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The World's Worst: A Guide to the Portsmouth Sinfonia
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By Christopher M. Reeves (Editor), Christopher M. Reeves (Text by), Aaron Walker (Editor), Gavin Bryars (Foreword by)
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Butchering the classics through avant-garde amateurism: the Portsmouth Sinfonia embodied the joyous collectivism of 1970s British counterculture
In 1970, galvanized in part by the musical experiments of avant-garde composers Gavin Bryars, John Cage and Cornelius Cardew, students at Portsmouth College of Art in England formed their own symphony orchestra. Christened the Portsmouth Sinfonia, its primary requirement for membership was that all players, regardless of skill, experience or musicia...
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