La Monte Young has pioneered the concept of extended time durations in cont… Read Full Bio ↴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, gradually influenced a group of composers to create a static, periodic music which became known as Minimalism. Musician magazine stated, "As the acknowledged father of minimalism and guru emeritus to the British art-rock school, his influence is pervasive," and in 1985 the Los Angeles Herald Examiner wrote, " for the past quarter of a century he has been the most influential composer in America. Maybe in the world." In Minimalism:Origins, 1993, Edward Strickland added, “Young is now widely recognized as the originator of the most influential classical music style of the final third of the twentieth century.”
Two Sounds
La Monte Young Lyrics
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31 VII 69 10:26-10:49 PM: Munich From Map of 49's Dream the Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic I Say it was your babel Said it was my babel It was…
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@dukeofkbs
It was very loud ...even up in the balcony. I had a great time...as it was very different from what I'd expect to "hear" at a dance presentation. I also enjoyed the opening part of the show to Gavin Bryars "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" . Glad to be able to find them on You Tube to have a second listen to !
@fasolplanetarium
Two Sounds was the score for Merce Cunningham's Winterbranch.
@dukeofkbs
Yes ....I heard this last night at the Disney Hall in Los Angeles for the Dance Project LA .
@HK83IE
how did it sound comparatively.i consider myself a lover of very progressive sound and music but i dont take to well although i realize that merce cunningham's dancers seemed to be enamored to the time they danced to it...
@ericsimon8386
I think LMY's work is as radical, at least as those of Marcel Duchamp or (his artist buddy) Man Ray.
@JafuetTheSame
is this really two sounds? sounds like a poem to me
@fasolplanetarium
It is. The two do sound remarkably similar because they were both made with the same instrument.
@ErikYkema
@mishima Henry Flynt writes in https://hightension.weebly.com/uploads/1/9/2/9/19292851/duckworth_reduction.pdf "Actually, the two sounds consist of tin cans scraped on glass and a drum stick scraped on a gong." (p.51, 2.3)
@Joanncho
I believe one of the managers at the dance companies actually said that (not Merce Cunningham).
@ericsimon8386
"Then the second sound comes in and you have to admit you were wrong"... not talking about a (hidden) third sound waiting in the dark... I do love LMY. I wish he was my uncle or older brother.