Skip to main content

Log in
|
Help
|
English

English

Engish-Pirate

한국어

Search

Advanced Search

Find results with:

Add another field

Search by date

Search by date:
from:
to
to:

Searching collections:

All Collections

Limit search to specific collections

Home

Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Audio Archive

Allen Ginsberg: Time and Sound

Reference URL

Share

Add tags

Comment

Rate

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Allen Ginsberg: Time and Sound

View Description

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

...

Back to top

Powered by CONTENTdm®

Select the collections to add or remove from your search

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Select All Collections

J

Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Audio Archive

OK

Cancel

Rating
Title	Allen Ginsberg: Time and Sound
Performer(s)	Ginsberg, Allen
Subject 1	Poetry, Modern--20th century.
Abstract	Allen Ginsberg’s class, July 15, 1985 at Kappa Sigma. This is the 1st of 3 classes. Ginsberg begins by playing recordings of Aristide Bruant and Marlene Dietrich. He discusses enunciation and the staying power of music over time. There is a conversation around Pound’s idea of "only emotion endures" and why people write poetry.
Content	Slate. 00:15 Ginsberg discusses the 1912 café records of Aristide Bruant and other French cabaret singers. 2:35 Ginsberg plays a record of Bruant. 8:00 Ginsberg talks about his reaction to the music and the musician’s play with the time/tempo. 12:00 Ginsberg discusses the pronunciation and how clear it is 70 years later. 20:45 Bruant continues playing. 26:10 Ginsberg discusses the rests in the pieces. 30:00 A recording of Marlene Dietrich is played. 39:00 Ginsberg gives some background on the recording. 40:00 The recording continues. 47:15 Ginsberg ties the recordings, the vocal control and etc., into poetry. What makes these vocalists immortal. What makes them ‘stop time.’ 56:50 Ginsberg assigns homework. 58:55 A student asks a question about a movie. Ginsberg discusses Ezra Pound’s phrase ‘only emotion endures.’ Zukofsky’s idea of ‘only emotion objectified endures.’ 1:04:18 Tape change. 1:04:50 Ginsberg discusses Lévi-Strauss. What good is art. 1:07:50 Ginsberg talks about his photography teachers. 1:11:20 The discussion returns to why people write poetry. Someone mentions ‘power.’ 1:29:15 Student talks about art being a medium of self-exploration. 1:32:10 Ginsberg talks about Tibetan Buddhist aesthetics in response to a student’s question. A student brings up the idea of pure consciousness. Ginsberg responds that the point is to see and be where you are. 1:36:30 A discussion about being where we are and avoiding confusion. 1:41:50 Ginsberg talks about daydreams. 1:46:30 Ginsberg returns to the topic of Buddhist poetry. 1:50:50 Ginsberg returns to the original topic of why people write poetry. He talks about the Bodhisattva vow. 1:57:00 Ginsberg winds down class. 2:04:00 Tape ends.
Type of Event	class
Engineer's Notes	Tape 2 side B is extremely quiet and has a hiss.
Date Recorded	1985-07-15
File Format	.mp3
Performance Length	02:04:00
Rights Notes	Copyright release given to Naropa University for the purposes of preservation, marketing and educational use. All other rights reserved to individual performers.
Department	Writing
Original Format	Audio cassette
Tape Order	1 and 2 of 2
Publisher	Allen Ginsberg Library and Naropa University Archives
Type	Sound
Language	eng
File Name	85P011.mp3

Allen Ginsberg: Time and Sound

Description

Tags

Comments