Alvin Lucier
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 (aged 90) Middletown, Connecticut, U.S. |
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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 experimental composer and sound artist. A long-time music professor at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Lucier was a member of the influential Sonic Arts Union, which also included Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and Gordon Mumma. Much of Lucier's work explores psychoacoustic phenomena and the physical properties of sound.