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032-001964537 Language English Name Cardew, Cornelius, composer, 1936-1981

1. Add MS 70727-70774

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Add MS 70727-70774
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CARDEW COLLECTION. Music manuscripts and papers of Cornelius Cardew (b.1936, d.1981); 1955-1981, n.d. Autograph except where otherwise stated; photocopies and dyeline copies are from autograph originals if not otherwise stated. Supplementing Add. 59799, Ms. Facs. *1092. Purchased from the Trustees of the Cornelius Cardew Foundation, 19 Feb. 1991. Paper except where otherwise specified. Forty-eight volumes. British Library arrangement, as follows:— A. Main sequence, arranged chronologically...
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Cornelius Cardew, composer: Music manuscripts and papers of Cornelius Cardew: 1955-1981, n.d: Partly Germ., Ital.: Partly typewritten, copies and photocopies.
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English, German, and Italian
Date Range:
1955-1981
Extent:
48 items

2. Add MS 70743

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xvii. ‘Octet '71’, for flute in G, oboe, clarinet, tuba, harp, guitar, banjo, violin, viola and ’cello; 1971. Score. Ink transparencies. With a note to Christopher [Hobbs?] (f. i) suggesting the work for the E[xperimental] M[usic] C[atalogue]. ff. i+5. 380 x 278mm. incl...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1971
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 70764

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxviii. George Frideric Handel: ‘Sound an Alarm’, recitative, aria and chorus from ‘Judas Maccabaeus’, arranged for tenor and brass band; n.d. Pencil score. Possibly incomplete. See also Add. 70752, ff. 9, 10v. ff. 6. 267 x 380mm. Cornelius Cardew, composer: George Fri...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960-1981]
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 70761

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxv. Realisations of works by John Cage; 1960, n.d. Pencil. ff. 4. 270 x 340mm. 1. ff. 1-2. ‘Winter Music’ (1957); 1960. With sketches, some unidentified, on verso of bifolium (f. 2v). 2. ff. 3-4. Variations I (1958); n.d. Cornelius Cardew, composer: John Cage, compo...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 70762

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxvi. Two versions of Cardew’s realisation of 2-3 sheets of ‘Plus Minus’ by Karlheinz Stockhausen; [1964?]. The original score consists of symbols printed on 7 separate sheets, which can be realised in any order in conjunction with any of 7 separate sheets of musical not...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
[1964?]
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 70747

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxi. ‘The Old and the New’, for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra; 1973, n.d. Vocal, short and full scores. Part 2 consists of ‘High Heaven’, originally no. 2 of ‘Three Bourgeois Songs’ (see Add. 70746, ff. 9-14v, 53-82), followed by a revised version of ‘Soon’ from ‘Co...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1973
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 70748

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxii. Orchestral and vocal works; 1973, n.d. ff. 37. Largest size 336 x 269mm. 1. ff. 1-9. ‘Dartmoor’, for orchestra; n.d. Pencil score. For sketches see Add. 70766, f. 31v. With a photocopy of a poem of the same name, together with song, ‘Who are the English’ (tune ‘Gr...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1972-1974
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 70752

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxvi. Vietnam Sonata, for piano solo, composed by Cardew with part of 2nd movement by Dave Smith; 1976. ff. 59. Largest size 361 x 266mm. 1. ff. 1-25. Pencil draft, with the section composed by Dave Smith written in blue ink in the composer’s hand (ff. 17v, 18). On the ...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1976
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 70765

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxix. Realisations and arrangements of songs by Christian Wolff and Frederic Rzewski; 1975, n.d. ff. 40. Largest size 298 x 235mm. 1. ff. 1-7. Christian Wolff: Photocopies of the composer’s autograph of six songs, with pencil annotations in Cardew’s hand; n.d. f. 2. ‘W...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1975
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 70757

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CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxi. Undated and unidentified works; n.d. ff. 36. Overall size 380 x 246mm. 1. ff. 1-8. ‘Consciously’, version for orchestra. Pencil score. For vocal version see Add. 70766, ff. 13-16. 2. ff. 9-10. ‘Pakistan’, for oboe solo. Ink. On verso of bifolium (ff. 9r, 10v), pe...
Collection Area:
Music Collections
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1955-1981]
Extent:
1 item