P.O. Box 190 Canal Street Station
New York, NY 10013
212-966-4089 Fax: 212-226-7802 E: mail@melafoundation.org
www.lamonteyoung.com
EXPERIENCE: Composer, 1954- ;
Performer, 1954- ; Lecturer, 1959- ; Instructor, 1959- ; Artistic Dir.,
MELA Foundation, NYC 1985- ; Mus. Dir., 6 Harrison Street Dream House
Project of Dia Art Foundation, NYC 1975-1985; Instructor, Admin. Dir.,
Kirana Center for Indian Classical Music, NYC 1971- ; Dir., The Theatre of
Eternal Music, NYC 1962- ; Member, Advisory Committee, Zeitgeist, 1991- ;
Artistic Consultant, Fluxus Section, "The Roots of
Modernism" Exhibition, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, W.Germany, 1988;
Member, Advisory Board, Just Intonation Network, SF 1987- ; Member,
Advisory Board, Meet the Composer, 1974- ; Member, Advisory Council,
Independent Electronic Music Center, Trumansburg, NY 1967-1968; Music
Editor, S.M.S., NYC 1968; Editor, Co-Publisher, An Anthology (NYC
1963); Dir., Concert Series at Yoko Ono's Studio, NYC 1960-1961; Mus.
Dir., The Ann Halprin Dance Company, Kentfield, CA, 1959-1960; Teaching
Assistant, Music Dept., UC Berkeley, 1959-60.
COMMISSIONS: Hessischer Rundfunk,
Frankfurt, 1993, The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer's Second
Dream of The First Blossom of Spring from The Twelve Subsequent Dreams of
China (1980), 5 trumpets with Harmon mutes, 5 bass flutes, 8 strings,
World Premiere performance and broadcast; Zeitgeist, 1992, Annod
(1953-55) 92 X 19 Version for Zeitgeist, alto saxophone,
vibraphone, piano, bass, drums, including 92 XII 22 Two-Part Harmony,
The 1992 XII Annod Backup Riffs; Heiner and Philippa Friedrich, NYC,
1991, The Symmetries in Prime Time from 288 to 224 with 279, 261 and 2
X 119 with One of The Inclusory Optional Bases: 7; 8; 14:8; 18:14:8;
18:16:14; 18:16:14:8; 9:7:4; or The Empty Base; including The Symmetries
in Prime Time When Centered above and below The Lowest Term Primes in The
Range 288 to 224 with The Addition of 279 and 261 in Which The Half of The
Symmetric Division Mapped above and Including 288 Consists of The Powers
of 2 Multiplied by The Primes within The Ranges of 144 to 128, 72 to 64
and 36 to 32 Which Are Symmetrical to Those Primes in Lowest Terms in The
Half of The Symmetric Division Mapped below and Including 224 within The
Ranges 126 to 112, 63 to 56 and 31.5 to 28 with The Addition of 119 and
with One of The Inclusory Optional Bases: 7; 8; 14:8; 18:14:8; 18:16:14;
18:16:14:8; 9:7:4; or The Empty Base; sound environments; Heiner and
Philippa Friedrich with support from Deutscher Akademischer
Austauschdienst, Berliner K�nstlerprogramm, 1991, The Young Prime Time
Twins, including The Young Prime Time Twins in The Ranges 1152 to 896; 576
to 448; 288 to 224; 144 to 112; 72 to 56; 36 to 28; Including or Excluding
The Range Limits 1152, 576, 448, 288, 224, 56 and 28; with One of The
Inclusory Optional Bases: 7; 8; 14:8; 18:14:8; 18:16:14; 18:16:14:8;
9:7:4; or The Empty Base; sound environments; Meet the
Composer/Reader's Digest Commissioning Program for the Kronos Quartet,
1990, Chronos Kristalla for string quartet; MELA Foundation with funding
from NYSCA, 1990, The Lower Map of The Eleven's Division in The
Romantic Symmetry (over a 60 cycle base) from The Symmetries in
Prime Time from 144 to 112 with 119; MUDIMA Foundation, Milan, 1990,
Sculptural Tableau Realization of Piano Piece for David Tudor #1
(October 1960); Heiner and Philippa Friedrich, NYC, 1989, The
Symmetries in Prime Time from 144 to 112 with 119; MELA Foundation,
NYC, 1987, New Sections of The Well-Tuned Piano; Heiner and
Philippa Friedrich, NYC, 1986-1987, Sound and Light Environment; Dia Art
Foundation, NYC, 1975-1985, Research, Design and Construction of the first
permanent Dream House; trio basso k�ln, Cologne, 1984, Realization
of Trio for Strings (5 IX 58) for viola, cello & bass; Gilbert
B. Silverman, Detroit, 1981, The Gilbert B. Silverman Commission to
Write, in Ten Words or Less, a Complete History of Fluxus Including
Philosophy, Attitudes, Influences, Purposes; Robert C. Scull, NYC,
1969-1970, Development of a work in progress 5 V 67 6:38 PM NYC;
Betty Freeman, Los Angeles, 1967, Music and Light Box.
