Section 7: Notes on Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations of Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery

Section 7: Notes on Continuous Periodic Composite Sound Waveform Environment Realizations of Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery

Drone music; Minimalism (Music); Just intonation; Sine waves; Sound environments; Frequency ratios; Microtonal music; Dream House; Electronic music; Sustained tones; Psychoacoustics; Periodic composite sound; Tuning systems; Theatre of Eternal Music; Experimental music

A theoretical text documenting Young's sustained tone compositions and sound installation concepts using electronically generated sine waves tuned to precise frequency ratios based on just intonation principles. The notes explain the realization of continuous periodic composite sound waveform environments, wherein multiple sine wave generators produce mathematically determined frequencies that create complex interference patterns as listeners move through space. This work forms part of Young's larger compositional project "Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery," begun in 1966 as a subsection of the even more expansive "The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys" (initiated 1964 with the Theatre of Eternal Music). Young developed a classification system called "The Two Systems of Eleven Categories" that established algorithms for selecting frequency ratios that exclude the number five, ensuring that not only the primary frequencies but also their combination tones maintain specific mathematical relationships.

Young, La Monte, 1935-2023

Part of Aspen Magazine No. 8: The Fluxus Issue; Accompanies Section 5 (phonograph recording); Related to "Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery" (begun 1966); Part of "The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys" (begun 1964); Connected to Dream House installations (first installation September 1966-January 1970 at Church Street)

Roaring Fork Pres (New York, N.Y.)

Fall-Winter 1970-1971

Zazeela, Marian, 1940-2024 (Collaborator/Light designer); Graham, Dan, 1942-2022 (Editor); Maciunas, George, 1931-1978 (Designer); Johnson, Phyllis, 1926-2001 (Publisher); Theatre of Eternal Music (Associated performance ensemble)

Is part of Aspen Magazine No. 8 (Fall-Winter 1970-1971); Subsection of "Map of 49's Dream The Two Systems of Eleven Sets of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery"; Part of larger work "The Tortoise, His Dreams and Journeys"; Related to Dream House sound installations; Influenced by Hindustani classical music study with Pandit Pran Nath; Connected to "Dream House 78'17"" album (Shandar, 1974); Precursor to "The Well-Tuned Piano" (begun 1964)

Folded printed sheet; Text document with theoretical explanations and frequency specifications

English; Mathematical notation; Frequency specifications

Theoretical text; Composer's notes; Technical documentation; Sound art proposal; Performance instructions

Temporal: 1965-1971 Spatial: New York, N.Y. Aspen, CO.