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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Page 76
In the 1965 studio version, the musicians vary the C-F-G chord change just
enough, refrain by refrain, that "How does it feel ... too far into this long song
Dylan had written before it was decided that the organ part would be better suited
to piano.
In the 1965 studio version, the musicians vary the C-F-G chord change just
enough, refrain by refrain, that "How does it feel ... too far into this long song
Dylan had written before it was decided that the organ part would be better suited
to piano.
Page 91
As if to make up for its relative timidity in midsong, Kooper's organ comes up
behind the words throughout the forth stanza. It plays four ascending chords
behind the AB couplet, quickly descends in the break after "got it made," and then
...
As if to make up for its relative timidity in midsong, Kooper's organ comes up
behind the words throughout the forth stanza. It plays four ascending chords
behind the AB couplet, quickly descends in the break after "got it made," and then
...
Page 123
Guitar and keyboard and drums all share a measure or so; then the guitar fades
as the organ descends three times in fast but carefully harmonic chords, and a
sustained, low organ chord and a drumroll together close the performance.
Guitar and keyboard and drums all share a measure or so; then the guitar fades
as the organ descends three times in fast but carefully harmonic chords, and a
sustained, low organ chord and a drumroll together close the performance.
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Contents
Texts and Recording Information | 183 |
Dylans Albums Arranged | 207 |
Practical Suggestions | 213 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Performed literature: words and music by Bob Dylan |
| Author | Betsy Bowden |
| 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 |
| Subjects | › › Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts Dylan, Bob Lyric poetry Music / Musical Instruments / General Music and literature Popular music Songs |
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