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The philosophy of modern song / Bob Dylan.

Dylan, Bob, 1941- (author.).

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The Philosophy of Modern Song is Bob Dylan's first book of new writing since 2004's Chronicles: Volume One and since winning the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016. Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers a master class on the art and craft of songwriting. He writes over sixty 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 analyzes 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 Dylan's 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 work's 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1451648707
  • ISBN: 9781451648706
  • ISBN: 9781398519411
  • ISBN: 1398519413
  • Physical Description: 339 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, ©2022.
Subject: Popular music > Writing and publishing.
Genre: Essays.

Available copies

  • 32 of 35 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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  • 0 current holds with 35 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library 782.42 DYLAN (Text) 50687011807081 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Albright Memorial Library 782.42 DYLAN (Text) 50686016243870 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library 782.42 DYL (Text) 37268003145893 AHMFL Adult Non-Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library 782.42 DYL (Text) 33240005152395 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Annie Halenbake Ross Library 782.42 Dyl (Text) 00156331 ADULT Non-Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library 782.42 DYL (Text) 75011000385861 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Boyertown Community Library 782.4213 DYL (Text) 33249024855003 Non-fiction Available -
Cambria County Library 782.4213 D996p (Text) 85131001853275 CACM Non-Fiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library 782.42 DYLA (Text) 36446002080805 Adult Nonfiction Available -
Exeter Community Library 782.4213 DYL (Text) 33249025520580 Non-fiction Checked Out 04/16/2024

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