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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They next mark the death of the poet with a mock - sympathetic falling “ a - a - aw
, ” but do not imitate the clown ' s crying because , as in Dylan ' s version , no
break precedes the refrain . In this and each refrain , the vocalists echo " hard !
They next mark the death of the poet with a mock - sympathetic falling “ a - a - aw
, ” but do not imitate the clown ' s crying because , as in Dylan ' s version , no
break precedes the refrain . In this and each refrain , the vocalists echo " hard !
Page 117
A bass and tambourine regularly , unmistakably mark measures . All variations in
... For both DEFEG segments the bass , plucked twice each time , marks eight
beats alternately with the eight strong beats that the tambourine continues to
mark .
A bass and tambourine regularly , unmistakably mark measures . All variations in
... For both DEFEG segments the bass , plucked twice each time , marks eight
beats alternately with the eight strong beats that the tambourine continues to
mark .
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you ' re likely to forget what such marks mean . Mark everything that seems
important to your own perceptions . You can always go back , relisten , and
decide that a particular slur or warble doesn ' t matter after all , but if you hesitate
and then ...
you ' re likely to forget what such marks mean . Mark everything that seems
important to your own perceptions . You can always go back , relisten , and
decide that a particular slur or warble doesn ' t matter after all , but if you hesitate
and then ...
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Contents
Causes | 4 |
Texts and Recording Information | 183 |
Dylans Albums Arranged | 207 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Performed Literature: Words and Music by Bob Dylan |
| Authors | Betsy Bowden, Bob Dylan |
| Photographs by | Bob Dylan |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press, 1982 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 May 2010 |
| ISBN | 025334347X, 9780253343475 |
| Length | 239 pages |
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