FELLOWSHIPS, PRIZES, AWARDS: DAAD
Berliner Kunstlerprogramm Residency in Music, 1991-1992; Transcendental
Meditation Society, NYC, The Maharishi Award for the Development of
Consciousness, Spring Equinox, 1983; Creative Artists Public Service
Program (CAPS), NY, Music Composition, 1977, Mixed Media, 1973, 1971;
National Endowment for the Arts, Music Composition, 1976; Experiments in
Art and Technology, Inc., NY, for travel & study in India, 1971; The
Lannan Foundation, Chicago, Travel Grant, 1971; Cassandra Foundation,
Chicago, Grant in Recognition of Achievement in the Arts, 1967; John Simon
Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Fellowship in Music Composition,
1966-1967; Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts, NY, Grant in
Support of Activities in Avant-garde Music, 1966; Alfred Hertz Memorial
Traveling Scholarship, U.C. Berkeley, 1960-1961; Darmstadt Festival for
New Music, W. Germany 1959; Nicola De Lorenzo First Prize in Music
Composition, U.C. Berkeley, 1959; Woodrow Wilson National Foundation
Fellowship in Music for Graduate Work in Music Composition, U.C. Berkeley
1958-1959; Bank of America Achievement Award in the Field of Music, John
Marshall High School, Los Angeles 1953.
RECORDINGS: Just West Coast /
microtonal music for guitar and harp: Sarabande, John
Schneider, guitar; Amy Schulman, harp, Bridge Records (NY Fall 1993) CD; La Monte
Young & The Forever Bad Blues Band, Just Stompin' / Live at The
Kitchen, Young's Dorian Blues in G, Gramavision (NYC July 1993)
2-CDs; U.S.A.: Five Small Pieces for String Quartet, On Remembering
a Naiad: a wisp / a gnarl / a leaf / a twig / a tooth, Arditti
String Quartet, Disques Montaigne (Paris Spring 1993) CD; Numbers
Racket: The Well-Tuned Piano 81 X 25 NYC (excerpt), Just
Intonation Network Compilation Vol. II (San Francisco 1992) Cassette; La Monte
Young, Sunday AM [Morning] Blues [1964--ed.], Bb Dorian
Blues [1963--ed.], The Well-Tuned Piano [1964--ed.],
Map of 49's Dream [1971--ed.], RIP Unauthorized Bootleg
Edition, source unknown (c. 1992) 2 LPs; The Melodic Version of The
Second Dream of The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from The Four
Dreams of China, Gramavision (NYC Fall 1991) CD; FluxTellus: 89
VI 8 c. 1:45-1:52 AM Paris Encore from Poem for Tables, Chairs and
Benches, etc. , Tellus #24, Harvestworks (NY 1990) Cassette; Drift
Study 4:37:40 - 5:09:50 PM 5 VIII 68; Drift Study 4:37:40 - 5:09:50 -
4:37:40 PM 5 VIII 68 NYC, S.M.S. Issue No. 4, 2nd Edition (NYC
1988) Cassette; The Well-Tuned Piano 81 X 25, Gramavision
(NYC 1987) 5 CDs/LPs/Cassettes; La Monte Young / Marian Zazeela,
Dream House 78'17" 13 I 73 5:35-6:14:03 PM NYC; Drift
Study 14 VII 73 9:27:27-10:06:41 PM NYC from Map of 49's Dream The Two
Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery,
Shandar Disques, (Paris 1974) LP; La Monte Young Marian Zazeela, 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; 23 VIII
64 2:50:45-3:11 AM the volga delta from Studies in The Bowed Disc,
Edition X (Munich 1969) LP; Excerpt from Drift Study 31 I 69
12:17:33 - 12:49:58 PM, Aspen Magazine Issue No. 8 (NYC 1969) LP; Excerpt
from Drift Study 4:37:40 - 5:09:50 PM 5 VIII 68, S.M.S. Issue No.
