If listeners aren’t carried away to Heaven, I’m failing.
About La Monte Young
La Monte Thornton Youngis an American composer, musician, and performance artist recognized as one of the first American minimalist composers and a central figure in Fluxus and post-war avant-garde music. He is best known for his exploration of sustained tones, beginning with his 1958 composition Trio for Strings.
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I had a calling to become what I became – I was created to do this.
American avant-garde composer
Let people have an education and you can’t stop them.
American avant-garde composer
If listeners aren’t carried away to Heaven, I’m failing.
American avant-garde composer
I have my own definition of minimalism, which is that which is created with a minimum of means.
American avant-garde composer
One of the aspects of form that I have been very interested in is stasis – the concept of form which is not so directional in time, not so much climactic form, but rather form which allows time, to stand still.
American avant-garde composer
I think the fact that I created something and had an enormous influence is indisputable.
American avant-garde composer
Give people knowledge and they really eat it up and they appreciate it a lot and the more that knowledge is made available to people, the more they will utilize it and let it be a part of them.
American avant-garde composer