- Joseph Schillinger
Joseph Schillinger (
August 31 ,1895 –March 23 ,1943 ) was a composer, music theorist, and composition teacher. He was born inKharkiv ,Ukraine (at that time, part ofRussian Empire ). He graduated from the Classical College in 1914 and the St. Petersburg Imperial Conservatory of Music.Schillinger came to the United States of America in 1928 and received his citizenship in 1936. He remained in America until his untimely death from cancer in 1943 at age 47.
He was a teacher of music at Columbia Teachers College and also gave private lessons in music composition from his home, during which time he developed the
Schillinger System of music. This was later published as the Schillinger System of Musical Composition by Joseph Schillinger, compiled by Lyle Dowling and Arnold Shaw. This work was published posthumously and is still deemed incomplete by his original students. In 1932, he joined with composer-theoristHenry Cowell to publicly introduce theRhythmicon , the first electronic drum machine, which Cowell andLéon Theremin had collaborated in inventing.One of Schillinger's students,
Lawrence Berk , founded the Schillinger House of Music, later to be named theBerklee College of Music at Boston, Massachusetts. Schillinger's students also includedGeorge Gershwin ,Glenn Miller ,Robert Emmett Dolan ,Carmine Coppola ,Vic Mizzy , andLeith Stevens . There has been debate surrounding how many teachers were certified by Schillinger himself. The numbers cited range from seven to twelve certified teachers. Yet, to date, only seven certified teachers of the Schillinger System have been substantiated.Notes
Though Dick Grove was taught the Schillinger System, he did not find it useful and did not include it in his many teaching endeavors.
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Schillinger System of musical compositionExternal links
The Schillinger Society
http://www.schillingersociety.com
http://www.myspace.com/schillingersociety
* [http://www.nypl.org/research/manuscripts/music/musschil.xml Joseph Schillinger Papers] the composer's personal papers, in the [http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/mus/mus.html Music Division] of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
*There is a major website on Schillinger at http://www.schillingersystem.com
*http://schillinger.narod.ru
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