228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
228 Pages
by
Routledge
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Cornelius Cardew is an enigma. Depending on which sources one consults he is either an influential and iconic figure of British musical culture or a marginal curiosity, a footnote to a misguided musical phenomenon. He is both praised for his uncompromising commitment to world-changing politics, and mocked for being blindly caught up in a maelstrom of naïve political folly. His works are both... Read more
Contents: Preface; Introduction; Stockhausen serves imperialism; The formative years; Cardew the bourgeois composer?; Scratch: embodiment and change; Cardew the revolutionary; Music for the masses; Towards a definition of ’Cardewism’; ’Well, well, Cornelius'; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Tony Harris is Senior Lecturer in Music Education at Nottingham Trent University. An active composer, performer and improviser, he is founder member of the experimental duo The Pound Shop Boys. He has also performed with the Cornelius Cardew Ensemble and is resident percussionist with the CoMA East Midlands ensemble.
’One of the book’s most valuable aspects is Harris’ cogent explanation of Marxist political theory and lineages as they impacted Cardew’s engagement and reception....The great strength of this book is the weaving together of interviews with musicians John Tilbury, Michael Parsons, Howard Skempton, Keith Rowe, Christopher Hobbs (and others) who worked with Cardew along with Harris’ own insights. ... The Legacy of Cornelius Cardew is well worth adding to library collections ... ’ ARSC Journal
