Cornelius Cardew
Cornelius Cardew
Top Songs
| 1 | Revolution Is the Main Trend in the World Today | ||
| 2 | Long Live Chairman Mao | ||
| 3 | Soon (There Will be a High Tide of Revolution in Our Century) | ||
| 4 | Red Flag Prelude | ||
| 5 | The East Is Red |
Albums
Jul 2019 • 13 songs
Jul 2014 • 5 songs
Sep 2010 • 13 songs
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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 a graphic designer, Cardew became professor of composition at the RAM in 1967. Influenced by Cage and Tudor, Cardew was interested in the idea of performer participation in the creation of a work. He composed music that could be realized in several ways with notation that is a su...