Performed Literature: Words and Music by Bob DylanBob Dylan is not a poet. He is a singer-songwriter, a performing artist. The unit of his art, as collected and documented by his intended audience, is the live performance. Right now, no existing technological tool can give researchers ready access to his entire corpus of work. Revised from the author's Ph.D. dissertation (UC Berkeley, 1978) and again from its first edition (Indiana UP, 1982), Performed Literature develops a methodology for close analysis of verbal art that is heard, not seen, using as comparative examples 24 performances of 11 songs by Bob Dylan. The second edition adds a preface, two major appendices and one minor one, and a detailed index. |
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... Highway 61 Revisited , demonstrates Dylan's precedent - setting recording style , live in the studio : on this cut , Al Kooper is playing organ for the first time in his career . The Newport '65 version comes from the much - discussed ...
... Highway 61 Revisited , demonstrates Dylan's precedent - setting recording style , live in the studio : on this cut , Al Kooper is playing organ for the first time in his career . The Newport '65 version comes from the much - discussed ...
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... Highway 61 , the organ marks the musical structures . The bass guitar differs a great deal : for Newport '65 it not only keeps up a steady backup beat but also adds decorative riffs . After every refrain , for example , where on Highway 61 ...
... Highway 61 , the organ marks the musical structures . The bass guitar differs a great deal : for Newport '65 it not only keeps up a steady backup beat but also adds decorative riffs . After every refrain , for example , where on Highway 61 ...
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... Highway 61 Revisited ; Like a Rolling Stone ; Blowin ' in the Wind . [ * Written by R. Robertson . ] Blood on the Tracks , January 1975 ( Col. PC 33235 ) Side 1 : Tangled Up in Blue ; Simple Twist of Fate ; You're a Big Girl Now ; Idiot ...
... Highway 61 Revisited ; Like a Rolling Stone ; Blowin ' in the Wind . [ * Written by R. Robertson . ] Blood on the Tracks , January 1975 ( Col. PC 33235 ) Side 1 : Tangled Up in Blue ; Simple Twist of Fate ; You're a Big Girl Now ; Idiot ...
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