Research Catalog

Title

Alvin Lucier papers, 1939-2015.

Author

Lucier, Alvin

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cage, John
• Ashbery, John, 1927-2017
• Braxton, Anthony
• Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016

Description

36.18 linear feet (93 boxes, 2 oversize folders, 3 tubes); 30 gigabytes (5269 computer files); 1,906 audio recordings; 152 video recordings.

Summary

Alvin Lucier (1931-2021) was an influential American composer of experimental music known for exploring the nature of sound and sonic environments. His papers, dating from 1920 to 2022, strongly represent his career as a composer and pedagogue over five decades. Most of the collection consists of sound and video recordings, scores, 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)
• Business correspondence.
• Personal correspondence
• Video recordings.
• 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.

Language (note)

• English, German, Swedish, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and French.

Call Number

JPB 16-03

OCLC

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.

Language

English, German, Swedish, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, and French.

Source

Donated by Alvin Lucier, 2010, 2015.

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Occupation

Composers.

Musicians.

Teachers.

Added Author

Cage, John.

Ashbery, John, 1927-2017.

Braxton, Anthony.

Oliveros, Pauline, 1932-2016.

Research Call Number

JPB 16-03