Cornelius Cardew - in Popular Culture

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  • In 1999 Page 183 of Cardew's Treatise was performed by the experimental rock group Sonic Youth on their album SYR4: Goodbye 20th Century.
  • "Cornelius Cardew" is the name of the unemployed pipe-fitter in Alan Moore's Skizz.
  • A character called "Cornelius Cardew" appears (as a caricature of a political radical) in the 1985 film The Shooting Party.
  • The German musician and composer Ekkehard Ehlers published a Cardew-inspired work in 2001, titled Ekkehard Ehlers plays Cornelius Cardew, which was released on Staubgold Records.
  • The US band The Music Lovers name-checked Cardew in the song, "Thank You, Cornelius Cardew". It appears on their 2006 album, The Music Lovers' Guide for Young People.
  • Controversial Danish/Faroese musician Goodiepal used Treatise to debate abstract notation in his Radical Computer Music lectures.
  • The band The Caribbean (band) have written a song entitled "Stockhausen Serves Imperialism".

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