Leonard Isaacson

American chemist and composer (1925–2018)

Leonard Maxwell Isaacson (December 15, 1925 – July 1, 2018) was an American chemist and composer.[1]

Isaacson was born in Chicago, Illinois on December 15, 1925.[2] He collaborated with Lejaren Hiller on the computer-programmed acoustic composition, Illiac Suite (1957).[3][4] At the time, both composers were professors at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, and used the university's room-size ILLIAC I. He died in Belvedere Tiburon, California on July 1, 2018, at the age of 92.[5]

## Bibliography

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* Hiller, Lejaren A., and Leonard M. Issacson. (1959/1979). Experimental Music: Composition With an Electronic Computer. McGraw-Hill, New York. ISBN 978-0-313-22158-3.

## References

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1. ^ Dean, R. T. (2009). The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music, p. 113. ISBN 978-0-19-533161-5.
2. ^ "Leonard Maxwell Isaacson". U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940–1947. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
3. ^ Morris, Mark (1996). A Guide to 20th-Century Composers, p. 474. ISBN 978-0-413-45601-4.
4. ^ "Lejarn Hiller Obituary", PeterGena.com.
5. ^ "Leonard Maxwell Isaacson". Forever Missed. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

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