The Voice Of The Banjo: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Voice Of The Banjo, credited to Paul Laurence Dunbar, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox volunteers bring you 18 recordings of The Voice Of The Banjo by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for November 3, 2019. Read in English by Andy Glover; Algy Pug; Anita Sloma-Martinez; Brenda J. Davis; Bruce Kachuk; ChadH94; David Lawrence; Erin Stone; Newgatenovelist; Garth Burton; Graham Scott; Joseph Campbell ; Kyle L.; Nemo; Phil Schempf; Peter Yearsley; roaringlionfish and Rebecca Zimmerman. What struck me in reading Mr. Dunbar's poetry was what had already struck his friends in Ohio and Indiana, in Kentucky and Illinois. They had felt, as I felt, that however gifted his race had proven itself in music, in oratory, in several of the other arts, here was the first instance of an American negro who had evinced innate distinction in literature. In my criticism of his book ... So far as I could remember, Paul Dunbar was the only man of pure African blood and of American civilization to feel the negro life aesthetically and express it lyrically. (W. D. HOWELLS from the Introduction to Lyrics of Lowly Life)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Voice Of The Banjo
• Author credits: Paul Laurence Dunbar
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 18
• Listed recording duration: 41:11

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• philosophy
• memories
• reminiscence

Track guide

1. 01 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by AG — 2:18
2. 02 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by ALP — 2:16
3. 03 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by ASM — 2:13
4. 04 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by BJD — 3:05
5. 05 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by BK — 2:23
6. 06 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by CJPH — 2:07
7. 07 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by DL — 2:20
8. 08 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by ES — 2:08
9. 09 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by EL — 2:39
10. 10 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by GB — 2:21
11. 11 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by GRS — 2:24
12. 12 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by JQC — 1:55
13. 13 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by KL — 2:05
14. 14 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by NR — 2:20
15. 15 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by PS — 2:12
16. 16 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by PY — 2:17
17. 17 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by RLF — 2:02
18. 18 - The Voice Of The Banjo Read by RZ — 2:06

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