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Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1920-07-30 - 2002-09-29

Nationality

British

Found in 239 Collections and/or Records:

Poetry into Music / Cobbing, Bob ; Nichol bp., 1986

 Item
Identifier: CC-17531-17897
Scope and Contents

Two copies have an isbn number on the front cover but one copy does not. The back cover of one copy with the isbn number has a different image than the other copy. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Printed Matter: Thy Tao Thou / Bob Cobbing; Alex Lacer., 1971

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Identifier: CC-17514-17880
Scope and Contents

The object has the shape of a triangle and can be read from either the recto or verso sides. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

Printed Matter: Thy Tao Thou / Bob Cobbing; Alex Lacer., 1971

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Identifier: CC-17514-17880
Scope and Contents

The object has the shape of a triangle and can be read from either the recto or verso sides. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

September Poems / Cobbing, Bob., 1968

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Identifier: CC-17456-17822
Scope and Contents

Includes poems Oslo Solo, Fur Luke Fluke, dedicated to Fulcrum Press & Stuart, and p quiliar and a b...y z...i c...q d, first published in Poetsdoos No.7, a periodical held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Six Sound Poems 2nd Edition / Cobbing, Bob., 1969

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Identifier: CC-17449-17814
Scope and Contents

Designated folder number four. Works are new versions of "Tan Tandinane," "Wan Do Tree," "Alphabet of Fishes," "M," and "Oslo Solo." This is the second edition of this anthology first published in 1968. Cobbing notes the following: Why publish sound poems in visual form - because the pattern of sound which is the sound poem often makes an interesting pattern on the page...the poem exists in many forms aural and visual...becomes perhaps many different poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1969

Six Sound Poems 3rd edition / Cobbing, Bob., 1970

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Identifier: CC-31393-32880
Scope and Contents

Designated folder number four. Works are new versions of "Tan Tandinane," "Wan Do Tree," "Alphabet of Fishes," "M," and "Oslo Solo." This is the third edition of this anthology first published in 1968. Cobbing notes the following: Why publish sound poems in visual form - because the pattern of sound which is the sound poem often makes an interesting pattern on the page...the poem exists in many forms aural and visual...becomes perhaps many different poems. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Six Sound Poems 4th Edition / Cobbing, Bob., 1972

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Identifier: CC-17482-17848
Scope and Contents

Designated folder number four. This fourth edition contains new versions of the following poems: Tan Tandinane, Wan Do Tree, Alphabet of Fishes, 'M. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

[Sleep Naked] / Cobbing, Bob., 1978

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Identifier: CC-17697-18066
Scope and Contents

This collage is made up of poems previously published by Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1978

Some Myths of Concrete Poetry / Cobbing, Bob; Mayer, Peter; Chopin H; Bann S; Finlay IH; Mills S; Belloli C; Finch P; Gomringer E; Wright E; Fahlstrom O; Themerson S; Jandl E; Morgan E; Furnival J., 1972

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Identifier: CC-17728-18097
Scope and Contents

Reprinted from Stereo Headphones No.5, 1972. The authors debunk the assertion of Stuart Mills who in Akros No.18, 1972 stated that the poem-poster was introduced by Ian-Hamilton Finlay. They go on to further describe the pioneers of Concrete Poetry in their opinion. Rebuttals to their conclusions by Stephan Bann and Henri Chopin are also published. Mentions that Ernest Fenellosa, who died in 1908, used the term 'concrete poetry' in an essay, 'The Chinese Character as a Medium for Poetry' in 1901. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

Songs All over the Place / Cobbing, Bob, editor., 1986

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Identifier: CC-17535-17901
Scope and Contents

These poems were written by students at Epping Forest High School, Loughton, Essex, when Bob Cobbing was the visiting poet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1986

Songsignals / Cobbing, Bob., 1971

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Identifier: CC-17539-17905
Scope and Contents

Edited by Peter Finch. This is issue No.1 of Second Aeon Folder series; the second and final number, J.P. Wards's "From Alphabet to Logos," is also held by the Sackner Archive. In the introduction, Cobbing describes how he altered the found poems in this work to their final form. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1971

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  • Subject: Concrete poetry X

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Subject
Sound poetry 67
Text over text 21
Fragmented text 18
Visual poetry 15
Conventional poetry 13