Composer Quiz

Alvin Lucier USA [1931-]
Group: Physics and recording technique experimenter
Short description: Experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. Much of his work is influenced by science and explores the physical properties of sound itself: resonance of spaces, phase interference between closely tuned pitches, and the transmission of sound through physical media. Encephalogram, reverberation, triangle, teapot.

Played 8 of 9 tracks for this composer (total 109 answers). Played blocks map:

1981 - I am Sitting in a Room/01. I am Sitting In a Room (45m)

1982 - Music for Solo Performer/01. Music For Solo Performer (13m)

1982 - Music for Solo Performer/02. Music For Solo Performer (Pauline Oliveros) (15m)

2003 - Nothing is Real/01. Distant Drums (16m)

2003 - Nothing is Real/02. Silver Streetcar For The Orchestra (17m)

2003 - Nothing is Real/03. The Sacred Fox (4m)

2003 - Nothing is Real/04. Opera With Objects (11m)

2003 - Nothing is Real/05. Nothing Is Real (Strawberry Fields Forever) (11m)

Music On A Long Thin Wire (7m)

Last comments for this composer:

Rualark 2015-02-07 15:48:37	Both contemporary composers created very unusual performances and it is interesting to read how each piece was made. Kagel is more theatrical/absurdist/collage/distortion and Lucier is physics and recording technique experimenter. (Lucier, Kagel)
Rualark 2015-02-07 15:44:14	Being both contemporary composers, Cage is more of an artist, while Lucier is a scientist. Cage is known for prepared piano and aleatoric music, he is more piano and vocal. It can be interesting to read about how Lucier made his different recordings using different physical experiments. (Cage, Lucier)

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