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1964. Introduced by Marianne Moore.

"While there might be an abundance of recordings by Auden... this one, recorded live at the Guggenheim Museum, is extremely valuable... a carefully selected version of the American Auden unavailable elsewhere. Recommended." —Library Journal

A number of the poems on this tape come from the poet's Thanksgiving for a Habitat, his memorable series of poems about his house in lower Austria.

Track List:

1. Introduction by Marianne Moore
2. Introduction to "The Birth of Architecture"
3. Prologue: The Birth of Architecture
4. Introduction to "Thanksgiving for a Habitat"
5. Thanksgiving for a Habitat
6. Introduction to "On Installing an American Kitchen in Lower Austria"
7. On Installing an American Kitchen in Lower Austria
8. Introduction to "Down There" and "Up There"
9. Down There
10. Up There
11. Introduction to "The Cave of Nakedness"
12. The Cave of Nakedness
13. The Common Life
14. On Reading a Child's Guide to Modern Physics
15. Introduction to "On the Circuit"
16. On the Circuit
17. Introduction to "Whitsunday in Kirchstetten
18. Whitsunday in Kirchstetten
19. Introduction to "The Sabbath"
20. The Sabbath
21. Introduction to "First Things First"
22. First Things First
23. Introduction to "Friday's Child"
24. Friday's Child
25. Introduction to "Metalogue to the Magic Flute"
26. Metalogue to the Magic Flute
27. Introduction to "Elegy for J.F.K."
28. Elegy for J.F.K.




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