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cover the theatre of eternal music : dream house 78 ' of 17 '' -lrb- shandar , 1974 -rrb- la monte young and marian zazeela , marian zazeela bern , idaho , u.s. la monte young non_vocal_instrumentalist 14 october 1935 minimalism , experimental , contemporary dreamhousely.jpg la monte young
 la monte thornton young composer , artist
la monte young

la monte thornton young -lrb- born october 14 , 1935 -rrb- is an american avant-garde artist , composer and musician , generally recognized as the first minimalist composer .
his works have been included among the most important and radical post-world war ii avant-garde , experimental , and contemporary music .
young is especially known for his development of drone music .
both his proto-fluxus and `` minimal '' compositions question the nature and definition of music and often stress elements of performance art .