4 (NYC 1968) 5" reel-to-reel audio tape.
GUEST RECORDING ARTIST: Jon Gibson/
In Good Company: Terry's G Dorian 12-Bar Blues (9 x 5) + 3 by Terry
Jennings (1962), Jon Gibson, soprano saxophone, La Monte Young,
digital piano, Point Music (NY 1992) CD; Pandit Pran Nath, India's
Master Vocalist, Ragas Yaman Kalyan & Punjabi Berva: Pandit
Pran Nath, voice; Fayyaz Khan, tabla; La Monte Young, Shyam Bhatnagar,
tamburas, Shandar Disques (Paris 1972) LP.
SOUND ENVIRONMENT INSTALLATIONS:
Musiques en Sc�ne Exhibition, Mus�e Art Contemporain Lyon, France; Dream
House Sound and Light Environment from the FNAC Collection, 1999; Hors
Limites Exhibition, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1994-95; MELA
Foundation, New York, 1993-present; Inventionen 10 Festival, Ruine der
K�nste, Berlin, Germany, 1992; "Ubi Fluxus ibi motus
1990-1962," 44th Venice Biennale, 1990; "Happenings &
Fluxus," Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, 1989; Dia Art Foundation (22nd
St), NYC, 1989; Galerie Hans Mayer, Dusseldorf, W.Germany, WDR/Cologne
Rheinisches Musikfest, 1988; MELA Foundation, NYC, "La Monte
Young 30-Year Retrospective, 1987; K�lnischer Kunstverein, Cologne,
W.Germany, "Raum Zeit Stille" Exhibition, 1985; Dream House,
6 Harrison Street Project of Dia Art Foundation, NYC: A public institution
for the study and presentation of my work and the work of Marian Zazeela
and Pandit Pran Nath, set in a 6-story building featuring multiple
inter-related sound and light environments, exhibitions, performances,
research and listening facilities and archives, 1979-85, continuous; Dia
Art Foundation, NYC, 1975; The Kitchen, NYC, 1974; Galerie Heiner
Friedrich, Cologne, W.Germany, 1973; Architecture Gallery, U of Illinois,
Urbana, 1973; documenta 5, Kassel, W.Germany, 1972; Metropolitan Museum of
Art, NYC, 1971; Galleria LP 220, Torino, Italy, 1971; Fondation Maeght,
St. Paul de Vence, France, 1970; A 37 90 89, Antwerp, Belgium, 1969;
Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich, W.Germany, 1969; Pasadena Art Museum,
CA, 1968.
EDUCATION: Indian Classical Vocal
Music, Pandit Pran Nath (1970-1996); New School for Social Research,
Electronic Music, Richard Maxfield (1960-1961); U.C. Berkeley, Graduate
Studies in Composition (1958-1960); Advanced Composition Seminar,
Darmstadt, Karlheinz Stockhausen (1959); BA, UCLA: Theory, Composition,
Ethnomusicology, English (1957-1958); Los Angeles State College
(1956-1957); Los Angeles City College (1953-1955; 1956-1957); Private
Study: Composition, Counterpoint, Leonard Stein (1955-1956); Los Angeles
Conservatory of Music, Saxophone, Clarinet, William Green (1951-1954);
John Marshall High School (1950-1953); Saxophone, Dennis Young
(1942-1950).
PUBLISHED INTERVIEWS: Smith, Geoff
& Smith, Nicola Walker. New Voices: American Composers Talk about
Their Music. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1995; Duckworth,
William. Talking Music. New York: Schirmer Books & Prentice
Hall International, 1995; Miesgang, Thomas. "La Monte Young, ein
Interview" Falter 9/95, 691/1995 (Vienna 1995): 26. Carfi, Pietro.
