La musique avant toute chose
Instituto de Filosofia da Linguagem, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
La musique avant toute chose
Dedalus 22-23 (2018-2019), pp. 203-216. Download PDF
Abstract
We will analyse the plan that began to be drawn in Duchamp’s work between 1911 and 1915 and that will go through all his life – “La musique avant toute chose” (Verlaine). Plan of music composition that according to his words open to a new way of creation. Our research is based on Sonate, Erratum Musical, Musical Sculpture and À bruit secret (Hidden Noise). We will try to show how the new way of composing of Duchamp accompanies and leads to the idea of the ready-made (sonorous ready-made). On the other hand, we will see how, by introducing chance and eliminating interpretation, Duchamp’s new conception of composition will influence the music of the second half of the twentieth century.
Keywords
Duchamp, music, composition, Erratum Musical, ready-made
Biographical note
Ana Godinho é doutorada e docente de Filosofia, investigadora no Instituto de Filosofia da Nova (FCSH-UNL). Publicou entre outros: Linhas do Estilo - estética e ontologia em Gilles Deleuze na Relógio D’Água e O humor e a lógica dos objectos de Duchamp (com José Gil), Relógio D’Água/IFL.