{"product_id":"v-a-par-hasard-chance-composition-1913-1951","title":"v\/a - Par Hasard: Chance Composition 1913-1951","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePar Hasard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a unique collection of avant-garde music by Marcel Duchamp, Francis Picabia, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes and John Cage, all composed during the first half of the 20th century using chance techniques and operations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll selections are performed on piano. Iconic French conceptual artist Marcel Duchamp conceived both of his\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusical errata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 1913. One consists of notes drawn at random from a hat; for the second, balls are dropped through a funnel into wagons drawn by a toy train.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Execution,\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDuchamp confided,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"is rather pointless, in any event.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn fact both pieces are strangely beautiful.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe remarkable pieces by artists Francis Picabia and Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes were first performed at the Festival Dada in Paris on 26 May 1920. Consisting of three notes repeated to infinity, prankster Picabia described\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Nurse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eas\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e'musique sodomiste'\u003c\/i\u003e, while Ribemont-Dessaignes worked with\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"a sort of pocket roulette wheel that had a dial on which notes were written instead of numbers. By noting the results of the spins of the wheel, I had my melody and the necessary duration. It could have gone on forever.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis, then, is the true soundtrack of Paris Dada.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeveral decades later radical American composer John Cage took a similarly iconoclastic approach to music. A friend of Duchamp since 1942, Cage conceived\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic of Changes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewith the aid of the I Ching; the piece is presented here in its complete form.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The Music of Changes is an object more inhuman than human since chance operations brought it into being,\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCage wrote later.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Sounds come together to control a human being and give the work an alarming aspect of a Frankenstein monster.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCD booklet features archive images and detailed historical notes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracklist\u003c\/b\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarcel Duchamp\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusical Erratum\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1913)\u003cbr\u003e2.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRibemont-Dessaignes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLe nombril interlope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1920)\u003cbr\u003e3.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eRibemont-Dessaignes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePas de la chicorée frisée\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1920)\u003cbr\u003e4.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrancis Picabia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa nourrice américaine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1920)\u003cbr\u003e5.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic of Changes Book I\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1951)\u003cbr\u003e6.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic of Changes Book II\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1951)\u003cbr\u003e7.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic of Changes Book III\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1951)\u003cbr\u003e8.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eMusic of Changes Book IV\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e(1951)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LTM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":67995647082772,"sku":"LTM2583","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1035\/0284\/0084\/files\/R-6278660-1416322371-1991.jpg?v=1793922389","url":"https:\/\/primeunion.shop\/products\/v-a-par-hasard-chance-composition-1913-1951","provider":"Linden \u0026 Oak","version":"1.0","type":"link"}