Research Catalog

Title

Alvin Lucier papers, 1939-2015.

Author

Lucier, Alvin.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

24.6 linear feet (58 boxes, 2 volumes, 2 oversized folders, 1 tube), 2.5 gb (1,462 computer files)

Summary

Alvin Lucier (born 1931) is an American composer who is best known for exploring the nature of sound and sonic environments. His papers, dating from 1939 to 2015, strongly represent his career as a composer and pedagogue over five decades. Most of the collection consists of scores, sound recordings, moving images, subject files, photographs, correspondence, and programs. Also present are datebooks, diaries, posters, notebooks, and clippings.

Subjects

• Appointment books
• Correspondence
• Avant-garde (Music)
• Composers
• Posters
• Notebooks
• Music > United States > 21st century
• Moving images
• Programs (documents)
• Wesleyan University (Middletown, Conn.)
• Teachers
• Scores
• Electronic records (digital records)
• Music > United States > 20th century
• Musicians
• Photographs
• Sonic Arts Union (Musical group)
• Sound recordings
• New York (N.Y.)
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Brandeis University
• Cage, John

Genre/Form

• Appointment books.
• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Correspondence.
• Electronic records (digital records)
• Moving images.
• Notebooks.
• Photographs.
• Posters.
• Programs (documents)
• Scores.
• Sound recordings.

Access (note)

• Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required. Sound recordings and moving images are unavailable pending digitization.

Terms of Use (note)

• For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Source (note)

• Donated by Alvin Lucier, 2010, 2015.

Call Number

JPB 16-03

OCLC

• 948995812
• 948995812

Author

Lucier, Alvin.

Title

Alvin Lucier papers, 1939-2015.

Restricted Access

Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photocopying and photography will apply. Advance notice may be required. Sound recordings and moving images are unavailable pending digitization.

Terms Of Use

For permission to publish, contact the Chief, Music Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Source

Donated by Alvin Lucier, 2010, 2015.

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Occupation

Composers.

Musicians.

Teachers.

Research Call Number

JPB 16-03