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Cobbing, Bob, 1920-2002

 Person

Nationality

British

Found in 643 Collections and/or Records:

September Poems / Cobbing, Bob., 1968

 Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
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

Sequence 30 & 32 / Cobbing, Bob., 1974 - 1975

 Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
Identifier: CC-20574-20972
Scope and Contents

The inscription by Cobbing on the envelope indicates that these are two originals fom Sequence 33-25 (1974-1975). -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1974 - 1975

Serious Dissertations on Something or Other / Cobbing, Bob., July 1989

 Item — Box 394: [Barcode: 31858072461589]
Identifier: CC-17572-17938
Scope and Contents

This is the second edition of the book first published earlier in the year. It consists of interviews devised with the cut-up technique. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: July 1989

Setting up an Arts Centre / Cobbing, Bob, editor., 1960

 Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
Identifier: CC-17441-17806
Scope and Contents

The editor of this book is listed as Robert W. Cobbing, aka Bob Cobbing. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1960

Seventy Not Out / Cobbing, Bob., 1990

 Item — Box 386: [Barcode: 31858072461514]
Identifier: CC-17352-17716
Scope and Contents

Images are totally abstract. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1990

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

 Item — Box 385: [Barcode: 31858072461506]
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

 Item — Box 392: [Barcode: 31858072461563]
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

 Item — Box 391: [Barcode: 31858072461555]
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

(soma) light song / Cobbing, Bob., 1981

 Item — Box 387: [Barcode: 31858072461522]
Identifier: CC-17527-17893
Scope and Contents

soma signifies 'society of mental awareness. It was instrumental in overturning the harsh penal penalty for possession of hashish in England in the 1970s. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1981

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

 Item — Box 392: [Barcode: 31858072461563]
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