Alvin Lucier
USA, 1962–2021
American composer (1931-2021) whose works make acoustic phenomena the subject. 'I Am Sitting in a Room' (1969) re-records a spoken text until the room's resonances replace the speech.
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Who influenced Alvin Lucier?
- John Cage — Lucier's phenomena-as-music descends from Cage's opening of music to all sound — the acknowledged frame of the Sonic Arts Union generation.