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La Monte Young

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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

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  1. Compositions 1960: No. 9 - Arr. for Guitar
  2. Excerpt "31 69 C. 12:17:33-1
  3. Compositions 1960: No. 2, Build a Fire - Arr. for Guitar
  4. Sarabande
  5. Excerpt 31 69 C. 121733-1
  6. the tortoise, his dreams and journeys
  7. Dream House 1973
  8. Compositions 1960: No. 4 - Arr. for Guitar
  9. Composition 1960 No. 7
  10. Terry Riley - Eastern Man feat. Marian Zazeel
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  1. The Well-Tuned Piano - Arr. for Guitar
  2. Compositions 1960: No. 13 - Arr. for Guitar
  3. Compositions 1960: No. 10, To Bob Morris - Arr. for Guitar
  4. Raga For Ravi
  5. Compositions 1960: Piano Piece for Terry Riley - Arr. for Guitar
  6. A Monte Young - Theater Of Eternal Music Ii - 02 - Pre-Tortoise Dream Music (1964)
  7. Compositions 1960: No. 15 - Arr. for Guitar
  8. Compositions 1960: Piano Piece for David Tudor No. 3 - Arr. for Guitar
  9. Part 2
  10. A Monte Young - Theatre Of Eternal Music - 01 - Raga For Ravi
  11. Pre-Tortoise Dream Music
  12. The Well-Turned Piano
  13. Two Sounds
  14. B flat Dorian Blues - Pre-Tortoise Dream Music - The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys
  15. For Brass
  16. Keyboard Study No. 2 - Arr. for Guitar
  17. The Tamburas Of Pandit Pran Nath (69.56mins continuous drone)
  18. Five Small Pieces for String Quartet - A Leaf
  19. The Well-Tuned Piano Part 1
  20. Poem For Tables, Chairs, Etc. Part 1
  21. disc 1
  22. B Flat Dorian Blues 19 X 63 (5th day of the Hammer)
  23. Poem For Tables, Chairs, Etc. Part 2
  24. A Monte Young - Theatre Of Eternal Music - 04 - Two Sounds
  25. The Well Tuned Piano part 1
  26. The Well-Tuned Piano Part 2
  27. Part 1
  28. The Well-Tuned Piano 1
  29. 1-31 VII 69 10:26-10:49 PM
  30. The Well-Tuned Piano Part 3
  31. B Flat Dorian Blues 19 X 63
  32. 31 VII 69 10:26-10:49 PM
  33. The Well-Tuned Piano Part 4
  34. Excerpt "31 | 69 c. 12:17:33-12:25:33 PM NYC" & "31 | 69 C. 12:17:33-12:24:33 PM NYC"
  35. Sarabande (Arr. J. Schneider for Guitar & Harp)
  36. Five Small Pieces for String Quartet - A Wisp
  37. Five Small Pieces for String Quartet - A Gnarl
  38. The Well-Tuned Piano Part 5
  39. poem for tables chairs etc. part 1
  40. Five Small Pieces for String Quartet - A Tooth
  41. disc 2
  42. 13 I 73 5:35 - 6:14:03 PM NYC
  43. The Well Tuned Piano part 2
  44. Five Small Pieces for String Quartet - A Twig
  45. A. - 31 VII 69 1026 - 1049 PM Munich From Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery
  46. 90 XII 9 c. 9:35 — 10:52 PM NYC The Melodic Version (1984) of The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer From The Four Dreams of China (1962)
  47. 23 VIII 64 2:50:45-3:11 AM: The Volga Delta From Studies in the Bowed Disc
  48. The Well-Tuned Piano Disc 1
  49. The Well-Tuned Piano 2
  50. 31 VII 69 10:26-10:49 PM: Munich From Map of 49's Dream the Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery
  51. 2-23 VII 64 2:50:45-3:11 AM
  52. B. 23 VIII 64 25045-311 AM The Volga Delta From Studies In The Bowed Disc
  53. The Well-Tuned Piano, Part 2
  54. poem for tables chairs etc. part 2
  55. disc 3
  56. The Well-Tuned Piano, Part 1
  57. The Well Tuned Piano Part 3
  58. For Brass (excerpt)
  59. 23 VIII 64 2:50:45-3:11 AM The Volga Delta
  60. The Melodic Version (1984) Of The Second Dream Of The High Tension Line Stepdown Transformer From The Four Dreams Of China (1962)
  61. The Tortoise, His Dreams & Journeys
  62. The Well-Tuned Piano, Part 3
  63. A Wisp
  64. A Gnarl
  65. The Well Tuned Piano Part 4
  66. For Brass excerpt (1957)
  67. disc 4
  68. The Well-Tuned Piano
  69. The Well Tuned Piano Part 5
  70. Dream House, 1973
  71. A Leaf
  72. A Twig
  73. The Tambura's of Pandit Pran Nath
  74. Poem For Tables, Chairs, Benches, etc. Part 1
  75. A Tooth
  76. The Well-Tuned Piano, part 4
  77. The Well-Tuned Piano 3
  78. Composition 1960 #7
  79. Trio For Strings
  80. Dream house
  81. 03 Dream house, 1973
  82. The Well-Tuned Piano, Part 5
  83. Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery excerpt (1966)
  84. Poem For Tables, Chairs, Benches, etc. Part 2
  85. Early Tuesday Morning Blues (Excerpt)
  86. Drift Study VIII68 (Excerpt)
  87. The Well-Tuned Piano Disc 2
  88. The Well-Tuned Piano (Excerpt)
  89. The Well-Tuned Piano - Disc 1
  90. Drift Study 14 VII 73 9:27:27 - 10:06:41 PM NYC

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