{"product_id":"stockhausen-serves-imperialism-and-other-articles-paperback","title":"Stockhausen Serves Imperialism and Other Articles - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCornelius Cardew\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRod Eley\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eJohn Tilbury\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA notorious, influential and radical critique of the avant-garde music of Stockhausen and Cage, by maverick composer Cornelius Cardew\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1974, \u003ci\u003eStockhausen Serves Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of essays by the English avant-garde composer Cornelius Cardew that provides a Marxist and class critique of two of the more revered composers of the postwar era: Karlheinz Stockhausen and John Cage. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA former assistant to Stockhausen and an early champion of Cage, Cardew provides a cutting rebuke of the composers, their work and their ideological positions (Cage's staged anarchism and Stockhausen's theatrical mysticism, in particular). Cardew considers the role of these composers and their works within the development of the 20th-century avant-garde, which he saw as reinforcing an imperialist order rather than spotlighting the struggles of the working class or spurring revolution against bourgeois oppression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCardew's early works do not escape his own scrutiny, with the book containing critiques and repudiations of his canonical works from the 1960s and early 1970s: \u003ci\u003eTreatise\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Great Learning\u003c\/i\u003e. After abandoning the avant-garde, Cardew devoted his work to the people's struggle, creating music in service of his radical politics. This music mostly took the form of class-conscious arrangements of folk songs and melodic piano works with such titles as \"Revolution is the Main Trend\" and \"Smash the Social Contract.\" Cardew maintained a critical cultural stance throughout his life, later going on to denounce David Bowie and punk rock as fascist. He was killed by a hit-and-run driver in 1981--a death that some speculate could have been an assassination by the English government's MI5. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSupplementing Cardew's writings are two essays by his Scratch Orchestra collaborators Rod Eley and John Tilbury.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 126\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769318736160,"sku":"9781732098695","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/46de47006b3c62700c454a364e1e7f2b.webp?v=1780345910","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/stockhausen-serves-imperialism-and-other-articles-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}