Description

The final program in the series presents the real songs of the time -- readings of poetry and sonnets by Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Walter Raleigh, Edmund Spenser and others. Songs and poems heard and recited include How should I your true-love know by Alfred Deller (Ophelia's song from Shakespeare's Hamlet), Blame not my lute by Sir Thomas Wyatt, When I was fair and young by Queen Elizabeth I, To Elizabeth by Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, A description of love by Sir Walter Raleigh, The passionate man's pilgrimage by Sir Walter Raleigh, The bower of bliss by Edmund Spenser, and Dowsabell by Michael Drayton. Produced, narrated and read by Lee Whiting.

Details

Title
Elizabethan poetry (Episode 10 of 10)
Creator
Whiting, Lee., producer.
Pacifica Radio Archive.
KPFK (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.).
Published
Los Angeles , Pacifica Radio Archives, 1963.
Link to Content
Play Audio for American Women Making History and Culture. Freely available for streaming.
Full Collection Name
Pacifica Radio Archives Social Activism Sound Recording Project
Type
Audio
Extent
1 online resource.
Archive
The Library
Grant Information
Sponsored by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission at the National Archives and Records Administration as part of Pacifica's American Women Making History and Culture: 1963-1982 grant preservation project.
Usage Statement
RESTRICTED. Permissions, licensing requests, and all other inquiries should be directed in writing to: Director of the Archives, Pacifica Radio Archives, 3729 Cahuenga Blvd. West, North Hollywood, CA 91604, 800-735-0230 x 263, fax 818-506-1084, info@pacificaradioarchives.org, http://www.pacificaradioarchives.org
Linked Resources
View library catalog record.
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