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Selkus²

Category:	Musical composition
Dated:	November 1984. Certain manuscripts bear different dates (see below)
Instrumentation:	for solo voice (e flat - d sharp²)
Duration:	ca.9'
Premiere and performer(s):
Dedicated to:
Choreography:	---
Published:	Edition Peters 67068 © 1985 by Henmar Press
Manuscript:	Sketches dated on title page: "New York City - November 1984" (chiefly typescript and holograph in ink - 52 lvs. Folder 639); Score, dated at end: "N.Y.C. 12/26/84" (holograph in ink - 2 lvs. Folder 640); Worksheets (holograph in ink - 7 p. Folder 1046), all in New York Public Library

Thirteen mesostics for unaccompanied low voice, notated in alto clef. The name "Selkus" is derived from references to "Marchand du Sel" and Haikus. Texts are derived from "Marcel Duchamp. Notes" (ed. Alexina S.Duchamp & Paul Matisse). Other (unused) titles for the work: "Champkus", "Selkus", "Thirteen Selkus".

Sources: Martin Erdmann: Chronologisches Verzeichnis der musikalischen Kompositionen, Schriften, Gespräche, Hörspiele, Bilder, Objekte und Filme. In: Musik-Konzepte Sonderband - John Cage II; Paul van Emmerik: Thema's en Variaties; David Revill: The Roaring Silence; New York Public Library online catalog