"La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14, 1935) 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."@en . "La Monte Thornton Young"@en . "La Monte Young"@en . . . . . . "American composer" . "1935Z"^^ . "Young, La Monte"@en . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" . . . . . "1935-10-14Z"^^ .