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> [It should be pointed out that none of Cardew's works ever gave total freedom to the performer. The instructions were a guide which focused each individual's creative instinct on a problem to be solved - how to interpret a particular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tilbury/it-should-be-pointed-out-that-none-of-cardew-s-works-ever-gave-total/)

John Tilbury

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## More by John Tilbury

> [It should be pointed out that none of Cardew's works ever gave total freedom to the performer. The instructions were a guide which focused…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tilbury/it-should-be-pointed-out-that-none-of-cardew-s-works-ever-gave-total/)

John Tilbury

> [If the nobles of the country really have the welfare of the people at heart, they should prevent and forbid music wherever it makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tilbury/if-the-nobles-of-the-country-really-have-the-welfare-of-the-people-at/)

John Tilbury

> [Experimental music scores are enigmatic, opaque, demanding, irritating, humorous, childlike; the best, like Cardew's Treatise, are also inspiring, giving rise, on occasion, to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-tilbury/experimental-music-scores-are-enigmatic-opaque-demanding-irritating/)

John Tilbury

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