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032-001964537

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032-001964537

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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: 70727-70757.

B. Incidental and film music: 70758-70760.

C. Realisations and arrangements: 70761-70765.

D. Political songs: 70766-70772.

E. Miscellaneous: 70773, 70774.

Scope & Content:

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

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Additional Manuscripts

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Vol. iii. ‘Voice from Thel’s grave’ (words, William Blake), for soprano and piano; [1957?], 1964. ff. 6.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964542", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70730: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. iv. Piano works; n.d.ff. 18. Overall size 137 x 358mm.1. ff. 1-6. ‘Variations for David Tudor’, for piano;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964543", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70731: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. v. ‘Arrangement for Orchestra (Conductor Kurt Schwertsik)’; 1960. Dyeline score with pencil and ink…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964544", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70732: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. vi. Orchestral and instrumental works; 1961-[1967?]. Paper and cardboard; ff. 21. Largest size 340 x 234mm.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964545", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70733: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. vii. ‘Bun for Orchestra No 1’; 1964-1965. Full score. Ink transparencies with typewritten prefatory matter…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964546", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70734: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. viii. Instrumental works; 1961-[circa 1970]. ff. i+24. Principal size 203 x 329mm. 1. ff. 1-7. ‘Three…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964547", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70735: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. ix. Music manuscript book containing pencil and ink sketches, mainly for ‘Volo Solo’; [1965?]. For dyeline…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964548", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70736: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. x. ‘Treatise’; 1963-1967. Ink transparencies. Published in facsimile, Buffalo: Gallery Upstairs Press, 1967.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-001964549", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70737-70741: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vols. xi-xv. ‘The Great Learning’(words, Confucius, translated by Ezra Pound), for various combinations of…" },{ "id" : "040-001964550", "parent" : "037-001964549", "text" : "Add MS 70737: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xi. ‘The Great Learning’. Paragraph 3, first version; [1969?]. Unpublished. ff. i+34. Largest size 250 x…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964551", "parent" : "037-001964549", "text" : "Add MS 70738: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xii. ‘The Great Learning’. Drafts for Paragraphs 3 (definitive version), 4-7; 1969-1970. ff. 24. Overall…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964552", "parent" : "037-001964549", "text" : "Add MS 70739: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xiii. ‘The Great Learning’. First and second printed editions, published by Experimental Music Catalogue;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964553", "parent" : "037-001964549", "text" : "Add MS 70740: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xiv. ‘The Great Learning’. Ink transparencies amended for second printing, with a few pencil annotations;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964554", "parent" : "037-001964549", "text" : "Add MS 70741: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xv. ‘The Great Learning’. Paragraphs 1 and 2, revised version; 1972, n.d. ff. 32. Largest size 298 x 235mm.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964555", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70742: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xvi. ‘6 Dealer Concerts dealt into Music Notation. 17.8.71’; 1971. Pencil and ink. Five sheets headed…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964556", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70743: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xvii. ‘Octet '71’, for flute in G, oboe, clarinet, tuba, harp, guitar, banjo, violin, viola and ’cello;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964557", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70744: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xviii. ‘The East is Red’, arrangements of the Chinese melody; 1972, [1974?], n.d. See also Add. 70748, f.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964558", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70745: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xix. ‘Collection of Songs’; 1971-1972. Ink scores except where indicated, with typewritten introductory…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964559", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70746: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xx. ‘Three Bourgeois Songs’ (words from Confucius, Book of Odes), for voice and orchestra or piano; 1973,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964560", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70747: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxi. ‘The Old and the New’, for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra; 1973, n.d. Vocal, short and full…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964561", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70748: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxii. Orchestral and vocal works; 1973, n.d. ff. 37. Largest size 336 x 269mm. 1. ff. 1-9. ‘Dartmoor’,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964562", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70749: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxiii. Piano Album 1973; 1973. Two photocopies from different autograph originals. ff. 64. 1. ff. 1-29.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964563", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70750: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxiv. Piano Album 1974; [1974?]. ff. 26. Largest size 379 x 258mm. 1. ff. 1-11. Ink score. 2. ff.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964564", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70751: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxv. ‘Thälmann Sonata’ and ‘Thälmann Variations’, with sketches for other works; [1973?]-1974, n.d.