Poem for Chairs, Tables, Benches, etc.
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In the collection "FluxTellus #24." Composed in 1960, this is an early example of Young's rule-based, verbal instruction scores for improvising musicians who "actively listen to each other."...
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90 XII C. 9:35-10:52 PM NYC, The Melodic Version (1984) of the Second Dream of....
Released: 1991
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Released: 1991
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In his liner notes to this recording, La Monte Young recounts that his earliest aural memory was hearing the wind whistling through the chinks in the walls of the log cabin where he was born and...
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89 VI 8C. 1:42-1:52 AM Paris Encore from "Poem for Chairs, Tables, Benches, Etc." (1960
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A piece with a verbal instruction score (what we used to call "music without notes," "procedural music," "events," etc...see the FluxTellus collection) which uses the floor sounds of precisely...
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Just Stompin': Live at the Kitchen
Released: 1993
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Released: 1993
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"I consider much of my music... to be blues-based," claims La Monte Young, the acknowledged father of minimalism. This might not seem so bizarre considering his early collaborations with jazz...
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The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer From the Four Dreams of Chin
Released: 1967
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Released: 1967
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The Well-Tuned Piano
Released: 1973
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Released: 1973
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The Well-Tuned Piano is La Monte Young's magnum opus, the work in which many of his theories are crystallized and laid out for the listener. It's a massive solo piano performance, lasting a little...
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