Cardew




Cornelius Cardew.
These are graphical scores from his work Treatise.

"The score must govern the music. It must have authority, and not merely be an arbitrary jumping-off point for improvisation."
- Cornelius Cardew, Treatise Handbook,p.iv col 2 pp. 2

"In the case of Treatise a line or dot is certainly an immediate orientation as much as the thread in the fog. "
- Cornelius Cardew, Treatise Handbook,p. iv col 1 pp. 1

"Remember that space does not correspond literally to time."
- Cornelius Cardew, Treatise Handbook, p.iv col 1pp.3

"The notation is more important than the sound. Not the exactitude and success with which a notation notates a sound; but the musicalness of the notation in its notating."
- Cornelius Cardew, Treatise Handbook, p.vii col. 1 pp.3

"There is a great difference between: a) doing anything you like and at the same time reading the notations, and b) reading the notations and trying to translate them into action. Of course you can let the score work on previously given material, but you must have it work actively."
- Cornelius Cardew, Treatise Handbook,p.vii col. 1 pp.4