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Marcel Duchamp
Musical Erratum + In Conversation
Album UK 2007 on LTM label
Spoken Word (Spoken Word, Experimental)
Written in 1913, the Musical Erratum for piano forms part of the sequence of notes and projects which led to Duchamp's celebrated artwork, La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même (The bride stripped bare by her batchelors, even, often called The Large Glass). La Mariée… is also the sub-title of the 1913 piano work. Abstract, elusive and even "inachievable" according to the artist, the Musical Erratum consists of two scores. In the first, notes are replaced by numbered keys, and virtuoso performance is discouraged in favour of novel mechanical instrumentation. The second offers a form of random composition, by which numbered balls are dropped into the moving wagons of a toy train. Famously, Duchamp described the whole as "a very useless performance, in any event." Two versions are included on this CD, including a conventional (but non-virtuoso) performance on piano, and another on which spinning rotary discs brush the piano strings to produce extraordinary tones. ("The Creative Act" lecture, and both "Interviews", are in english)
Musicians
 | Marcel Duchamp voc, 1887-1968 FR album by |
 | George Heard Hamilton interviewer |
| Tom Feldschuh piano |
 | Kristine Scholz p, *1944 DE piano, prepared |
 | Mats Persson p, *1943 SE piano, prepared |
Producers
| Duncan Cameron engineer |
| James Hayward liner notes |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Musical Erratum, La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (Prepared Piano) | Marcel Duchamp | 10:12 | |
| 2 | The Creative Act (Lecture By Duchamp, 1957) | Marcel Duchamp | 7:23 | |
| 3 | A L'Infinitif (Reading By Duchamp, 1967) | Marcel Duchamp | 4:02 | |
| 4 | Interview (Conversation With Duchamp, 1959) | Marcel Duchamp | 11:03 | |
| 5 | Interview (Conversation With Duchamp, 1959) | Marcel Duchamp | 21:20 | |
| 6 | Musical Erratum, La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (Piano) | Marcel Duchamp | 1:03 | |
| 7 | Musical Erratum, La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (Piano) | Marcel Duchamp | 7:00 | |
| 8 | Musical Erratum, La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (Piano) | Marcel Duchamp | 1:17 | |
| 9 | Musical Erratum, La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (Piano) | Marcel Duchamp | 3:40 | |
| 10 | Musical Erratum, La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (Piano) | Marcel Duchamp | 0:18 | |
| 11 | Musical Erratum, La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (Piano) | Marcel Duchamp | 1:08 | |
| 12 | Musical Erratum, La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (Piano) | Marcel Duchamp | 1:28 | |
| 13 | Musical Erratum, La Mariée Mise à Nu Par Ses Célibataires, Même (Piano) | Marcel Duchamp | 1:23 |
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