Joseph Schillinger collection of noncommercial recordings, 1937-1943.

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Creator

Schillinger, Joseph, 1895-1943.

Location

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Extent

• 259 sound discs : analog.
• 110 sound discs : analog, 78 rpm ; 12 in.
• 82 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 16 in.
• 67 sound discs : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 10 in.

Access Restrictions

Access to original items is restricted. Advance notification is required for use.

Scope/Contents Note

These noncommercial acetate disc recordings were collectedby Schillinger, and in many instances recorded by him as well. Works by Schillinger in the collection include many of his piano compositions and improvisations. Other composers prominently represented include Will Bradley, Carmine Coppola, Henry Cowell, Clarence Cox, Rosalino De Maria, Belle Fenstock, Edwin Gerschefski, George Gershwin,Lyn Murray, and Lazar Weiner.

Biographical/Historical Notes

Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943) was a Russian born, American music theorist and composer. He studied design, music, mathematics, physics, drama, art, dance, history, language, and electrical engineering, aas well as four years of classical music studies and composition at the University of St. Petersburg. Upon graduation, he was appointed professor of music at the Kharkov Institute of Music. He also served as professor of the history of the arts at St. Petersburg and organized the first jazz band in Russia.

He came to America in 1928, and became a naturalized citizen in 1936. Schillinger taught music, mathematics, art history, and his own system of strict mathematical composition at the New School for Social Research, at New York University and also at Columbia University Teacher's College.

His many students included: Tommy Dorsey, Vernon Duke, George Gershwin, Benny Goodman, and Oscar Levant.

His master text is the posthumously published, The Schillinger System of Musical Composition.

Controlled Access Terms

• Composers -- 20th century.
• Sound recordings.

Additional Creator Names

• Bradley, Will. cmp
• Coppola, Carmine, 1910-1991. cmp
• Cowell, Henry, 1897-1965. cmp
• Cox, Clarence. cmp
• De Maria, Rosalino. cmp
• Fenstock, Belle, 1914- cmp
• Gerschefski, Edwin, 1909- cmp
• Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. cmp
• Murray, Lyn, 1909- cmp
• Weiner, Lazar, 1897-1982. cmp