Young, La Monte

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Young was born on Oct. 14, 1935 in Bern, ID; grew up in Los Angeles and Utah; attended LA City College (1953-55), LA State College (1956-57), Univ. of CA, LA (1957-58), and Univ. of CA, Berkeley (1958-60); studied with William Green and Leonard Stein in LA, Karlheinz Stockhausen in Darmstadt, and with Richard Maxfield at the New School for Social Research in New York (1960-61); since 1960 Young has been a freelance composer, performer, lecturer, and teacher; became music editor of the bimonthly S.M.S.; in 1962 he founded a workshop, The theatre of eternal music, with which he has developed and performed his music; published works include Selected writings (1970); musical compositions include The second dream of the high-tension line stepdown transformer, Trio for strings, and The tortoise, his dreams and journeys.

From the guide to the La Monte Young Collection, 1965-1975, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections)

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referencedIn David Tudor papers, 1884-1998 (bulk 1940-1996) Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Peter Yates Papers, 1927 - 1976 University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.
creatorOf La Monte Young Collection, 1965-1975 University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Performing Arts Special Collections.
referencedIn Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) Library of Congress. Music Division
referencedIn Rudolf Kolisch papers, 1886-1978. Houghton Library
referencedIn Betty Freeman Papers, 1965 - 2008 Mandeville Special Collections Library
referencedIn Leonard Stein Papers, 1942 - 1983 Mandeville Special Collections Library
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associatedWith Freeman, Betty person
correspondedWith Kolisch, Rudolf, 1896-1978 person
associatedWith Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995 person
associatedWith Stein, Leonard person
associatedWith Tudor, David, 1926-1996 person
associatedWith Yates, Peter, 1909- person
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