Philosophy of Modern Song
by Dylan, Bob
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 1398519413
- ISBN 13
- 9781398519411
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About This Item
Original Hardcover. Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK | 2022 | Original Hardcover | 334 p. | This book is brand new. | Language: Engelska --- Information regarding the book: The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylans first book of new writing since 2004s Chronicles: Volume One and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a masterclass on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes over 60 essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyses what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal. These essays are written in Dylans unique prose. They are mysterious and mercurial, poignant and profound, and often laugh-out-loud funny. And while they are ostensibly about music, they are really meditations and reflections on the human condition. Running throughout the book are nearly 150 carefully curated photos as well as a series of dream-like riffs that, taken together, resemble an epic poem and add to the works transcendence. In 2020, with the release of his outstanding album Rough and Rowdy Ways, Dylan became the first artist to have an album hit the Billboard Top 40 in each decade since the 1960s. The Philosophy of Modern Song contains much of what he has learned about his craft in all those years and, like everything that Dylan does, it is a momentous artistic achievement. | We have this book in our store house - please allow for a couple of extra days for delivery.
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- h:strom - Text & Kultur AB / Antikvariat & Bokhandel (SE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Philosophy of Modern Song
- Author
- Dylan, Bob
- Format/Binding
- Original Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1398519413
- ISBN 13
- 9781398519411
- Keywords
- Filosofi, Sångtexter, Konstnärer, Litteratur, Mänskliga villkor
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