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Selkus²
- Title
- Selkus² / [John Cage].
- Author
- Cage, John.
- Publication
- 1984 November.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Notated music | Supervised use | JPB 95-3 Folder 768 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Music |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
- Description
- [52] leaves; 28 cm.
- Uniform Title
- Selkus² (Sketches)
- Alternative Title
- Selkus² (Sketches)
- Subject
- Note
- Chiefly typscript and holograph in ink.
- Contains 20 p. of material derived from Cage's Mirage verbal, 16 p. of sketches for the construction of mesostics on the name Marcel Duchamp, 2 p. of performance notes, and 14 p. of completed mesostics on the name Marcel Duchamp.
- The name Selkus is derived from references to Duchamp's Marchand du Sel and haikus (cf. Notes on compositions IV in John Cage: Writer / John Cage ; selected by Richard Kostelanetz)
- Texts are derived from Marcel Duchamp, Notes / ed. by Paul Matisse.
- Other unused titles: Champkus, Selkus, Thirteen selkus.
- On t.p. of completed mesostics: New York City - November 1984.
- John Cage Music Manuscript Collection.
- Call Number
- JPB 95-3 Folder 768
- OCLC
- NYPG95-C962
- Author
- Cage, John.
- Title
- Selkus² / [John Cage].
- Imprint
- 1984 November.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968.
- Research Call Number
- JPB 95-3 Folder 768 Public service copyJPB 94-24 Folder 639 Originals -- Permission required