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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... four mea- sures behind each sung line as regularly as do the snare and cymbals . In addition , the organ divides each stanza into four distinct segments : a four - line unit , then another four lines , then two lines , then three , all ...
... four mea- sures behind each sung line as regularly as do the snare and cymbals . In addition , the organ divides each stanza into four distinct segments : a four - line unit , then another four lines , then two lines , then three , all ...
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... four measures . Three sharp drumbeats lead into the first sung word , as Dylan comes down hard on " I married Isis .... " Throughout his vocals , Dylan continues to come down hard on four syllables in each line , often coinciding with the ...
... four measures . Three sharp drumbeats lead into the first sung word , as Dylan comes down hard on " I married Isis .... " Throughout his vocals , Dylan continues to come down hard on four syllables in each line , often coinciding with the ...
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... four four - beat measures behind " Once upon a time you dressed so fine / You threw the bums a dime in your prime , " the opening lines of the song much resemble the " overwhelm- ing majority of English nursery rhymes [ which ] have ...
... four four - beat measures behind " Once upon a time you dressed so fine / You threw the bums a dime in your prime , " the opening lines of the song much resemble the " overwhelm- ing majority of English nursery rhymes [ which ] have ...
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