Cardew Quotes

I was beginning to agree with the thesis that some truths were better off dead.
And buried. ~ Simona Panova

Bear in mind that parts of the score may be devoid of direct musical relevance. ~ Cornelius Cardew

A Composer who hears sounds will try to find a notation for sounds. One who has ideas will find one that expresses his ideas, leaving their interpretation free, in confidence that his ideas have been accurately and concisely notated. ~ Cornelius Cardew

At one point [Cardew] taught himself to play guitar simply in order to take part in the performance in a composition by Boulez, which is a little like saying he learned Danish to read Kiekegaard. ~ Morton Feldman

But here Billy Chope arrived to demand what the 'ell Sam Cardew was doing with his gal. Now Sam was ever readier for a fight than Billy was; but the sum of Billy's half pints was large: wherefore the fight began. On the skirt of a hilarious ring Lizerunt, after some small outcry, triumphed aloud. Four days before, she had no bloke; and here she stood with two, and those two fighting for her! Here in the public gaze, on the Flats! For almost five minutes she was Helen of Troy. ~ Arthur Morrison

The score must govern the music. It must have authority, and not merely be an arbitrary jumping-off point for improvisation. ~ Cornelius Cardew