"La Monte Young: Il ritorno del maestro," World Music
IV/16 (Rome 1994): 22; Gagne, Cole. Soundpieces 2 / Interviews With
American Composers. Metuchen, NJ and London: The Scarecrow Press,
1993; Johnson, Martin. "Randy Weston and La Monte Young, Kinds
of Blues" Pulse! 120 (W. Sacramento, CA, November 1993);
Pranzl, Alfred. "La Monte Young," Skug 9 (Vienna 1992): 13;
Donguy, Jacques. "Musique pour le Reve," art press 150
(Paris 1990): 55; Doty, David B. "The La Monte Young
Interview," 1/1, Part 2, 6/1 (San Francisco 1990): 8; Part 1,
5/4 (S.F. 1989): 1; Kim, Jin-hi. "Interview: La Monte
Young," Eumak Dong-A 1988.2 (Seoul 1988): 87; Strickland,
Edward. "The Well-Tuned Piano: An Interview with La Monte
Young," Fanfare 11/1 (Tenafly, N.J., 1987): 80 (also American
Composers: Dialogues on Contemporary Music. Bloomington and
Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1991); Feldman, Morton and Young,
La Monte. "A Conversation on Composition and
Improvisation," Res 13 (Cambridge 1987): 153; Vidic, Ljerka.
"Meet the Composer: La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela," Ear
12/3 (New York 1987): 24 (also Zvuk, Jugoslovenski Muzicki Casopis
3-4, Sarajevo 1986: 90); Reusser, Jean-Michel. "Musique: Pandit Pran
Nath," L'Autre-Monde 69 (Paris 1983): 62; -----.
"La Monte Young: Un Musicien Bien Accorde," L'Autre
Monde 68 (Paris 1983): 60; Reinhard, Johnny. "A Conversation with
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela," Ear 7/5 (New York
1982-83): 4; Pelinski, Ramon. "Upon Hearing a Performance of The
Well-Tuned Piano: An Interview with La Monte Young and Marian
Zazeela," Parachute 19 (Montreal 1980): 4 (also Interval IV/4
and IV/3, San Diego 1985, 1984); Singh, Shanta Serbjeet. "Interview
with La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela," East-West Music
(Festival Catalogue). Rome: L'Attico, 1974; Gligo, Nicsa. "Ich Sprach
mit La Monte Young und Marian Zazeela," MELOS VI
November-December (1973): 338; Caux, Daniel. "La Monte Young:
Creer des etats psychologiques precis," Chroniques de l'art vivant
30 (Paris 1972); Kubota, Shigeko. "Art as a New Style Life:
Interview with La Monte Young," Bijutsu Techo 2 (Tokyo
1971); Kostelanetz, Richard. The Theatre of Mixed Means. New York:
Dial, 1968.
PUBLISHED WRITINGS: "Sound &
Light Environment: a time installation measured by a setting of continuous
frequencies in sound and light, Dia Art Foundation, 548 West 22nd Street,
New York City, February 1989-March 1990," "The Romantic
Symmetry (over a 60 cycle base) from The Symmetries in Prime Time from 144
to 112 with 119," "Continuous Sound and Light
Environments" in SOUND AND LIGHT: La Monte Young and Marian
Zazeela, Bucknell Review (Spring 1996, Vol. 40:1), Ed. William
Duckworth and Richard Fleming (Lewisburg 1996); "Lecture 1960," Happenings
and Other Acts, Ed. Mariellen R. Sandford. London & New York:
Rutledge, 1995; "Lecture 1960," Excerpts from "Sound and
Light Works" (Collected Notes Spring 1990), Catalog for 44th Venice
Biennale exhibition, "Ubi Fluxus ibi motus 1990-1962," (Milan
1990); "The Romantic Symmetry (over a 60-cycle base) in Prime Time
from 112 to 144 with 119," 1/1 5/4 (San Francisco, 1989): 6; "Music
and Light Box," Catalog for "Klangr�ume," Rheinisches
Musikfest 1988, D�sseldorf (K�ln 1988); "Notes on The Well-Tuned
Piano," 1/1 3/3 (San Francisco 1987); The Well-Tuned Piano 81
X 25, Record Program Booklet, (New York 1986); Entries on Pandit Pran
Nath and Terry Jennings, The New Grove Dictionary of American Music,
(New York/London 1986); "Der Er�ffnungs-Akkord aus The Well-Tuned
Piano," Catalog for "Raum Zeit Stille," K�lnischer
Kunstverein (K�ln 1985); "Musique: Pandit Pran Nath et le Style
Kirana," L'Autre-Monde 69 (Paris 1983): 62; "Notes on the
Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations of Map
of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals
Ornamental Lightyears Tracery," "Dream Music," "Le
Chant de Pran Nath: Le Son Est Dieu," VH 101 4 (Paris 1970-71);
"Singing of Pran Nath: The Sound is God," The Village Voice
(New York 1970); "Untitled (Notes on Dream Music)," Aspen
9 (New York 1970); Selected Writings. Munich: Friedrich, 1969;
"Two Propositions in Black," S.M.S. 1, The Letter Edged in Black
Press (New York 1968; "Lecture 1960," Tulane Drama Review,
(New Orleans 1965); "Dream," Dream Sheet, Ed. Diane
Wakoski, Hardware Poets Playhouse (New York 1965); Excerpts from
"Lecture 1960," Kulchur 10 (New York 1963).
