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Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002

 Person

Dates

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

Nationality

British

Found in 999 Collections and/or Records:

Spontaneous Appealinaire; Contemplate Apollinaire, 1968

 Item
Identifier: CC-56670-10000065
Scope and Contents

The typewritten pages are pasted to a large black sheet of papercard. The work was included in the I.C.A. exhibition of Guillaume Apollinaire, 1968. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1968

Sprechgedichte, Sound Poems, Introduction and Ancestry 2nd Ed. / Jandl, Ernst ; Cobbing, Bob ; Houedard, Dom Sylvester ; Carroll L ; Morgenstern C ; Khlebnikov V ; Ball H ; Albert-Birot P ; Hausmann R ; Marinetti FT ; Schwitters K ; Seuphor M ; Lemaitre M ; Wittgenstein L ; Hodell A., 1966

 Item
Identifier: CC-08236-8398
Scope and Contents

This is a reprinting of the book which was first published in 1965; it is No.15 in the Poets* series. In the introduction, Houedard traces the history of sound poetry through a listing of the chronology of "notable soundpoems" beginning with Lewis Carroll in 1855 and ending with Cobbing in 1965. He also mentions Egyptian hymns 300 B.C. of breath poems consisting of may notes sung to one syllable. Houedard's manuscript for this essay is held by the Sackner Archive. This book was written to accompany Writers Forum Record No.1 by Jandl and Cobbing. One of the poems by Jandl in this book, "time passes," also appears in the manuscript and book of "mai hart...," works also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1966

Sprechgedichte, Sound Poems, Introduction and Ancestry / Jandl, Ernst ; Cobbing, Bob ; Houedard, Dom Sylvester ; Carroll L ; Morgenstern C ; Khlebnikov V ; Ball H ; Albert-Birot P ; Hausmann R ; Marinetti FT ; Schwitters K ; Seuphor M ; Lemaitre M ; Wittgenstein L ; Hodell A., 1965

 Item
Identifier: CC-36038-37811
Scope and Contents

This book is No.15 in the Poets* series. In the introduction, Houedard traces the history of sound poetry through a listing of the chronology of "notable soundpoems" beginning with Lewis Carroll in 1855 and ending with Cobbing in 1965. He also mentions Egyptian hymns 300 B.C. of breath poems consisting of many notes sung to one syllable. Houedard's manuscript for this essay is held by the Sackner Archive. This book was written to accompany Writers Forum Record No.1 by Jandl and Cobbing. One of the poems by Jandl in this book, "time passes," also appears in the manuscript and book of "mai hart...," works also held by the Sackner Archive. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Springtime Greetings / Cobbing, Bob; Pike, Jennifer., 1991

 Item
Identifier: CC-19509-19892
Scope and Contents

The author is also known as Jennifer Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1991

Stamp Book / Cobbing, Bob., 1994

 Item
Identifier: CC-20547-20944
Scope and Contents

Images consist of photocopied reproductions of collages made from postal stamps and fragments of envelopes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1994

Statue of Liberty Suite / Cobbing, Bob., 1980

 Item
Identifier: CC-17523-17889
Scope and Contents

Also designated Other Branch Readings : 1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1980

Sub Voicive Poetry. No.16 / Bob Cobbing ; Maggie O'Sullivan., 1996

 Item
Identifier: CC-31700-33209
Scope and Contents

Edited by Lawrence Upton. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Sub Voicive Poetry. No.22 / Alan Halsey ; Geraldine Monk ; Cobbing B., 1997

 Item
Identifier: CC-31695-33204
Scope and Contents

Edited by Lawrence Upton. The front and back covers were designed by Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1997

Additional filters:

Subject
Sound poetry 528
Concrete poetry 249
Abstract markings 221
Xerox art 124
Documentation 91