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Active

1960s - 1980s

Musical Period

20th Century, Modern

Born

May 7, 1936 in Winchcombe, Gloucester, England

Died

December 13, 1981 in London, England

Genre

Classical Avant-Garde Jazz

Styles

Modern Composition Free Improvisation Chamber Music Keyboard Avant-Garde Music

Member Of

AMM
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Cornelius Cardew

Biography by Uncle Dave Lewis

Influenced by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Cornelius Cardew went on to have a massive impact on the British classical avant-garde.
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Composition Highlights

Title Year Avg. Duration Genre
Treatise, for any number of musicians with any instruments 1963 Miscellaneous (Classical)
The Great Learning, for orchestra 1969 Orchestral
Material 1964 Chamber Music
Autumn '60 1960 Chamber Music
Octet '61for Jasper Johns 1961 Chamber Music
Piece for guitar (for Stella) 1961 Chamber Music
Solo with accompaniment 1964 Chamber Music
Rhythmic Pieces (3) for trumpet & piano 1955 Chamber Music
Piano Album Keyboard
Memories of You, for prepared piano 1964 Keyboard
We Sing for the Future!, for piano Keyboard
Second String Trio 1955 Chamber Music
Thälmann Variations, for piano Keyboard
There Is Only One Lie, There Is Only One Truth, for mixed choir & piano 1980 Choral
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