WORKS: Scherzo in a minor (c.
1953), piano; Rondo in d minor (c. 1953), piano; Annod
(1953-55), dance band or jazz ensemble; Wind Quintet (1954); Variations
(1955), string quartet; Young's Blues (c. 1955-59); Fugue in d
minor (c. 1956), violin, viola, cello; Op. 4 (1956), brass,
percussion; Five Small Pieces for String Quartet, On Remembering A
Naiad, 1. A Wisp, 2. A Gnarl, 3. A Leaf, 4. A Twig, 5. A Tooth (1956);
Canon (1957), any two instruments; Fugue in a minor (1957),
any four instruments; Fugue in c minor (1957), organ or
harpsichord; Fugue in eb minor (1957), brass or other instruments; Fugue
in f minor (1957), two pianos; Prelude in f minor (1957),
piano; Variations for Alto Flute, Bassoon, Harp and String Trio
(1957); for Brass (1957), brass octet; for Guitar (1958),
guitar; Trio for Strings (1958), violin, viola, cello; Study
(c. 1958-59), violin, viola (unfinished); Sarabande (1959),
keyboard, brass octet, string quartet, orchestra, others; Studies I,
II, and III (1959), piano; Vision (1959), piano, 2 brass, recorder, 4
bassoons, violin, viola, cello, contrabass; [Untitled] (1959-60), live
friction sounds; [Untitled] (1959-62), jazz-drone improvisations; Poem
for Chairs, Tables, Benches, etc. (1960), chairs, tables, benches and
unspecified sound sources; 2 Sounds (1960), recorded friction
sounds; Compositions 1960 #s 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 15
(1960), performance pieces; Piano Pieces for David Tudor #s 1, 2, 3
(1960), performance pieces; Invisible Poem Sent to Terry Jennings
(1960), performance pieces; Piano Pieces for Terry Riley #s 1, 2
(1960), performance pieces; Target for Jasper Johns (1960), piano; Arabic
Numeral (Any Integer) to H.F. (1960), piano(s) or gong(s) or ensembles
of at least 45 instruments of the same timbre, or combinations of the
above, or orchestra; Compositions 1961 #s 1 - 29 (1961),
performance pieces; Young's Dorian Blues in Bb (c. 1960 or 1961); Young's
Aeolian Blues in Bb (Summer 1961); Death Chant (1961), male
voices, carillon or large bells; Response to Henry Flynt Work Such That
No One Knows What's Going On (c. 1962); [Improvisations] (1962-64),
sopranino saxophone, vocal drones, various instruments. Realizations
include: Bb Dorian Blues, The Fifth/Fourth Piece, ABABA, EbDEAD, The
Overday, Early Tuesday Morning Blues, and Sunday Morning Blues; Poem on
Dennis' Birthday (1962), unspecified instruments; The Four Dreams
of China (The Harmonic Versions) (1962), including The First Dream
of China, The First Blossom of Spring, The First Dream of The High-Tension
Line Stepdown Transformer, The Second Dream of The High-Tension Line
Stepdown Transformer, tunable, sustaining instruments of like timbre,
in multiples of 4; Studies in The Bowed Disc (1963), gong; Pre-Tortoise
Dream Music (1964), sopranino saxophone, soprano saxophone, vocal
drone, violin, viola, sine waves; The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys
(1964-present), voices, various instruments, sine waves. Realizations
include: Prelude to The Tortoise, The Tortoise Droning Selected Pitches
from The Holy Numbers for The Two Black Tigers, The Green Tiger and The
Hermit, The Tortoise Recalling The Drone of The Holy Numbers as They Were
Revealed in The Dreams of The Whirlwind and The Obsidian Gong and
Illuminated by The Sawmill, The Green Sawtooth Ocelot and The High-Tension
Line Stepdown Transformer; The Well-Tuned Piano (1964-73-81-present).
