FAREWELL TO…

Alvin Lucier Born 1931 Composer

t was while on a Fulbright Scholarship in Rome that a young Alvin Lucier experienced the work of John Cage. He also met and made friends with Frederic Rzewski in the Italian capital. Both and – were more concerned with aural constructs and their effects rather than melody. Aside from his creative exploits, Lucier was a firm fixture at Wesleyan University, Connecticut, where he taught from 1970.