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Cornelius Cardew (07 May 1936 - 13 Dec 1981)

Male Person - United Kingdom English experimental composer

Releases (10)

Official

Album

  1. The Great Learning 1971
  2. Four Principles on Ireland and Other Pieces (1974) 1975
  3. Piano Music 1991
  4. Treatise 1999
  5. We Sing For The Future! 2001
  6. The Great Learning Dec 2010
  7. Material
  8. Chamber Music 1955-1964
  9. Piano Music 1959-1970 (John Tilbury)

Relationships (5)

Students

  1. Michael von Biel (1961 - 1962)
  2. Hugh Shrapnel (1966 - 1969)
  3. Michael Parsons (1968)

Founded

  1. The Scratch Orchestra

Member Of

  1. AMM (1966 - 1973)

Recordings by (89)

  1. The Croppy Boy 2:47 (1975)
  2. Father Murphy 2:58 (1975)
  3. Four Principles on Ireland 5:54 (1975)
  4. Charge 3:21 (1975)
  5. Song and Dance 2:17 (1975)
  6. Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman 1:34 (1975)
  7. Bethanien 4:03 (1975)
  8. Bring the Land a New Life 4:13 (1975)
  9. The East Is Red 1:36 (1975)
  10. Red Flag Prelude 3:12 (1975)
  11. Soon (There Will Be a High Tide of Revolution in Our Country) 2:05 (1975)
  12. Long Live Chairman Mao 1:58 (1975)
  13. Revolution Is the Main Trend in the World Today 3:23 (1975)
  14. First Movement For String Quartet ?:?? (1985)
  15. Octet '71 ?:?? (1985)
  16. Treatise ?:?? (1985)
  17. Paragraph 1 Of The Great Learning ?:?? (1985)
  18. The Turtledove ?:?? (1985)
  19. The Workers Song ?:?? (1985)
  20. Thalmann Variations ?:?? (1985)
  21. Croppy Boy ?:?? (1985)
  22. Watkinson's Thirteens ?:?? (1985)
  23. Smash The Social Contract ?:?? (1985)
  24. There Is Only One Lie, There Is Only One Truth ?:?? (1985)
  25. We Sing For The Future ?:?? (1985)
  26. Charges 3:22 (1991)
  27. Bethanien Song 4:05 (1991)
  28. Soon 2:09 (1991)
  29. Revolution is the Main Trend 3:28 (1991)
  30. Thelmann Variations 20:48 (1991)
  31. Boolavogue 14:17 (1991)
  32. Sing for the Future Variations 16:01 (1991)
  33. Treatise (2-1) 23:14 (1999)
  34. Treatise (2-2) 19:14 (1999)
  35. Treatise (2-3) 28:44 (1999)
  36. Treatise (index 1) 27:20 (1999)
  37. Treatise (index 2) 17:26 (1999)
  38. Treatise (index 3) 25:21 (1999)
  39. We Sing For The Future: Theme 11:48 (2001)
  40. We Sing For The Future: Cadenza I 4:25 (2001)
  41. We Sing For The Future: Cadenza II 2:43 (2001)
  42. We Sing For The Future: Ending 4:03 (2001)
  43. Thälmann Variations: Part I 9:17 (2001)
  44. Thälmann Variations: Part II 7:32 (2001)
  45. Thälmann Variations: Part III 6:04 (2001)
  46. The Great Learning: Paragraph 2 21:45 (01 Oct 2002)
  47. The Great Learning: Paragraph 7 20:27 (01 Oct 2002)
  48. I. Treatise Part 1 20:45 (2009)
  49. II. Treatise Part 2 20:49 (2009)
  50. III. Treatise Part 3 17:51 (2009)
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On Recordings (5)

Conducted

  1. The Great Learning: Paragraph 2 21:45 Cornelius Cardew (01 Oct 2002)
  2. The Great Learning: Paragraph 7 20:27 Cornelius Cardew (01 Oct 2002)

Instruments

  1. 1, 2, 1–2–3–4 14:28 Gavin Bryars, Christopher Hobbs, Cornelius Cardew, Derek Bailey, Mike Nichols, Celia Gollin, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay, Stuart Deeks, Paul Nieman (1975) cello
  2. Vertical Thoughts 2 6:39 János Négyesy, Cornelius Cardew (1994) piano
  3. Artikulation for tape 3:49 György Ligeti (03 Oct 2019) electronic instruments

Credited as (12)

  1. Cornelius Cardew
  2. Cornelius Cardew & The Scratch Orchestra
  3. Cornelius Cardew & David Bedford
  4. Cornelius Cardew & Jane Manning
  5. János Négyesy, Cornelius Cardew
  6. Cornelius Cardew; Nima Gousheh
  7. Cornelius Cardew; Tilbury / Duch / Davies
  8. Gavin Bryars, Christopher Hobbs, Cornelius Cardew, Derek Bailey, Mike Nichols, Celia Gollin, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay, Stuart Deeks, Paul Nieman
  9. Cornelius Cardew; Michael McHale
  10. Cornelius Cardew; Montréal Scratch Orchestra, Dean Rosenthal
  11. Jonathan Impett, Mirio Cosottini, Cornelius Cardew; Tempo Reale Electroacoustic Ensemble
  12. Cornelius Cardew; London Experimental Ensemble

Works (23)

Composed

  1. Piano Sonata no. 3 (1958)
  2. Material (1960)
  3. Treatise (1963 - 1967)
  4. Solo With Accompaniment (1964)
  5. Bun no. 1 (1965)
  6. The Great Learning: Paragraph 1
  7. The Great Learning: Paragraph 2
  8. The Great Learning: Paragraph 3
  9. The Great Learning: Paragraph 4
  10. The Great Learning: Paragraph 5
  11. The Great Learning: Paragraph 6
  12. The Great Learning: Paragraph 7
  13. The Great Learning
  14. Piano Album 1973: The Croppy Boy
  15. Piano Album 1973: Father Murphy
  16. Piano Album 1973: Sailing the seas depends upon the helmsman
  17. Piano Album 1973
  18. Ode Machine No. 2
  19. Treatise, Pages 53 & 58
  20. Treatise, Pages 168 & 169
  21. There Is Only One Lie, There Is Only One Truth

Dedicated Works

  1. In Memoriam Cornelius Cardew
  2. For Cornelius

Links (7)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/119293250
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/cornelius_cardew

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/177584

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000799035

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1754745/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/12502443

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1133758