> >From 1969 and on the "Scratch Orchestra" was an astonishingly well
> functioning social music phenomenon, a whole music culture in itself.
> It was founded by Cornelius Cardew, a teacher of composition at the
> London Morley College at that time.
There's a wonderful MA thesis on Cardew and his Scratch compatriots
by Virginia Anderson available from
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~chobbs/ Highly recommended reading for
those interested in the UK avant music scene of the time or the
difficulties in maintaining a cohesive non-hierarchical group. Definitely
similarities between Scratch works (like David Jackman's "12 Pieces
1969/70" http://www.qserve.net/~wrr/Organum/text/12Pieces.html) and other
flux inspired musics.
