tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post8984748617609851850..comments2022-10-31T15:40:54.591-06:00Comments on The Red Wheelbarrow: The Voice of the Poet?Hermhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15112768059176776457noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-11194065221012055532013-09-19T19:57:48.245-06:002013-09-19T19:57:48.245-06:00He sounds like FDR, who Gore Vidal always said had...He sounds like FDR, who Gore Vidal always said had a very common Hudson River Valley accent for the time. It's definitely a vintage dialect, and the personality sounds very much like many late 19th-century Easterners I have known.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-86505736919196015722013-07-06T12:01:37.000-06:002013-07-06T12:01:37.000-06:00I came here today because of the Language Log link...I came here today because of the Language Log link to your post. I have a purely subjective and anecdotal remark to make about your comment that "I do not have any knowledge about the state of the art of audio processing in 1951."<br /><br />Back in the 1980s, I was a jazz DJ at KZSU at Stanford. For the most part, I played things from about 1955 on, with very little stuff from earlier.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-35422753580091262032013-02-07T14:16:43.129-07:002013-02-07T14:16:43.129-07:00I am always glad to correspond with those who thin...I am always glad to correspond with those who think this is a 'Whitman' cylinder. The triumph of hope over experience, as they say.<br /><br />Allen Koenigsberg<br /> allenamet@aol.com<br />Allenhttp://www.phonobooks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-63205037543636167362012-07-12T20:44:46.666-06:002012-07-12T20:44:46.666-06:00Now THAT is fascinating, Anonymous!
I would love ...Now THAT is fascinating, Anonymous!<br /><br />I would love to hear ANYTHING you can pass along about Haley. Have you found out anything else since reading my article?<br /><br />I think the man bears some investigating. A "character," certainly, but who isn't? Allen Koenigsberg definitely did a hatchet job on him. (Have you contacted HIM, by the way? Maybe he would share with Hermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15112768059176776457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-19507956114040565812012-06-27T22:00:26.654-06:002012-06-27T22:00:26.654-06:00Believe it or not, I came upon this website by sea...Believe it or not, I came upon this website by searching Roscoe Haley...not Walt Whitman. Roscoe is my mother's uncle. I knew nothing of his life... Wow this is interesting stuff !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-45586824163642434962011-05-17T23:37:47.998-06:002011-05-17T23:37:47.998-06:00Here's a youtube upload that purports to be an...Here's a youtube upload that purports to be an 1890 Edison cylinder recording of Tchaikovsky. I don't know if it's been authenticated, but if it's not a fake, the clarity is comparable to the clarity of the purported Whitman:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DEEdFLjUiwChrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-52468247611464981852011-05-17T23:19:54.557-06:002011-05-17T23:19:54.557-06:00Fascinating article. As to your "creeping do...Fascinating article. As to your "creeping doubt".... <br /><br />If Dave Beauvais claims Edison cylinder recordings of comparably high quality existed in 1890 - it seems to me his assertion is either true or false. Either Beauvais is right about that or he isn't - regardless of whether or not this particular recording is the authentic voice of Walt Whitman.<br /><br />I believe Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-69739655241405228632011-05-03T01:39:25.429-06:002011-05-03T01:39:25.429-06:00Very stimulating. Hats off to you on a great artic...Very stimulating. Hats off to you on a great article.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12179903692786010478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-8040394489673982452011-04-03T14:48:32.072-06:002011-04-03T14:48:32.072-06:00Jillian: I like what you said about Whitman's...Jillian: I like what you said about Whitman's voice living in the words here, whether or not it is really the man himself. I thoroughly believe that, being a big memorizer of poems myself. To accurately commit a poem to memory you have to get inside the poet's breathing and cadences of language and subtle relationships of words. I often feel that the poet is speaking through me when IHermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15112768059176776457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-27000884077716807972011-04-03T13:08:09.639-06:002011-04-03T13:08:09.639-06:00Really interesting post here, Jim. I didn't kn...Really interesting post here, Jim. I didn't know there was so much controversy over the authenticity of the recording. My feeling? It's Whitman. And if not, his voice is alive in the words -- so vocally or not, he lives in the text.*ೃ༄ Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14139487177036647728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-64102545877880517252011-04-02T15:10:44.761-06:002011-04-02T15:10:44.761-06:00Wow - I thoroughly enjoyed reading this!
I will...Wow - I thoroughly enjoyed reading this! <br /><br />I will admit that within seconds of listening to the Tennyson and Browning recordings that you posted in your comment on my blog, I literally felt my heart sink. Though I know very little about Edison's wax cylinder method, the stark disparity in the recordings caused a flood of doubt to well up inside.<br /><br />That said, in my "Nicki(everybookandcranny)http://www.everybookandcranny.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724978371442951758.post-88741306899404058932011-03-28T23:15:50.838-06:002011-03-28T23:15:50.838-06:00This is a wonderful analysis, Jim. I love how you ...This is a wonderful analysis, Jim. I love how you began by placing us in the moment -- then said it never happened. You had me coming and going in both directions. I finally found myself with heels dug forward, reluctant to be pulled in by your final logic that this may be too good of a recording to be true. But ultimately--I want to believe it's Walt. Thank you for this masterpiece. Bravo!Nancy Savagenoreply@blogger.com