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Cornelius Cardew
Cornelius Cardew
Born: May 7, 1936 in Winchcombe, England
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Died: Dec 13, 1981 in London, England
Styles: Modern Composition, Free Improvisation
Biography: Cardew was a chorister at Canterbury Cathedral for eight years, and he later studied at the RAM. He received a scholarship from the RAM in 1957 to study electronic music in Köln. He served as an assistant to Stockhausen from 1958-60 and collaborated with him on the composition Carré. After a period as ...Read full biography
Treatise
Treatise
Released: 1999
Label: hatHUT
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When asked to describe his composition, Treatise, Cornelius Cardew replied, "Well, it's a vertebrate." As John Corbett observes in his liner notes, it is indeed music with a spine. That spine is a 193-page-long ...Read full review
Thalmann Variations
Thalmann Variations
Released: 1990
Label: Matchless
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Cornelius Cardew was one of the leading composers of the British avant-garde scene in the '60s and '70s and a founding member of such influential groups as AMM and the Scratch Orchestra. While his earlier ...Read full review
More Cornelius Cardew albums: Main Albums (6)
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