Though Lucier had composed chamber and orchestral works since 1952, the composer and his critics count his 1965 composition Music for Solo Performer as the proper beginning of his compositional career.
I když Lucier skládal komorní a orchestrální díla od roku 1952, sám skladatel i jeho kritici pokládají za skutečný počátek jeho kariéry skladbu z roku 1965, Music for Solo Performer.