| Category: | Musical composition |
| Dated: | New York City, November 1984. One manuscript is dated: 1984 Dec. 29 (Folder 636) |
| Instrumentation: | for unaccompanied voice |
| Duration: | ca. 9' |
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| Dedicated to: | |
| Choreography: | --- |
| Published: | Edition Peters 67067 © 1985 by Henmar Press |
| Manuscript: | Worksheets (typescript and holograph in ink - 12 lvs. Folder 634); Worksheets (chiefly typescript with holographic annotations in ink - 20+16 lvs. Folder 635); Score (holograph in ink - 4 lvs. Folder 636), all in New York Public Library |
| Twelve songs, each consisting of a different collection of twelve tones. The text is based on Alexina S.Duchamp &
Paul Matisse: "Marcel Duchamp, Notes" (1983). The twelve songs are to be sung without vibrato, as in folksinging. The texts were composed ising the computer programs MESOLIST and I. The title is a combination of Mirage Verbal and Haikus. Sources: David Revill: The Roaring Silence; Martin Erdmann: Chronologisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Kompositionen, Schriften, Gespräche, Hörspiele, Bilder, Objekte und Filme. In: Musik-Konzepte Sonderband - John Cage II; Frans van Rossum: Enige bekende feiten over John Cage; Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; New York Public Library online catalog |