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Alvin Lucier | |
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![]() Lucier in 2017 | |
Born | Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. May 14, 1931 Nashua, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Died | December 1, 2021 Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. | (aged 90)
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Known for | Sound art |
Notable work | I Am Sitting in a Room |
Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. (May 14, 1931 – December 1, 2021) was an American composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Arts Union, which included Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and Gordon Mumma. Much of his work is influenced by science and explores the physical properties of sound itself: resonance of spaces, phase interference between closely tuned pitches, and the transmission of sound through physical media.