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Cornelius Cardew

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English composer and improviser

Person · Open Library

Works
20

Top works

  • The concert guide
  • Sur scène
  • Form-space
  • Ο Στοκχάουζεν υπηρετεί τον ιμπεριαλισμό
  • Four works

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contemporary classicalAvant-Gardeexperimentalimprovisationbritish

Cornelius Cardew (b. Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, May 7, 1936; d. London, December 13, 1981) was an English avant-garde composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble. His musical career thus began as a chorister. From 1953-57, Cardew studied piano, cello, and composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1957, he performed in the British premiere of Pierre <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Cornelius+Card

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