{"product_id":"cobbing-bob-ernst-jandl-and-dom-sylvester-houedard-sound-poems-sprechgedichte-to-accompany-writers-forum-record-one","title":"COBBING, Bob, Ernst JANDL, and Dom SYLVESTER HOUÉDARD. Sound Poems. Sprechgedichte … to Accompany Writers Forum Record *One.","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"font-variant: small-caps\"\u003e‘Gone is the Word as Word’\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCOBBING, Bob, Ernst JANDL, \u003ci\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Dom SYLVESTER HOUÉDARD.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e Sound Poems. Sprechgedichte … to Accompany Writers Forum Record *One. \u003ci\u003e[London:] Writers Forum\u003c\/i\u003e. January 1966.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4to. Publisher’s black-and-white wrappers, stapled as issued; ff. [23], mimeographed text to rectos only.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVery rare second edition of this important work (first 1965), self-published by Eng-lish sound and concrete poet Bob Cobbing, including \u003ci\u003eSprechgedichte\u003c\/i\u003e by the Austrian poet Ernst Jandl and an introduction by the English concrete poet and Bene-dictine priest Dom Sylvester Houédard. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCobbing (1920–2002) was the manager of the iconic bookshop Better Books at 94 Charing Cross Road, a hub for the avant-garde and counterculture movements in London. In 1963 he established the Writers Forum press with John Rowan and Jeff Nuttall, publishing over one thousand pamphlets and books by the likes of Allen Ginsberg, Brion Gysin, and John Cage between 1963 and 2002. ‘Cobbing’s work drew on elements of concrete and sound poetry; he foregrounded language as material, as sign or mark, while developing sound as an element of non-semantic meaning. Cobbing wrote of his practice in “Some Statements on Sound Poetry”: “Gone is the word as word, though the word may still be used as sound or shape. Poetry now resides in other elements.”’ (Poetry Foundation, \u003ci\u003eonline\u003c\/i\u003e). The first edition was issued to accompany the LP ‘Writers Forum Record No. 1’ (of which 100 copies were produced), featuring readings of Cobbing’s \u003ci\u003eSound Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eABC in Sound\u003c\/i\u003e, recorded at Better Books, and Jandl’s \u003ci\u003eSprechgedichte\u003c\/i\u003e, recorded privately in Austria and at Better Books. The wrappers are attributed to the visual artist Jennifer Pike (1920–2016), Cobbing’s second wife and frequent collaborator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Hub records the 1965 edition only (of which OCLC records ten copies in North America). OCLC finds only one copy of this edition, at Mart in Rovereto.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriters Forum Checklist 21.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e2124630\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sotherans","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57386285203833,"sku":"2124630","price":400.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0045\/2178\/7426\/files\/2124630.jpg?v=1780650393","url":"https:\/\/sotherans.co.uk\/products\/cobbing-bob-ernst-jandl-and-dom-sylvester-houedard-sound-poems-sprechgedichte-to-accompany-writers-forum-record-one","provider":"Sotherans","version":"1.0","type":"link"}