Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002

Ballet of the Speech Organs: On Bob Cobbing / Cobbing, Bob ; Smith, Steven Ross ; Toop D ; Cheek C ; Griffiths B ; Adler J ; Burwell P ; Hollo A ; Harwood L ; Nuttall J ; Rowan J ; Claire P ; bissett b ; Valoch J ; Ginsberg A ; Jandl E ; Nichol bp ; Dufrene F ; Kerouac J ; Beckett S ; Joyce J ; Chopin H ; Stein G ; DeVree P., 1998

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Identifier: CC-44993-47169

Scope and Contents Cobbing describes the first time he used words in a non-semantic way (1959). Now does no belive that there are any distinction beween music and art and poetry and dance. He indicates that he does not notate his sound poems because "every shape one sees on a page, conjures up a sound - any sound one hears conjures up a pattern, a mark on the page. Ross asks Cobbing about his sound scores [abstract markings] and how he reads these marks. He cites Norman McLaren who drew a sound track on film. McLaren stated that "a thin line will give you a high sound, a thicker line will give you a lower sound. If you make a little tiny point it'll give you a high 'ping,' if you make it a rounder blob, a biggr blob, it'll give you a 'boom'..." Cobbing indicates than when he makes marks on paper, he writes in sound. Cobbing tells about a painting he made that was exhibited in a library entitled "Integration alone is not enough" (1962/1963) in which Margaret Thatcher, then a local representative saw...

Dates: 1998

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Bang On / Cobbing, Bob ; Upton, Lawrence., 1996

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Identifier: CC-44944-47117

Dates: 1996

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Barnet Poets: An Anthology by Children of the New Borough of Barnet 2nd Edition / Cobbing, Bob, editor ; Mackerness B ; Tomkins M ; Sabatini G., 1965

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Identifier: CC-32392-33963

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Also designated Writers Forum Poets Number 10. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Basil Bunting - Poem for Two Voices / Cobbing, Bob., 1974

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Identifier: CC-17672-18040

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All the words in this poem begin with the letter "b." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Basil / Cobbing, Bob., 1989

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Identifier: CC-17631-17999

Dates: 1989

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Batie, La / Heidsieck B ; Nomads ; Ruch G ; Olbrich JO ; Stewart A ; Cobbing B ; Metcalf P ; Tietz W., 1996

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Identifier: CC-49584-70633

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This booklet provides information on the events and times of presentations and includes a two page program for sound poetry. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1996

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Catalogs

Beethoven / Cobbing, Bob., 1992

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Identifier: CC-20232-20628

Dates: 1992

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Beethoven Today / Cobbing, Bob., 1970

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Identifier: CC-17468-17834

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Cobbing created repeticious text variations on the title "Beethoven Today" by forming poems in either a circular or quadrangular arrangement. The pages have yellow and orange color -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Beethoven Today / Cobbing, Bob., 1970

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Identifier: CC-19973-20361

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Cobbing created tautologic variations on the title "Beethoven Today" by forming poems in either a circular or quadrangular arrangement. Al the pages are printed on white paper stock. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1970

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Books

Best Wishes / Cobbing, Bob., 1993

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Identifier: CC-20365-20762

Dates: 1993

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Best Wishes for 1972 / Cobbing, Bob., 1972

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Identifier: CC-17762-18131

Dates: 1972

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Best Wishes for 1996 / Cobbing, Bob., 1995

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Identifier: CC-45144-47325

Dates: 1995

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Best Xmas Wishes / Cobbing, Bob., 1980

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Identifier: CC-17760-18129

Dates: 1980

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Various Formats

Between Poetry and Painting / Jasia Reichardt, curator ; Chopin H ; Cobbing B ; Cox K ; Finlay IH ; Furnival J ; Garnier P ; Gomringer E ; Heidsieck B ; Hirsal J ; Houedard DS ; Jandl E ; Kolar J ; Kriwet F ; Isou I ; Lemaitre M ; Sabatier R ; Mon F ; DeCampos A ; Roth D ; Ruhm G ; Albert-Birot P ; Balestrini N ; Bayrle T ; Bremer C ; Dienst HG ; Dienst KP ; Dohl R ; Edmonds T ; Gappmayr H ; Gette PA ; Hausmann R ; Kabdebo T ; Latham J ; Altmann R ; Minola G ; Spacagna J ; Mayer HJ ; Morgan E ; Azeredo R ; DeCampos A ; DeCampos H ; Pignatari D ; Xisto P ; Novak L ; Porta A ; Reichert J ; Sharkey JJ ; Staudacher H ; Carroll L ; Mallarme S ; Scheerbart P ; Apollinaire G ; Soffici A ; Huelsenbeck R ; Janco M ; Tzara T ; VanDoesburg T ; Marinetti FT ; Ray M ; cummings ee., 1965

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Identifier: CC-22926-23362

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The duplicate copy of this record also has the mimeographed pages written by Houedard. The manuscript of the Houedard piece is held by the Sackner Archive and the three copies are stored in three locations . -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1965

Found in: The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry / Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry: Exhibit Catalogs