Illiac Suite
Illiac Suite (later retitled String Quartet No. 4)[1] is a 1957 composition for string quartet which is generally agreed to be the first score composed by an electronic computer.[2] Lejaren Hiller, in collaboration with Leonard Isaacson, programmed the ILLIAC I computer at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (where both composers were professors) to generate compositional material, marking an early use of algorithmic composition.
The piece consists of four movements, corresponding to four 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 Markov chains.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Andrew Stiller, "Hiller, Lejaren (Arthur)", Grove Music Online (reviewed December 3, 2010; accessed December 14, 2014).
- ↑ Denis Baggi, "The Role of Computer Technology in Music and Musicology Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine", lim.dico.unimi.it (December 9, 1998).
- ↑ Lejaren A. Hiller and Leonard M. Isaacson, Experimental Music: Composition With an Electronic Computer, second edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959): 5–7. Reprinted, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1979. ISBN 978-0-313-22158-3.
External links
[edit]- "Lejaren Hiller – Illiac Suite for String Quartet [1/4]" on YouTube December 4, 2011. See also: 2/4, 3/4, and 4/4.
- Sandred, Örjan; Laurson, Mikael; Kuuskankare, Mika. "Revisiting the Illiac Suite – a rule based approach to stochastic processes" (PDF).
- Swada, Lydia Tang (17 February 2014). "Illiac Suite for String Quartet".
- Di Nunzio, Alex (4 Dec 2011). "Illiac Suite". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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