Each realization is a separately titled and independent composition. Over
60 realizations to date. World premiere: Rome 1974. American Premiere: New
York 1975; Sunday Morning Dreams (1965), tunable sustaining
instruments and/or sine waves; Composition 1965 $50 (1965),
performance piece; Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of
Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery (1966-present),
voices, various instruments, sine waves; Bowed Mortar Relays (1964)
(realization of Composition 1960 # 9), Soundtracks for Andy Warhol
Films "Eat," "Sleep," "Kiss,"
"Haircut," tape; The Two Systems of Eleven Categories
(1966-present), theory work; Chords from The Tortoise, His Dreams and
Journeys (1967-present), sine waves. Realiza�tions include: Intervals
and Triads from Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of
Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery (1967), sound
environment; Robert C. Scull Commission (1967), sine waves; Claes
and Patty Oldenburg Commission (1967), sine waves; Betty Freeman
Commission (1967), sound and light box & sound environment; Drift
Studies (1967-present), sine waves; for Guitar (Just Intonation
Version) (1978), guitar; for Guitar Prelude and Postlude
(1980), one or more guitars; The Subsequent Dreams of China (1980),
tunable, sustaining instruments of like timbre, in multiples of 8; The
Gilbert B. Silverman Commission to Write, in Ten Words or Less, a Complete
History of Fluxus Including Philosophy, Attitudes, Influences, Purposes
(1981); Chords from The Well-Tuned Piano (1981-present), sound
environments. Includes: The Opening Chord (1981), The Magic
Chord (1984), The Magic Opening Chord (1984); Trio for
Strings (1983) Versions for string quartet, string orchestra, and
violin, viola, cello, bass; Trio for Strings, trio basso version
(1984), viola, cello, bass; Trio for Strings Postlude from The
Subsequent Dreams of China (c. 1984), bowed strings; The Melodic
Versions (1984) of The Four Dreams of China (1962), including The
First Dream of China, The First Blossom of Spring, The First Dream of The
High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer, The Second Dream of The
High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer, tunable, sustaining
instruments of like timbre, in multiples of 4; The Melodic Versions
(1984) of The Subsequent Dreams of China, (1980) including The
High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer's Second Dream of The First Blossom
of Spring, tunable, sustaining instruments of like timbre, in
multiples of 8; The Big Dream (1984), sound environment; Orchestral
Dreams (1985), orchestra; The Big Dream Symmetries #s 1 - 6
(1988), sound environments; The Symmetries in Prime Time from 144 to
112 with 119 (1989), including The Close Position Symmetry, The
Symmetry Modeled on BDS # 1, The Symmetry Modeled on BDS # 4, The Symmetry
Modeled on BDS # 7, The Romantic Symmetry, The Romantic Symmetry (over a
60 cycle base), The Great Romantic Symmetry, sound environments; The
Lower Map of The Eleven's Division in The Romantic Symmetry (over a 60
cycle base) in Prime Time from 144 to 112 with 119 (1989-1990),
unspecified instruments and sound environment; The Prime Time Twins
(1989-90) including The Prime Time Twins in The Ranges 144 to 112; 72
to 56 and 38 to 28; Including The Special Primes 1 and 2 (1989); The Prime
Time Twins in The Ranges 576 to 448; 288 to 224; 144 to 112; 72 to 56; 36
to 28; with The Range Limits 576, 448, 288, 224, 144, 56 and 28
(1990), sound environments; Chronos Kristalla (1990), string
quartet; The Young Prime Time Twins (1991), including The Young
