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2 unusual facts about Illiac Suite


Illiac Suite

The piece consists of four movements, called experiments: the first is about the generation of cantus firmi, the second generates four-voice segments with various rules, the third deals with rhythm, dynamics and playing instructions, and the fourth with various models and probabilities for generative grammars or Markoff chains.

Leonard Issacson

He collaborated with Lejaren Hiller on the computer-programmed acoustic composition, Illiac Suite (1957).


ILLIAC I

1955 – Lejaren Hiller and Leonard Isaacson used ILLIAC I to compose the Illiac Suite which was one of the first pieces of music to be written with the aid of a computer.


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