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Lejaren Hiller
Lejaren Arthur Hiller
(February 23, 1924 in
New York City
– January 26, 1994 in
Buffalo, New York
) was an
American
composer
. In 1957 he collaborated with
Leonard Issacson
on his String Quartet No. 4,
Illiac Suite
, the first significant use of a computer to compose music. In 1958 Hiller founded the Experimental Music Studio at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
. His notable pupils included composers
James Fulkerson
,
Larry Lake
,
Ilza Nogueira
,
David Rosenboom
,
Bernadette Speach
and
James Tenney
.
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