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Cornelius Cardew

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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

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  1. Sailing the Seas Depends On the Helmsman
  2. The Croppy Boy
  3. Father Murphy
  4. Red Flag Prelude
  5. Charge
  6. Four Principles On Ireland
  7. Song and Dance
  8. Revolution Is the Main Trend In the World Today
  9. Bring the Land a New Life
  10. The East Is Red
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  1. Bethanien
  2. The Great Learning: Paragraph 7
  3. Long Live Chairman Mao
  4. The Great Learning: Paragraph 2
  5. Autumn 60
  6. Paragraph 2
  7. material
  8. Paragraph 1
  9. Soon (There Will Be a High Tide of Revolution in Our Country)
  10. Paragraph 7
  11. Treatise (1963-67): I
  12. Croppy Boy
  13. Treatise
  14. memories of you
  15. First Movement for String Quartet
  16. Smash The Social Contract
  17. Octet '61 for Jasper Johns
  18. Solo with Accompaniment
  19. Treatise (pages 21 & 22)
  20. Paragraph 3
  21. Paragraph 4
  22. Soon
  23. Theme: We Sing For The Future
  24. theme
  25. Paragraph 5
  26. The Workers Song
  27. Cadenza I
  28. Paragraph 6
  29. Cadenza II
  30. Thalmann Variations
  31. Octet '71
  32. Soon (there Will Be a High Tide of Revolution In Our Century)
  33. ending
  34. Treatise (1963-67): II
  35. The Turtledove
  36. Second String Trio
  37. Unintended Piano Music
  38. There is only one lie, There is only one truth
  39. Revolution is the Main Trend
  40. part II
  41. Autumn '60 (Version I)
  42. Treatise (1963-67): III
  43. Three Rhythmic Pieces for Trumpet and Piano - Movement I
  44. Treatise (Excerpt)
  45. Boolavogue
  46. Material (Version II)
  47. Piece for Guitar (for Stella)
  48. part I
  49. Movement II
  50. part III
  51. Movement III
  52. Cardew: The Great Learning - Paragraph 7
  53. Ending: We Sing For The Future
  54. 02. father murphy
  55. We Sing for The Future
  56. Cadenza II: We Sing For The Future
  57. Bethanien Song
  58. 01. croppy boy
  59. Treatise: Page No. 2 - Arr. for Guitar
  60. Treatise (1963-67): IV
  61. Part I: Thalmann Variations
  62. 4th System
  63. Paragraph 1 of the Great Learning
  64. Cadenza I: We Sing For The Future
  65. 04. charge
  66. Watkinson's Thirteens
  67. Treatise (1963-67): VI
  68. Material (Version I)
  69. We Sing for the Future: Theme
  70. Treatise (1963-67): V
  71. 08. revolution
  72. 05. bethanian song
  73. Part II: Thalmann Variations
  74. 03. four principles
  75. Autumn '60 (Version II)
  76. 06. red flag prelude
  77. Paragraph 1 (1968)
  78. 07. soon
  79. Part III: Thalmann Variations
  80. We Sing for the Future: Ending
  81. Treatise: Page No. 7 - Arr. for Guitar
  82. The Great Learning, Paragraph 1
  83. We Sing for the Future: Cadenza No. 1
  84. Thälmann Variation: Pt. 1
  85. Treatise (index 1)
  86. Sing for the Future Variations
  87. Treatise: Page No. 14 - Arr. for Guitar
  88. Bethanian Song
  89. Charges
  90. We Sing Fot The Future: Cadenza No. 2

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