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THE POETRY ARCHIVE
EN: THE POETRY ARCHIVE
SITE:http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/aboutus.do
ABOUT US
The Poetry Archive exists to help make poetry accessible, relevant and enjoyable to a wide audience. It came into being as a result of a meeting, in a recording studio, between Andrew Motion, soon after he became U.K. Poet Laureate in 1999, and the recording producer, Richard Carrington. They agreed about how enjoyable and illuminating it is to hear poets reading their work and about how regrettable it was that, even in the recent past, many important poets had not been properly recorded.
A PROJECT FOR POSTERITY
Poetry was an oral art form before it became textual. Homer's work lived through the spoken word long before any markings were made on a page. Hearing a poet reading his or her work remains uniquely illuminating. It helps us to understand the work as well as helping us to enjoy it. When a poet dies without making a recording, a precious resource is lost for ever and as time goes by that loss is felt more and more keenly. What would we not give to be able to hear Keats and Byron reading their work? And, if recording had been possible in the early nineteenth century, how inexplicable it would seem now if no-one had recorded their voices. Yet in the twentieth century, when recording technology became universal, there was no systematic attempt to record all significant poets for posterity and even some major poets - Thomas Hardy and A. E. Housman (as far as we know. Please tell us if you have a recording of Hardy or Housman reading his poetry!), for example - died without having been recorded at all. The Poetry Archive has, therefore, been created to make sure that such omissions never happen again and that everyone has a chance to hear major poets reading their work.
INSIGHT, UNDERSTANDING, ENJOYMENT
Some actors read poems effectively and poets sometimes read other poets' work with intelligence and sympathy. But writers have a particular right to their own work and we are taken to a deeper level of understanding by hearing how they speak it. To students of poetry and to all lovers of literature, such a reading is a powerful source of insight, understanding and enjoyment.
Using state-of the-art technology, the Poetry Archive restores poetry to its roots. It preserves for future generations uniquely valuable voices which might otherwise be lost. And it will re-energise, enliven and enhance the teaching of poetry at all levels.
SUPPORTING THE ARCHIVE
The Archive is a not-for-profit organisation with charitable status. It is run by a small staff, supported by a distinguished board of trustees and a panel of specialist advisers. We depend for our existence on funding from public bodies, charitable trusts and generous individuals. The money we earn from sales of Poetry Archive CDs goes towards making more recordings.
CDs
Most of the contemporary recordings in the Archive are new recordings, specially made for the Poetry Archive. Many were made in recording studios; some were made in the poets' homes. A few recordings included here are extracts from commercial recordings. You can buy copies of all these recordings by visiting the Poetry Bookshop Online.
THE POETRY ARCHIVE
President:
Seamus Heaney
Patrons:
Billy Collins, Melvyn Bragg
Trustees:
Andrew Rosenheim (Chair), Liz Attenborough, Stewart Brown, Dr. Kate Gavron, Alan Howarth, Jules Mann, Gary McKeone, David Pease, Rt. Hon. Chris Smith
Directors:
Andrew Motion & Richard Carrington
Education Manager:
Jean Sprackland
Historic Recordings Manager:
Esther Morgan
Editors:
Esther Morgan & Andrew Bailey
Film Maker:
Alan Vaughan, Eye Witness Productions, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, U.K. www.eyewitnessvideo.co.uk
Audio Editor:
Chris Panton: DB Studios, Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.
Contracts Manager:
Stephen Aucutt, Contracts for Publishing Ltd.
Acquisitions Manager:
Connie Robertson
PR:
Colman Getty Ltd, Middlesex House, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JE (020.7631.2666) www.colmangettypr.co.uk
Website Design & Development:
Good Technology Ltd, 15-19 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 8AZ. www.goodtechnology.com
Identity:
http://www.red-stone.com
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EN: THE POETRY ARCHIVE
SITE:http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/aboutus.do
ABOUT US
The Poetry Archive exists to help make poetry accessible, relevant and enjoyable to a wide audience. It came into being as a result of a meeting, in a recording studio, between Andrew Motion, soon after he became U.K. Poet Laureate in 1999, and the recording producer, Richard Carrington. They agreed about how enjoyable and illuminating it is to hear poets reading their work and about how regrettable it was that, even in the recent past, many important poets had not been properly recorded.
A PROJECT FOR POSTERITY
Poetry was an oral art form before it became textual. Homer's work lived through the spoken word long before any markings were made on a page. Hearing a poet reading his or her work remains uniquely illuminating. It helps us to understand the work as well as helping us to enjoy it. When a poet dies without making a recording, a precious resource is lost for ever and as time goes by that loss is felt more and more keenly. What would we not give to be able to hear Keats and Byron reading their work? And, if recording had been possible in the early nineteenth century, how inexplicable it would seem now if no-one had recorded their voices. Yet in the twentieth century, when recording technology became universal, there was no systematic attempt to record all significant poets for posterity and even some major poets - Thomas Hardy and A. E. Housman (as far as we know. Please tell us if you have a recording of Hardy or Housman reading his poetry!), for example - died without having been recorded at all. The Poetry Archive has, therefore, been created to make sure that such omissions never happen again and that everyone has a chance to hear major poets reading their work.
INSIGHT, UNDERSTANDING, ENJOYMENT
Some actors read poems effectively and poets sometimes read other poets' work with intelligence and sympathy. But writers have a particular right to their own work and we are taken to a deeper level of understanding by hearing how they speak it. To students of poetry and to all lovers of literature, such a reading is a powerful source of insight, understanding and enjoyment.
Using state-of the-art technology, the Poetry Archive restores poetry to its roots. It preserves for future generations uniquely valuable voices which might otherwise be lost. And it will re-energise, enliven and enhance the teaching of poetry at all levels.
SUPPORTING THE ARCHIVE
The Archive is a not-for-profit organisation with charitable status. It is run by a small staff, supported by a distinguished board of trustees and a panel of specialist advisers. We depend for our existence on funding from public bodies, charitable trusts and generous individuals. The money we earn from sales of Poetry Archive CDs goes towards making more recordings.
CDs
Most of the contemporary recordings in the Archive are new recordings, specially made for the Poetry Archive. Many were made in recording studios; some were made in the poets' homes. A few recordings included here are extracts from commercial recordings. You can buy copies of all these recordings by visiting the Poetry Bookshop Online.
THE POETRY ARCHIVE
President:
Seamus Heaney
Patrons:
Billy Collins, Melvyn Bragg
Trustees:
Andrew Rosenheim (Chair), Liz Attenborough, Stewart Brown, Dr. Kate Gavron, Alan Howarth, Jules Mann, Gary McKeone, David Pease, Rt. Hon. Chris Smith
Directors:
Andrew Motion & Richard Carrington
Education Manager:
Jean Sprackland
Historic Recordings Manager:
Esther Morgan
Editors:
Esther Morgan & Andrew Bailey
Film Maker:
Alan Vaughan, Eye Witness Productions, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, U.K. www.eyewitnessvideo.co.uk
Audio Editor:
Chris Panton: DB Studios, Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.
Contracts Manager:
Stephen Aucutt, Contracts for Publishing Ltd.
Acquisitions Manager:
Connie Robertson
PR:
Colman Getty Ltd, Middlesex House, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4JE (020.7631.2666) www.colmangettypr.co.uk
Website Design & Development:
Good Technology Ltd, 15-19 Great Titchfield Street, London W1W 8AZ. www.goodtechnology.com
Identity:
http://www.red-stone.com
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