Cornelius Cardew

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Cornelius Cardew (7 May 1936–13 December 1981) was an English avant-garde composer, and founder (with Howard Skempton and Michael Parsons) of the Scratch Orchestra, an experimental performing ensemble. He later rejected the avant-garde in favour of a politically motivated 'people's liberation music'.
His sons Horace Cardew and Walter Cardew are also musicians.

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The Croppy Boy

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Sailing the Seas Depends On the Helmsman

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Father Murphy

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Red Flag Prelude

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Charge

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