Prime Time Twins in The Ranges 2304 to 1792; 1152 to 896; 576 to 448; 288
to 224; 144 to 112; 72 to 56; 36 to 28; Including or Excluding The Range
Limits 2304, 1792, 1152, 576, 448, 288, 224, 56 and 28 (1991), The Young
Prime Time Twins in The Ranges 2304 to 1792; 1152 to 896; 576 to 448; 288
to 224; 144 to 112; 72 to 56; 36 to 28; 18 to 14; Including or Excluding
The Range Limits 2304, 1792, 1152, 576, 448, 288, 224, 56, 28 and 18; and
Including The Special Young Prime Twins Straddling The Range Limits 1152,
72 and 18 (1991), The Young Prime Time Twins in The Ranges 1152 to 896;
576 to 448; 288 to 224; 144 to 112; 72 to 56; 36 to 28; Including or
Excluding The Range Limits 1152, 576, 448, 288, 224, 56 and 28; with One
of The Inclusory Optional Bases: 7; 8; 14:8; 18:14:8; 18:16:14;
18:16:14:8; 9:7:4; or The Empty Base (1991), sound environments; The
Symmetries in Prime Time from 288 to 224 with 279, 261 and 2 X 119 with
One of The Inclusory Optional Bases: 7; 8; 14:8; 18:14:8; 18:16:14;
18:16:14:8; 9:7:4; or The Empty Base (1991-present), including The
Symmetries in Prime Time When Centered above and below The Lowest Term
Primes in The Range 288 to 224 with The Addition of 279 and 261 in Which
The Half of The Symmetric Division Mapped above and Including 288 Consists
of The Powers of 2 Multiplied by The Primes within The Ranges of 144 to
128, 72 to 64 and 36 to 32 Which Are Symmetrical to Those Primes in Lowest
Terms in The Half of The Symmetric Division Mapped below and Including 224
within The Ranges 126 to 112, 63 to 56 and 31.5 to 28 with The Addition of
119 and with One of The Inclusory Optional Bases: 7; 8; 14:8; 18:14:8;
18:16:14; 18:16:14:8; 9:7:4; or The Empty Base (1991), sound environments;
Annod (1953-55) 92 X 19 Version for Zeitgeist (1992), alto saxophone,
vibraphone, piano, bass, drums, including 92 XII 22 Two-Part Harmony and
The 1992 XII Annod Backup Riffs.
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY: Cardew,
Cornelius. "One Sound: La Monte Young," Musical Times
107/11 (1966): 959; Caux, Daniel. "John Cage, La Monte Young et
la dissidence musicale d'aujourd'hui," art press 150 (1990):
48; Fricke, David. "Record Reviews: Just Stompin' / Live at The
Kitchen, La Monte Young and The Forever Bad Blues Band," Rolling
Stone 669 (November 11, 1993); Gann, Kyle. "La Monte
Young's The Well-Tuned Piano," Perspectives of New Music 31/1
(Winter 1993): 134; Gann, Kyle. "Maximal Spirit," Village
Voice (9 June 1987): 70; Gena, Peter. "Freedom in Experimental
Music: The New York Revolution," Tri-Quarterly 52 (1981): 223;
Griffiths, Paul. Modern Music: The Avant-garde Since 1945. New
York: G. Braziller, 1981; Heisinger, Brent. "American Minimalism in
the 1980s," American Music 7/4 (1989): 430; Hitchcock, H.
Wiley. "Current Chronicle," Musical Quarterly 51 (1965):
538; Leedy, Douglas. "Record Reviews: La Monte Young. 90 XII
9 c. 9:35-1052 PM NYC The Melodic Version (1984) of The Second Dream
of The High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from The Four Dreams of
China (1962)," American Music 11/1 (Spring 1993) 126; Licht,
Alan. "The History of La Monte Young's Theatre of Eternal
Music," Forced Exposure 16 (1990): 60; McCardell, Charles.
"Sound Instincts: La Monte Young & His Breakthrough
Music," Washington Post (15 October 1985): E7; Mertens, Wim. American
Minimal Music. London: Kahn & Averill, 1983; Morgan, Robert P. Twentieth-Century
Music. New York and London: W.W. Norton, 1991; Neilson, John.
"Getting Down to Fundamentals: The Essence of La Monte
Young," Option (Sep/Oct 1987); Nyman, Michael. "Against
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