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La Monte Young

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Also known as La Monte Thornton Young

American avant-garde composer (born 1935)

Person · Open Library

Works
4

Top works

  • Poem for chairs, tables, benches, etc. (or other sound sources)
  • An anthology of chance operations..
  • Conference 1960, ete 1960
  • Selected writings

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1935-10-14

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
49,692
Total plays
282,320

Tags

minimalismAvant-Gardedronecontemporary classicalexperimental

La Monte Young has pioneered the concept of extended time durations in contemporary music for over 40 years. He contributed extensively to the study of just intonation and to the development of rational number based tuning systems that are used in his periodic composite sound waveform environments, as well as in many of his major performance works. Presentations of Young's work in the United States and Europe, as well as his theoretical writings <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/La+Monte+Youn

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