Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-CardewCornelius.html" title="Facts and information about Cardew, Cornelius">Cardew, Cornelius</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cardew, Cornelius

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music | 1996 | Copyright

Cardew, Cornelius (b Winchcombe, Glos., 1936; d London, 1981). Eng. composer and guitarist. Chorister, Canterbury Cath. 1943–50. Prof. of comp. RAM, from 1967. His early pf. works are in the style of early Boulez and Stockhausen, but later comps. follow a Cage-like indeterminacy, e.g. Treatise (1963–7), a graphic score of nearly 200 pages containing no instructions to the performer. Became radical Maoist and revolutionary Communist. Formed Scratch Orch. 1969. Works incl. Str. Trio (1957); 2 Books of Study for Pianists (1958); Octet '61 (1961) for unspecified instr.; 3 Winter Potatoes (1965), pf.; The Great Learning (parts 1–7, 1968–70), various perf.; The East is Red, vn., pf. (1972); Piano Album, pf. (1973); The Old and the New, sop., ch., orch. (1973); Thälmann Variations, pf. (1974); Vietnam Sonata, pf. (1976).

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Cardew, Cornelius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2010 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Cardew, Cornelius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2010). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-CardewCornelius.html

MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Cardew, Cornelius." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2010 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-CardewCornelius.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	Notes from the underground: Damon Krukowski on Cornelius... Magazine article from: Artforum International Krukowski, Damon March 1, 2007 700+ words CORNELIUS CARDEW: A READER, BY CORNELIUS CARDEW ET AL. EDITED BY EDWIN PREVOST. HARLOW, UK. COPULA...career into shadow. Such is the case with English composer Cornelius Cardew, whose rather spectacular conversion to a Maoist-influenced...
	Culture: A blast from the past; A prominent figure in British music in the 60s... Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) April 29, 2002 700+ words ...the British composer Cornelius Cardew, walking home through...a co-founder with Cornelius Cardew of the Scratch Orchestra...Winchcombe Pottery, where Cardew senior worked during...functioning today. 'Cornelius's early roots were...
	The Arts: Play it loud and play it free He was a hard-left Sixties activist and... Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London PAUL STUMP December 15, 1996 700+ words ...December 12, 1981, the composer Cornelius Cardew was killed by a hit-and...composer to meet his end. But then Cornelius Cardew's life had followed a rather...was going to happen through Cornelius Cardew." The Scratch Orchestra played...
	CLASSICAL: Avant-garde adventures A TRIBUTE TO CARDEW Huddersfield Contemporary... Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Paul Conway December 8, 2001 700+ words ...the radical experimental composer Cornelius Cardew was killed by a hit-and-run...his studies with Stockhausen, Cardew produced a series of graphic scores...bashing a music stand - groovy. But Cardew's "Schooltime Compositions...
	In memory of Cornelius Newspaper article from: Evening Standard - London RICK JONES December 20, 2001 700+ words ...influential British composer Cornelius Cardew died 20 years ago this month...The groundbreaking music of Cornelius Cardew is to be revived in a celebratory...the rest in their place!" _Cornelius Cardew Day is on 29 December, Conway...
	In memory of Cornelius.(Review) Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) Jones, Rick December 20, 2001 700+ words ...influential British composer Cornelius Cardew died 20 years ago this month...The groundbreaking music of Cornelius Cardew is to be revived in a celebratory...the rest in their place!" _Cornelius Cardew Day is on 29 December, Conway...
	Notes from the Underground Magazine article from: Artforum Krukowski, Damon March 1, 2007 700+ words Notes from the Underground DAMON KRUKOWSKI ON CORNELIUS CARDEW CORNELIUS CARDEW: A READER, BY CORNELIUS CARDEW ET AL. EDITED BY EDWIN PRVOST. HARLOW. UK. COPULA. 2006. 400 PAGES...
	Playing politics Magazine article from: Musical Times Whittall, Arnold April 1, 2008 700+ words Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981): a reader Edited by Edwin Prvost Copula (Matching...Baden-Baden, 2006); 631pp; euro98 PBK. ISBN 3 87320 597 1. CORNELIUS CARDEW AND LUCA LOMBARDI connect through their involvement with mid20th...
	Visionary gloom Magazine article from: Musical Times Whittall, Arnold October 1, 2009 700+ words Visionary gloom Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981): a life unfinished John Tilbury Copula (Matching...AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Hallelujah junction, John Adams describes a visit Cornelius Cardew made to San Francisco in the spring of 1975, by which time this...
	LETTERS Magazine article from: Musical Times Anonymous October 1, 2004 700+ words ...institution. Does it? Peter Williams Newent Call for Cardew My biography of Cornelius Cardew is nearing completion. If anybody has any correspondence to or from Cardew, or reminiscences of an anecdotal nature, which...

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

	Cardew, Cornelius Book article from: Contemporary Musicians Cardew, Cornelius Composer, pianist, guitarist Cornelius Cardew's reputation is staked as much on his political...at the renowned Winchcombe Pottery in the 1930s. Cornelius Cardew began his musical education as a member of the chorus...
	AMM Book article from: Contemporary Musicians ...and best-known member of AMM, Cornelius Cardew, on cello and piano. Previously...and Pr é vost, as both Cardew and Rowe opted out of improvisational...piano. Former members include Cornelius Cardew (born in 1936; died in 1981...
	Gielgud, (Sir) John Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Wagner (Palmer—for TV) (as Pfistermeister); The Scarlet and the Black (London—for TV) 1984 Scandalous (Cohen) (as Uncle Willie); The Shooting Party (Bridges) (as Cornelius Cardew); Buddenbrooks (Wirt
	Nyman, Michael Book article from: Contemporary Musicians ...Nyman introduced the term “ minimalism ” to musical parlance in a review of English composer Cornelius Cardew ’ s The Great Learning . Nyman published a book on minimalism in 1974 titled Experimental Music —...
	Minton, Phil Book article from: Contemporary Musicians ...x2019; s piece, Say No More, 1994. Awards: Voted Best Male Singer in Europe by International Jazz Forum, 1988; Cornelius Cardew Composition Prize for Songs From a Prison Diary , 1991. Addresses: Record company — FMP, Postfach 100...