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[Todd Harvey] ¾ The Formative Dylan: Transmission and Stylistic Influences, 1961-1963 (American Folk Music and Musicians, No. 7.) ☆ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. The Formative Dylan: Transmission and Stylistic Influences, 1961-1963 (American Folk Music and Musicians, No. 7.) Three appendixes help the reader to understand this repertoire not only in the continuum of American music but as a reflection of Dylan's own compositional development.The term "formative" conveys that at that early point in his career Dylan had not yet fully emerged as a composer. His repertoire ranged from traditional Appalachian songs to blues to topical-protest songs, representing the interaction between the traditional and popular streams of American music.Written during a ten-month Postdoc
| Title | : | The Formative Dylan: Transmission and Stylistic Influences, 1961-1963 (American Folk Music and Musicians, No. 7.) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (828 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810841150 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-09 |
| Language | : | English |
Three appendixes help the reader to understand this repertoire not only in the continuum of American music but as a reflection of Dylan's own compositional development.The term "formative" conveys that at that early point in his career Dylan had not yet fully emerged as a composer. His repertoire ranged from traditional Appalachian songs to blues to topical-protest songs, representing the interaction between the traditional and popular streams of American music.Written during a ten-month Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution's Center for Folklife and Cultura
. Todd Harvey is currently a Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Previously, he was a Professorial Lecturer at American University in the Department of Performing Arts
(Isis)Harvey does an excellent job finding relevant influences and analyzing the music (Choice) . Anyone wishing to engage with the flow of initial micro-periods in Dylan's development will find this book an invaluable companion. Much has been written about Bob Dylan's early years and the folk revival movement, but this is the first time an attempt has been made to examine from a musicologist's point of view Dylan's compositional development during that seminal periodHarvey's book is truly excellent, and
Excellent work A Customer This is a fascinating book. Harvey examines 70 early Dylan songs for their musical and lyrical influences. He doesn't stop when he finds an earlier song with a similar melody. He finds a song that influenced the melody of *that* song, and then he finds yet an earlier song that had a similar tune, and so on.Dylan has sometimes been criticized for ripping off the songs of this or that performer. Dominic Behan, for a famous example, claimed Dylan copied his 19. An excellent scholarly piece Mr. Adrian J. Smith Todd Harvey's book is not only thoughful and well written, but it also contributes greatly to scholarship on Dylan by approaching his work musicologically. This is not to say that the work is inaccessible to those who aren't musicologists (I am not a musicologist myself, and found the book most user friendly). Harvey's book is most useful in that it presents a factual case describing Dylan's myriad influences, and doesn't fall foul of the "Is he or isn't he. P. Bryant said Oh how dull!. It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/6"Oh how dull!" according to P. Bryant. It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [Oh how dull! It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /?/6Oh how dull! It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. a] "Oh how dull!" according to P. Bryant. It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [Oh how dull! It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /?/6Oh how dull! It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /6"Oh how dull!" according to P. Bryant. It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [Oh how dull! It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /?/6Oh how dull! It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. ] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [Oh how dull! It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /?/6Oh how dull! It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/1Oh how dull! P. Bryant It's an excellent idea, but what grindingly dull work Todd Harvey makes of it all. Each of the 70 analyses follow the same pattern, so each contains a paragraph which says something like "I have heard 11 versions of Don't Think Twice, It's All Right : the [10/?/62a] 2nd Gaslight performance, the [11/14/62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. /62] Freewheelin' session VI recording, subsequently released on that lp, the [3/?/63a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All. a] Witmark session V recording" etc etc through all 11 performances. (All
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