus corpus" (38:03). ❧ Tape 396, side 2, part A2) [playback speed is too fast] Kenneth Rexroth in a live performance, 1957 [1958?] January, reading poetry (all with music): unidentified poem (0:06), Carl Sandburg's "Mag" (1:20), Kenneth Rexroth's "Quiet lady" (7:34), Rafael Alberti's "Homecoming of love amongst illustrious ruins" from "Retornos de lo vivo lejano" (Kenneth Rexroth, translator) (10:34). ❧ Tape 386, side 2, part B) Tram Combs reading his poetry, 1959 (all with music): "A farewell for Elliott Thomas" (15:29), "On the necessity of new statement of myths and ideas alien to the times" (18:07), "In the mind's silences" (19:50), "Ballad for Americans in mid century, for Elizabeth Malone with five kids" (21:03), "No responsibilities and small thoughts" (22:45), "En la que tu de la noche en San Juan" (24:15), "Lust at night" (26:09), "April carnival, St. Thomas" (27:32), "Down fields of concrete" (30:09), "A going away gift" (31:04), "A pastorale in New Orleans" (32:44), "Middle class" (36:09), "A letter to Gil to remember a hermit" (38:09). -- TIMES indicate where sections begin.plain2020-06-26T14:24:20-07:00Lawrence Lipton Papers, USC Digital Library1957; 1958; 1959Alberti, Rafael, 1902-1999, poet; Carco, Francis, 1886-1958, poet; Combs, Elisha Trammell "Tram", Jr., 1924-2018, poet; Combs, Elisha Trammell "Tram", Jr., 1924-2018, speaker; Croddy, Ron, double bass; 李清照, 1084-ca. 1141, poet; Qingzhiao, Li, 1084-ca. 1141 writer; Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982, poet; Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982, speaker; Rexroth, Kenneth, 1905-1982, translator; Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967, poet; Satie, Erik, 1866-1925, composer; Willy, Claire, pianoBo Doub59bddb0b27f7b3138b6b5c39e4cc435e9208ebad