# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alvin-lucier
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:21:06.348Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alvin-lucier"
name: "Alvin Lucier"
slug: "alvin-lucier"
description: "Alvin Augustus Lucier Jr. 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."
tagline: "American composer of experimental music and sound installations (1931–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alvin_Lucier_(25536346088).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1931-05-14"
deathDate: "2021-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     2.56
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    handle:    "nm0524640"
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    url:       "http://alucier.web.wesleyan.edu"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump