Editing La Monte Young (section)

===1970–present===
As of 1970, Young's interests in the [[music of Asia]] and his wish to find precedents for the intervals he was using in his minimalist work led him to Indian spiritualist and musician Shyam Batnager who introduced Young to the recordings of [[Pran Nath (musician)|Pandit Pran Nath]].<ref>[https://www.thewire.co.uk/in-writing/interviews/journey-to-the-source-an-interview-with-shyam-bhatnagar] Journey to the source: an interview with Shyam Bhatnagar May 2022 The Wire</ref> Impressed, Young would go on to meet and study and perform with Pran Nath for the rest of Pran Nath's life<ref>Chamberlain, Colby, ''Fluxus Administration: George Maciunas and the Art of Paperwork'', University of Chicago Press, 2024, p. 175</ref> through the partial support of the [[Dia Art Foundation]]. Fellow students of Pran Nath, included Zazeela, [[Terry Riley]], [[Rhys Chatham]], [[Jon Hassell]], [[Simone Forti]], [[Shabda Kahn]], [[Jon Gibson (minimalist musician)|Jon Gibson]], [[Michael Harrison (musician)|Michael Harrison]], [[Yoshi Wada]], [[Don Cherry (trumpeter)|Don Cherry]], [[Henry Flynt]], [[Lee Konitz]], [[Charlemagne Palestine]] and [[Catherine Christer Hennix]].<ref>Patrick Nickleson, ''The Names of Minimalism: Authorship, Art Music, and Historiography in Dispute'', University of Michigan Press, p. 56</ref>

Young considers ''[[The Well-Tuned Piano]]''—a [[Permutation (music)|permutating]] composition of themes and improvisations for [[Just intonation|just-intoned]] solo piano—to be his masterpiece. Young gave the world premiere of ''The Well-Tuned Piano'' in Rome in 1974, ten years after the creation of the piece. Previously, he had presented it as a recorded work. In 1975, Young premiered the work in New York, with eleven live performances during the months of April and May. As of October 25, 1981, the date of the [[Gramavision Records|Gramavision]] recording of ''The Well-Tuned Piano'', Young had performed the piece 55 times.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Well-Tuned Piano: 81 x 25 6:17:50-11:18:59 PM NYC |others=La Monte Young |year=1987 |chapter=Performance History |first=La Monte |last=Young }}</ref> In 1987, Young performed the piece again as part of a larger concert series that included many more of his works.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Maverick Eases into the Aboveground: La Monte Young|last=Palmer|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Palmer (American writer)|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=April 5, 1987 |id={{ProQuest|110815286}} }} {{subscription required}}</ref> This performance, on May 10, 1987, was videotaped and released on DVD in 2000 on Young's label, ''Just Dreams''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gann |first1=Kyle|author-link=Kyle Gann|year=2002 |title=Pinned Down by the Piano |journal=[[The Village Voice]]|volume=47 |issue= 36 |pages=122 |url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2002-09-03/music/pinned-down-by-the-piano/ |access-date=November 7, 2012}}</ref> Performances have exceeded six hours in length, and so far have only been documented several times. ''The Well-Tuned Piano'' is strongly influenced by mathematical composition as well as [[Hindustani classical music]] practice.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gann|first=Kyle|author-link=Kyle Gann|date=Winter 1993|title=La Monte Young's ''The Well-Tuned Piano''|journal=[[Perspectives of New Music]]|volume=31|issue=1|pages=134–162|doi=10.2307/833045|jstor=833045}}</ref>

Since the 1970s, Young and Zazeela have realized a long series of semi-permanent ''Dream House'' installations, which combine Young's just-intoned [[sine wave]]s in elaborate, symmetrical configurations with Zazeela's quasi-calligraphic light sculptures.{{sfn|LaBelle|2006|pp=73–74}} In July 1970 a model short-term ''Dream House'' was displayed to the public at the gallery [[Heiner Friedrich#Munich & Köln|Friedrich & Dahlem]] in Munich, Germany. Later, model ''Dream House'' environments were presented in various locations in Europe and the United States. In 1974, the two released ''[[Dream House 78' 17"]]''. From January through April 19, 2009, ''Dream House'' was installed in the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York as part of ''The Third Mind'' exhibition. A ''Dream House'' installation exists today at the MELA Foundation on 275 Church Street, New York, above the couple's loft, and is open to the public.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://melafoundation.org |title=Dream House |website=melafoundation.org |access-date=July 26, 2020}}</ref>

In 2002, Young, with Zazeela and senior disciple [[Jung Hee Choi]], founded the [[Just Alap Raga Ensemble]]. This ensemble, performing [[Indian classical music]] of the [[Kirana gharana]], merges the traditions of Western and Hindustani classical music, with Young applying his own compositional approach to traditional raga performance, form, and technique.<ref name="notes">Young, L., & Zazeela, M. (2015). "The Just Alap Raga Ensemble, Pandit Pran Nath 97th Birthday Memorial Tribute, Three Evening Concerts of Raga Darbari". MELA Foundation, New York.</ref>