Norman Rosten

The Poems of Norman Rosten

released by Folkways Records, January 1, 1963

1. Speech Before the Curtain (0:39): MP3
2. For Walt Whitman (1:49): MP3
3. 1929 (1:07): MP3
4. Depression Blues (1:02): MP3
5. Landscape with Figure (1:02): MP3
6. The Ministers of State (1:10): MP3
7. Spain 1937 (0:41): MP3
8. Europe 1945 (1:19): MP3
9. Futurama Love Song (1:02): MP3
10. Meditation (1:08): MP3
11. The Well (0:59): MP3
12. A Group of Songs for Patricia, or a Poet to his Daughter (3:21): MP3
13. Prelude: An Autobiography in Four Parts (8:14): MP3
14. Discard (0:24): MP3
15. The Portable Electric Chair (3:12): MP3
16. Identity (0:56): MP3
17. Song for the Makeup Man (0:45): MP3
18. The Spider (0:45): MP3
19. Crazy Ballad (0:45): MP3
20. Inventory (1:06): MP3
21. Paris - St. Germain Des Pres (1:03): MP3
22. Portrait (1:11): MP3
23. Elegy (1:18): MP3
24. Song (0:36): MP3
25. Cycle (0:32): MP3
26. Philosophy (0:36): MP3
27. Short Lament (0:39): MP3
28. The Ballad of the Visiting Firemen (1:23): MP3
29. Credo (0:50): MP3
30. To Ariake Kambara (1:12): MP3
31. On Reading Catallus (0:43): MP3
32. Introduction for Beginners (06:23): MP3

• Complete recording (48:12): MP3

Unknown Reading

• Complete reading (47:47): MP3

These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. © 2010 the estate of Norman Rosten. All rights to this recorded material belong to the estate of Norman Rosten. Used with permission of Patricia Rosten Filan. Distributed by PennSound.