USA composer Lejaren Hiller (February 23, 1924, New York City - January 26, 1994, Buffalo, New York) founded the University of Illinois' Experimental Music Studio in the late 1950s and collaborated on the first significant computer music composition, 1957's Illiac Suite, with Leonard Issacson. A composer is a person who writes music. ... February 23 is the 54th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Aerial view of downtown Buffalo, New York Buffalo, also known as The Queen City, and the City of Good Neighbors, is an American city in western New York. ... The University of Illinois is the set of three public universities in Illinois. ... Millennia: 1st millennium - 2nd millennium - 3rd millennium // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the...

He also collaborated with John Cage for HPSCHD and taught James Tenney. John Cage John Milton Cage (September 5, 1912–August 12, 1992) was an American experimental music composer and writer. ... James Tenney (August 10, 1934 in Silver City, NM) is an American composer and influential music theorist. ...

External links

• Lejaren Hiller with a MIDI of Seven Artifacts
• Lejaren Hiller (1924-1994) © 1994 by Peter Gena.