Cornelius Cardew

English composer and improviser.

Born May 7th, 1936 in Winchcombe.

Died December 13th, 1981 at 45 years old in London, Greater London (struck by vehicle).

Occupations
composer, music critic, music theorist, performance artist, pianist, political activist, sound artist, university teacher
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It is the fate — the genetic and neural fate — of every human being to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death. Oliver Sacks