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La Monte Young

1935 - Today

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La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14, 1935) is 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. His compositions have called into question the nature and definition of music, most prominently in the text scores of his Compositions 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of La Monte Young has received more than 724,631 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). La Monte Young is the 765th most popular composer (up from 838th in 2019), the 3,672nd most popular biography from United States (up from 4,065th in 2019) and the 41st most popular American Composer.

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  • 720k

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  • 59.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.15

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.91

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, La Monte Young ranks 765 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Melchior Molter, Giovanni Animuccia, Arnold Bax, Maurice Emmanuel, Heinrich Sutermeister, and Francesco Manfredini. After him are Temistocle Solera, Ludwig Senfl, Oskar Nedbal, Heinrich Scheidemann, Egidio Duni, and Tyagaraja.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, La Monte Young ranks 184. Before him are Geoffrey Lewis, Martti Talvela, Ghita Nørby, Letizia Battaglia, Akihiro Miwa, and Herb Alpert. After him are Giacomo Losi, Peret, Julio Jaramillo, Lisa Gastoni, Patricia Bredin, and Antonios Naguib.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, La Monte Young ranks 3,672 out of 20,380. Before him are Tina Fey (1970), Anna Faris (1976), Herb Alpert (1935), Willie Dixon (1915), Joel Hastings Metcalf (1866), and Rob Lowe (1964). After him are Lucius D. Clay (1898), Richard Anderson (1926), Horace Silver (1928), Robert Zoellick (1953), Christopher Meloni (1961), and Albert Ghiorso (1915).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, La Monte Young ranks 41. Before him are Alfred Newman (1900), Sun Ra (1914), Alex North (1910), Amy Beach (1867), Jerome Kern (1885), and Dave Grusin (1934). After him are Lee Konitz (1927), Thomas Newman (1955), George Crumb (1929), Edward MacDowell (1860), Meredith Monk (1942), and David Del Tredici (1937).

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