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Audio Recording Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez speaking and reading from his work

Spanish writer Juan Ramón Jiménez reading from his prose Lecture on Modernism

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Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez speaking and reading from his work

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Title

  • Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez speaking and reading from his work

Summary

  • On May 17, 1947, Mr. Jiménez delivers an extemporaneous speech on modernism before an assembly of the Librarians of the Americas. The 1949 recordings are poetry readings in which Mr. Jiménez reads about fifty poems from his published and unpublished works.

Names

  • Jiménez, Juan Ramón, 1881-1958
  • Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • 1947-1949.

Notes

  • -  Prose and poems in Spanish.
  • -  Originally recorded on instantaneous discs, May 17, 1947, and Sept. 29, and Dec. 8, 1949, at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
  • -  Recorded for the Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape.
  • -  Archive of Hisp. Lit. on Tape, p. 248-253.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  Preservation master. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1953. 2 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, double track, mono. ; 10 in.
  • -  Playback copy. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Magnetic Recording Laboratory, 1973 or 74. 2 sound tape reels : analog, 7 1/2 ips, double track, mono. ; 10 in.
  • -  Production level cataloging.

Medium

  • sound discs (ca. 2 hr., 25 min.) : analog.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • LWO 2072, Reel 1-2 (preservation master)
  • RAA 27798-27799 (original acetate -- not for playback)

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 93842920

Online Format

  • audio

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Hispanic Division

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Chicago citation style:

Jiménez, Juan Ramón, and Archive Of Hispanic Literature On Tape. Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez speaking and reading from his work. to 1949, 1947. Audio. https://www.loc.gov/item/93842920/.

APA citation style:

Jiménez, J. R. & Archive Of Hispanic Literature On Tape. (1947) Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez speaking and reading from his work. to 1949. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/93842920/.

MLA citation style:

Jiménez, Juan Ramón, and Archive Of Hispanic Literature On Tape. Spanish poet Juan Ramón Jiménez speaking and reading from his work. to 1949, 1947. Audio. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/93842920/>.