La Monte Young

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composer drone music pioneer human minimalist composer musician

La Monte Young is an American composer and musician regarded as a pioneer of minimal music and drone-based composition, known for his radically sustained tones and conceptual approach to sound and time.

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instanceOf composer ⓘ
drone music pioneer ⓘ
human ⓘ
minimalist composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
collaboratedWith John Cale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marian Zazeela NERFINISHED ⓘ
Terry Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1935-10-14 ⓘ
education University of California, Berkeley NERFINISHED ⓘ
University of California, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork conceptual art ⓘ
electroacoustic music ⓘ
sound art ⓘ
genre drone music ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ
givenName La Monte NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Brian Eno NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Cale NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philip Glass NERFINISHED ⓘ
Steve Reich NERFINISHED ⓘ
Terry Riley NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Velvet Underground NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Conrad NERFINISHED ⓘ
drone metal ⓘ
knownFor conceptual approach to sound and time ⓘ
drone-based composition ⓘ
pioneering minimal music ⓘ
radically sustained tones ⓘ
movement Fluxus NERFINISHED ⓘ
avant-garde music ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
minimal music ⓘ
name La Monte Young NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableWork Composition 1960 #10 (to Bob Morris) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Composition 1960 #7 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dream House NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Four Dreams of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Theatre of Eternal Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Well-Tuned Piano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trio for Strings NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
pianist ⓘ
saxophonist ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bern, Idaho, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Marian Zazeela NERFINISHED ⓘ
studiedUnder Karlheinz Stockhausen NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonard Stein NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesTuningSystem extended tuning systems ⓘ
just intonation ⓘ

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John Cage → influenced → La Monte Young ⓘ