Alvin Lucier
American composer of experimental music and sound installations (1931-2021) · United States · On the map · Musicians · Died at 90
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.
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Much of Lucier's work explores psychoacoustic phenomena and the physical properties of sound.
