Cornelius Cardew, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Cornelius Cardew

English composer

Date of Birth: 07-May-1936

Place of Birth: Winchcombe, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1981

Profession: composer, pianist, music critic, university teacher, political activist, music theorist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Cornelius Cardew (7 May 1936 – 13 December 1981) was an English experimental music composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble.
He later rejected experimental music, explaining why he had "discontinued composing in an avantgarde idiom" in his own programme notes to his Piano Album 1973 in favour of a politically motivated "people's liberation music".