Cornelius Cardew
English composer and improviser · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Lived 1936 to 1981 · aged 45
Cornelius Cardew was an English experimental music composer, and founder of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble. He later rejected experimental music, explaining why he had "discontinued composing in an avant-garde idiom" in his own programme notes to his Piano Album 1973.
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Country
United Kingdom
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1936 to 1981 · aged 45
