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The Well-Tuned Piano is an ongoing improvisatory solo piano work begun in 1964 by La Monte Young. Young has never considered the composition or performance of this piece finished, and he has performed it differently several times since its debut in 1974.[1] The composition requires a piano tuned in just intonation.[2] A 1987 performance of the piece was released on DVD in 2000. A typical performance lasts five to six hours.[3] and is performed within the context of Marian Zazeela's light art installation The Magenta Lights.[4] The Guardian described it as "one of the great achievements of 20th-century music."[1] Young gives credit to Dennis Johnson, a former schoolmate and composer from UCLA, for inspiring The Well-Tuned Piano. Johnson wrote an extensive, improvisatory, solo piano piece titled November in 1959, a few years before Young began working on The Well-Tuned Piano. Although the piece is said to be as long as six hours, the tape recording made in 1962 cuts off suddenly after on

The Well-Tuned Piano - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Musical work by La Monte Young For the tuning, see Well temperament . A 1987 performance of The Well-Tuned Piano in conjunction with Zazeela's The Magenta Lights was released on DVD in 2000. The Well-Tuned Piano is an ongoing improvisatory solo piano work begun in 1964 by La Monte Young . Young has never considered the composition or performance of this piece finished, and he has performed it differently several times since its debut in 1974. [ 1 ] He has called it "in a sense, a life's work" [ 2

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