A darker shade of pale: A backdrop to Bob Dylan

With the Beatles, Bob Dylan is one of the most talented performers to emerge from the sixties. For more than twenty years Dylan has been a spokesman for the young--a representative of a generation and a way of life. While Dylan's originality is his strength, his art has roots in Amercan folk, country and pop music. In this exciting new book, Wilfrid Mellers, author of the acclaimed study of the Beatles, Twilight of the Gods, examines Dylan's musical heritage, from the British folk ballads that influenced his lyrics to the American folk-singers who influence his music. Mellers looks at how Dylan's vocal and instrumental style was affected by such greats as the Carter family, Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Elvis Presley and Woody Guthrie. He goes on to consider what Dylan did with this musical legacy, and how he made these musical forms his own. Mellers offers illuminating commentary on virtually every song recorded by Dylan, and shows why his individual contribution has spoken so powerfully to millions of people.

A Darker Shade of Pale: A Backdrop to Bob Dylan

Arts & Photography

Mellers, Wilfrid Howard

Music

Oxford University Press

Wilfrid Mellers is a composer, musician and author. Honorary Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge. This is his classic book on Bach.

Bach and the Dance of God

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Faber and Faber

Very good condition--book and jacket. Ex-library

Francois Couperin and the French Classical Tradition/New Version, 1987

Faber&Faber

Looks at the development of jazz, Gospel, blues and rock music, describes the role of women singers in shaping modern music, and discusses the work of specific performers

Angels of the Night: Popular Female Singers of Our Time

Blackwell Pub.

This volume reprints a part of Mellers's output, mostly articles from the 1980s and 1990s. The articles encompass diverse subjects such as musical means and meaning, music theater, and instinct and sensitivity. A concluding section deals with American composers; a select list of works by Mellers completes the book.

Between Old Worlds and New: Occasional Writings on Music

Literature & Fiction

Paynter, John

History & Criticism

UNKNO

Cygnus Arts

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