The festival included an exhibition, films, concerts and the lucier celebration symposium, which brought together composers, musicians and writers to discuss lucier s work and influence. From 1962 to 1970, he taught at brandeis, where he conducted the brandeis university chamber chorus which devoted much of its time to the performance of. He was still teaching at brandeis university then and traveled to middle. Alvin lucier has pioneered in many areas of music composition and performance, including the notation of performers physical gestures, the use of brain waves in live performance, the generation of visual imagery by sound in vibrating media, and the evocation of room acoustics for musical purposes. Alvin lucier is an american composer of experimental music and sound installations. His recordings, performances, and installations examine the physical properties of sound itself. Each score is written in prose and may be read by musicians as instructio. Alvin luciers music for solo performer 1965, often referred to as the brain wave piece, has become a key work of experimental music. Peter van inwagen sees this as a difficulty mqterialism materialism.
Interesting and engaging modern take on alvin lucier s 1970 electroacoustic classic i am sitting in a room. Each score is written in prose and may be read by musicians as instructions for performance or by general readers as descriptions of imaginary musical activities. Performed by students from music 109, introduction to experimental music class. Hanover 2015 for violin, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, 3 banjos, piano, and bowed vibraphone. It involves various recordings of sound spaces, such. Its setup, in which the brain waves of a solo performer are made to excite percussion instruments, has given the work. Chambers scores by alvin lucier douglas simon issuu.
Digital editing and mastering by allan tucker, foothill productions, nyc. A longtime music professor at wesleyan university, lucier was a member of the influential sonic arts union, which included robert. Lucier would specify exact models and brands of equipment lucier 1967b. Chambers ebook by alvin lucier 9780819573087 rakuten kobo. We use cookies on this website to assist with navigation and promo. Step, slide and sustain 2014 for horn in f, cello, and piano. Its setup, in which the brain waves of a solo performer are made to excite percussion instruments, has given the work a central place in the discourse on artistic sonification. The new recording is then played back and rerecorded, and this process is repeated. With crossings, composed in 1982, for a small orchestra of 16 players equally divided on either side of the stage, and a slowsweep pure wave oscillator that slowly ascends throughout the entire seven octave range of the orchestra, lucier creates a beautiful and peacefulness inducing illusion.
Alvin lucier s music for solo performer 1965, often referred to as the brain wave piece, has become a key work of experimental music. Lucier has pioneered many areas of music composition and performance, including the notation of performers physical gestures, the use of brain waves in live performance, the generation of visual imagery by sound in vibrating media and the evocation of room acoustics. Chambers is a virtually complete collection of composer alvin luciers major works from 1965 to 1977, interspersed with twelve interviews with. Alvin luciers music for solo performer semantic scholar.
Pdf on nov 1, 2016, riccardo wanke and others published alvin lucier. Chambers by alvin lucier overdrive rakuten overdrive. But in the event that one layer of interpretation isnt enough to convey the emotional significance of a dude going all the way to the goddamn underworld for the sake of love recently lost, renowned and busy, busy. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Over a period of about an hour, a one minute piece of computer read text slowly evolves into beautiful ambience. Much of his work is influenced by science and explores the. Introduction to alvin lucier s chambers 1968 reading. If this is really an argument about consciousness we are aware of the image in a more meaningful way than the computerthen that is a much more complicated and unresolved question, but if thats the case, plantinga still isnt saying anything new here. Casually listen to vespers 1969, the opening title track of new worlds collection devoted to lucier s early works. Since the mid1960s, lucier has been a pioneering force in music and sound art, whether working with a brainwaveactivated percussion orchestra, traditional chamber ensembles. Chambers by alvin lucier is available in these libraries. Contents introduction how everything became real anne wellmer sferics alvin lucier epiphanies nicolas collins vespers 1968 prose score interview with alvin lucier anton rovner music for solo performer alvin lucier chambers 1968 prose score i am sitting in a room liner notes.
Alvin lucier 1931 in nashua, new hampshire, usa is a composer, a writer and a visual artist. There is nothing like vespers in the literature of music. A trailblazing force in psychoacoustic music, alvin lucier is an avantgarde composer and performer whose work relates to acoustic phenomena and the science of sound. From 1962 to 1970, he taught at brandeis, where he conducted. Alvin lucier a celebration, center for the arts, wesleyan university, middletown, ct, 46 november 2011. Alvin lucier and douglas simon chambers pierre schaffer acousmatics margaret schedel electronic music and the studio david dunn a history of electronic music pioneers 10 19 karlheinz stockhausen electronic and instrumental music.
Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises chambers alvin lucier brandeis university chamber chorus alvin lucier. Alvin luciers music for solo performer cambridge core. Experience offers a reading experience like no other. A heatsensitive cover by olafur eliasson reveals words, colors, and a drawing when touched by human hands. Collaborations festival, october 20, 1984 crowell concert hall. Chambers 1968 alvin lucier collect or make large and small resonant environments. Chambers is a virtually complete collection of composer alvin lucier s major works from 1965 to 1977, interspersed with twelve interviews with the composer by douglas simon. Chambers by alvin lucier moving large and srnall resonant environments with. The course lucier taught at wesleyan on experimental music, music 109, became the basis of a book, music 109.
Alvin lucier chambers alvin lucier was a composer and sound artist who was fascinated by performance space. For his retirement, in 2011, the school produced a threeday festival of his work. Scores by alvin lucier 1980, for which he was interviewed by douglas simon. Alvin lucier soloist, left and john cage assistant, right preparing a performance of lucier s music. His most famous work is i am sitting in a room a work in which a spoken phrase is played back and recorded again and again, each time adding. A book that produces sensory experiences while bringing the concept of experience itself into relief as a subject of criticism and an object of contemplation.
He studied at yale and brandeis university and spent two years in rome on a fulbright scholarship. It is a completely new way of defining what music is, and the definition is given to us in a purely realized form. Here a computer reads the text and plugins are used to simulate the acoustics of the room. Gondola 2015 for alto flute, bb clarinet, marimba, piano, violin, and cello. Pdf this paper considers the early work of alvin lucier and its often problematic positioning between. Alvin lucier is the john spencer camp professor of music, emeritus, at wesleyan university, where he has taught since 1970. I am sitting in a room is a sound art piece composed in 1969 and one of composer alvin lucier s best known works the piece features lucier recording himself narrating a text, and then playing the tape recording back into the room, rerecording it. Chambers a sound installation comprised of several small resonant environments that hear each other with microphones, and sing to each other by actuating their resonant enclosure with small motors. Scores by alvin lucier kindle edition by lucier, alvin, simon, douglas. Orpheus variations 2014 for solo cello, two flutes, horn in f, two bb trumpets, and two trombones. Projection iv 1951 one of feldmans early graphic scores for piano and violin. Alvin luciers music for solo performer experimental music.
Still and moving lines of silence in families of hyperbolas. Scores by alvin lucier, douglas simon download here. Preface i first met alvin lucier in 1968 when he came to wesleyan university, where i was an undergraduate, to offer a course in new music. First edition of this experimental music classic is now availableauthor. At first the sounds amount to no more than random clicking at various levels of volume and speed. Alvin lucier born may 14, 1931 is an american composer of experimental music and sound installations that explore acoustic phenomena and auditory perception. Bob bielecki digital editing and mastering by allan tucker, foothill productions, nyc.
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