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.
CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xix. ‘Collection of Songs’; 1971-1972. Ink scores except where indicated, with typewritten introductory notes (f. ii). ff. ii+11. Overall size 350 x 236mm. 1. ff. 1-2. ‘Soon’ (words based on Mao Zedong), for unison voices and piano; 1971. For a new version, see Add. 707...
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...
CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xl. Original songs, without accompaniment unless otherwise stated; 1973-[1980?], n.d. ff. 92. Overall size 350 x 238mm. 1. ff. 1-2. ‘Stand Up and Fight’, revolutionary Communist song for voice and piano with chord symbols; 1973. Pencil and ink short score. On verso of ...
CARDEW COLLECTION. Vols. xlv, xlvi. Songs, and sketches for songs, mainly by other composers, without accompaniment unless otherwise stated; [1972?-1981], n.d. In Cardew’s hand except where otherwise stated. Two volumes.
CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xlvi. Songs mainly by other composers. ff. 71. Overall size 361 x 252mm. 1. f. 1. Giuseppe Verdi: ‘Va pensiero’ from ‘Nabucco’, melody only with words and chord symbols; [1972?]. Pencil and ink. Headed ‘Chorus of Hebrew Slaves’. For the arrangement used in Cardew’s ‘Col...