ABSTRACT
Back in chapter V, a great deal of attention was given to various political ideals as formulated by a number of composers. This discussion led to the subject of the “musical community”, one of the most important proposals of the second part of this book. In the late 60s and early 70s Cornelius Cardew tried to create a new musical community by collectively making new music along with the members of the Scratch Orchestra, which consisted primarily of amateurs, many of whom were dealing with the new sounds of contemporary music for the first time. The famed examples of music played in alternative spaces, for example around a lake, call for yet another sort of temporary community to come to life. What kind of communities might exist in terms of the music of this politically engaged composer?
