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Lejaren Hiller
American composer
For Hiller's father, the photographer and illustrator, see Lejaren Hiller Sr.
Lejaren Arthur Hiller Jr. (February 23, , New York City – January 26, , Buffalo, New York)[1][2][3] was an Americancomposer.
Career
In he collaborated with Leonard Isaacson on his String Quartet No. 4, Illiac Suite,[3] the first significant use of a computer to compose music. In Hiller founded the Experimental Music Studios at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
His notable pupils included composers James Fulkerson, Larry Lake, Ilza Nogueira, David Rosenboom, Margaret Scoville, Michael Ranta, Elliott Sharp, Bernadette Speach and James Tenney.
The chemistry and music of another chemist-composer, Lejaren A. Hiller, Jr.,.See: List of music students by teacher: G to J#Lejaren Hiller.
He was originally trained as a chemist, and worked as a research chemist for DuPont in Waynesboro, Virginia (–52). He developed the first reliable process for dyeing Orlon and coauthored a popular textbook.