Leonard Maxwell Isaacson (born 1925) is an American
chemist
A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...
and
composer.
Isaacson collaborated with
Lejaren Hiller on the computer-programmed acoustic composition, ''
Illiac Suite
''Illiac Suite'' (later retitled String Quartet No. 4)Andrew Stiller, "Hiller, Lejaren (Arthur)", ''Grove Music Online'' (reviewed December 3, 2010; accessed December 14, 2014). is a 1957 composition for string quartet which is generally agreed t ...
'' (1957).
[Lejarn Hiller Obituary]
, ''PeterGena.com''. At the time, both composers were professors at the
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
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, and used the university's room-size
ILLIAC I
The ILLIAC I (Illinois Automatic Computer), a pioneering computer in the ILLIAC series of computers built in 1952 by the University of Illinois, was the first computer built and owned entirely by a United States educational institution.
Compute ...
.
Bibliography
*Hiller, Lejaren A., and Leonard M. Issacson. (1959/1979)
''Experimental Music: Composition With an Electronic Computer''.McGraw-Hill, New York. .
References
1925 births
Issacson
Issacson
American chemists
Living people
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign faculty
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