I Am Sitting In A Room Alvin Lucier

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I am sitting in a room alvin lucier.

In 1969 american composer alvin lucier first performed his landmark work i am sitting in a room conceived for voice and electromagnetic tape. Through playback and recording of successive generations of his own voice the sound is washed until his talking is a pure harmonic. Interviewed by frank j. I am sitting in a room is a multi media piece created in 1969 1970 by mary and alvin lucier and in its solo sound version is one of composer alvin lucier s best known works.

Alvin lucier born may 14 1931 is an american composer of music and sound installations exploring acoustic phenomena especially resonance as well as a former member of the sonic arts union along with robert ashley david behrman and gordon mumma as a self acknowledged composer of experimental music lucier s compositions sometimes deal with elements of indeterminacy. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. Alvin lucier papers 1939 2015 music division the new. From i am sitting in a room lovely music ltd 1981.

The audio section of the piece features alvin lucier recording himself narrating a text and then playing the tape recording back into the room re recording it. I am sitting in a room 1969 by alvin lucier real time realization by christopher burns 2000 alvin lucier discography at musicbrainz. I am recording the sound of my speaking voice. I am sitting in a room different.

Sitting in a room with alvin lucier the 83 year old us composer was in dundalk at the weekend to discuss and perform his seminal work sitting in a room. The material was recorded on a nagra tape recorder with an electro voice 635 dynamic microphone and played back on one channel of a revox a77 tape recorder dynaco amplifier and a klh model six loudspeaker. Complete your alvin lucier collection. Sitting in a room with alvin lucier.

Lucier read a text into a microphone. The new recording is then played back and re recorded and. Oteri published april 1 2005. Alvin lucier february 9 2005.

This recording was made by alvin lucier on october 29th and 31st 1980 in the living room of his home in middletown ct.