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964565", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70752: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxvi. Vietnam Sonata, for piano solo, composed by Cardew with part of 2nd movement by Dave Smith; 1976. ff. 59.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964566", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70753: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxvii. ‘Vietnam’s Victory’, for brass band or brass ensemble; [1976?]. Apparently transcribed and revised…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964567", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70754: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxviii. Solo instrumental works; 1977, 1979. ff. 19. Largest size 302 x 237mm. 1. ff. 1-10.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964568", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70755: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxix. ‘We sing for the future’, for piano solo; [1980?].ff. 61. Largest size 328 x 271mm.1. ff. 1-23.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964569", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70756: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxx. Vocal and instrumental works; 1980, 1981, n.d. ff. 52. Largest size 348 x 270mm. 1. ff. 1-2. ‘There…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964570", "parent" : "036-001964538", "text" : "Add MS 70757: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxi. Undated and unidentified works; n.d.ff. 36. Overall size 380 x 246mm.1. ff. 1-8. ‘Consciously’,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001964571", "parent" : "032-001964537", "text" : "Add MS 70758-70760: B. Incidental and film music" },{ "id" : "040-001964572", "parent" : "036-001964571", "text" : "Add MS 70758: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxii. Incidental music to words by Bertolt Brecht; 1976.ff. 43. Overall size 354 x 234mm.1. ff. 1-19. Songs for…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964573", "parent" : "036-001964571", "text" : "Add MS 70759: Cornelius Cardew: Music for the TV film A Search for Strindberg (1972)" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964574", "parent" : "036-001964571", "text" : "Add MS 70760: Cornelius Cardew: Music for the film Sugar (1976), directed by Michael Radford" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001964575", "parent" : "032-001964537", "text" : "Add MS 70761-70765: C. Realisations and arrangements" },{ "id" : "040-001964576", "parent" : "036-001964575", "text" : "Add MS 70761: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxv. Realisations of works by John Cage; 1960, n.d. Pencil. ff. 4. 270 x 340mm. 1. ff. 1-2. ‘Winter…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964577", "parent" : "036-001964575", "text" : "Add MS 70762: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxvi. Two versions of Cardew’s realisation of 2-3 sheets of ‘Plus Minus’ by Karlheinz Stockhausen;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964578", "parent" : "036-001964575", "text" : "Add MS 70763: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxvii. Miscellaneous arrangements; 1973-1981, n.d. ff. 18. Largest size 342 x 271mm. 1. ff. 1-2. Pierre…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964579", "parent" : "036-001964575", "text" : "Add MS 70764: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxviii. George Frideric Handel: ‘Sound an Alarm’, recitative, aria and chorus from ‘Judas Maccabaeus’,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964580", "parent" : "036-001964575", "text" : "Add MS 70765: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xxxix. Realisations and arrangements of songs by Christian Wolff and Frederic Rzewski; 1975, n.d.ff. 40. Largest…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001964581", "parent" : "032-001964537", "text" : "Add MS 70766-70772: D. Political songs" },{ "id" : "040-001964582", "parent" : "036-001964581", "text" : "Add MS 70766: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xl. Original songs, without accompaniment unless otherwise stated; 1973-[1980?], n.d. ff. 92. Overall size 350 x…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964583", "parent" : "036-001964581", "text" : "Add MS 70767: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xli. Three manuscript books containing sketches mainly for political songs; [1976?-1980]. Ink and pencil. ff.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964584", "parent" : "036-001964581", "text" : "Add MS 70768: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xlii. Irish folksong notations and arrangements, without accompaniment unless otherwise stated; n.d.ff. 108.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964586", "parent" : "036-001964581", "text" : "Add MS 70770: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xliv. Songbooks; [1975-1977], n.d. ff. 28. Overall Size 296 x 215mm. 1. ff. 1-12. A German revolutionary…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-001964587", "parent" : "036-001964581", "text" : "Add MS 70771-70772: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vols. xlv, xlvi. Songs, and sketches for songs, mainly by other composers, without accompaniment unless…" },{ "id" : "040-001964588", "parent" : "037-001964587", "text" : "Add MS 70771: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xlv. Songs mainly by other composers. ff. 51. Largest size 360 x 262mm. 1. ff. 1-4. Sketches for a song…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964589", "parent" : "037-001964587", "text" : "Add MS 70772: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xlvi. Songs mainly by other composers. ff. 71. Overall size 361 x 252mm. 1. f. 1. Giuseppe Verdi: ‘Va…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001964590", "parent" : "032-001964537", "text" : "Add MS 70773-70774: E. Miscellaneous" },{ "id" : "040-001964591", "parent" : "036-001964590", "text" : "Add MS 70773: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xlvii. Miscellaneous papers; 1973-[1980], n.d. ff. 64. Largest size 500 x 254mm. The principal contents are:—…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001964592", "parent" : "036-001964590", "text" : "Add MS 70774: CARDEW COLLECTION. Vol. xlviii. Works not by Cardew; 1972, n.d. ff. 13. Largest size 353 x 260mm. 1. ff. 1-4. ‘Sons of the New…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]

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032-001964537

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Add MS 70727-70757 : A. Main sequence, arranged chronologically
Add MS 70758-70760 : B. Incidental and film music
Add MS 70761-70765 : C. Realisations and arrangements
Add MS 70766-70772 : D. Political songs
Add MS 70773-70774 : E. Miscellaneous

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Record Type (Level):

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48 items

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English
German
Italian

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1955

End Date:

1981

Date Range:

1955-1981

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Names:

Cardew, Cornelius, composer, 1936-1981