La Monte Young The Well Tuned Piano Vinyl

La monte thornton young born october 14 1935 is an american composer musician and theorist recognized as one of the first american minimalist composers and an important figure in post war avant garde music.

La monte young the well tuned piano vinyl.

Classical music your grandparents would still screech at you to turn off here s an uber rarity for you. Despite having released very little recorded material throughout his career much of it currently out of print. The composition utilizes a piano tuned in just intonation. Buy the well tuned piano 81 x 25 6 17 50 11 18 59 pm nyc by la monte young from amazon s classical music store.

A typical performance lasts five to six hours. La monte young album. Performed by la monte young in a setting of the magenta lights by marian zazeela. Seriously check the amazon used prices on this beast la monte young is a well respected well known performer composer of the avant garde.

Buy the 1987 dvd of the well tuned piano in the magenta lights 87 v 10 6 43 00 pm 87 v 11 1 07 45 am nyc directly from the mela foundation. The well tuned piano year. His works have called into question the nature and definition of music. Mastered at masterdisk new york.

That version is markedly different with added material and at over 6 5 hours fills up all of 9 gig dvd. His works are cited as notable examples of post war avant garde experimental and contemporary music. The well tuned piano is an ongoing improvisatory solo piano work by composer la monte young begun in 1964 young has never considered the composition or performance finished and he has performed incarnations of it several times since its debut in 1974. La monte young is an american avant garde artist composer and musician generally recognized as the first minimalist composer.

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