La Monte Young `

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Born October 14, 1935 and is known as the first minimalist composer. Some of his early works used the twelve-tone technique.

As described in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5dOI2MtvbA

La Monte Young created works that had questioned the nature of music and art, such as to realease a butterfly in the room during his "Compositions 1960"


The video below actually shows Mr. Young speaking on minimalism and what it is to him:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoUoxy2FOdw

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