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Composer Alvin Lucier, 1986. (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images)

Alvin Lucier

NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Alvin Lucier on 6 December 2021. Alvin Lucier has been played on NTS over 30 times, featured on 33 episodes and was first played on 19 April 2013.

Alvin Lucier (May 14, 1931 - December 1, 2021) was an American composer of music and sound installations exploring acoustic phenomena, especially resonance, as well as a former member of the Sonic Arts Union along with Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and Gordon Mumma.

As a self-acknowledged composer of experimental music, Lucier's compositions sometimes deal with elements of indeterminacy. Much of his work is heavily informed by science, revolving…

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Cramps Records1976
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zeitkratzer Records2010
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