Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger (Russian: ????? ????????? ?????????, 1 September [O.S.
20 August] 1895 (other sources: 31 August [O.S.
19 August] 1895) – 23 March 1943) was a composer, music theorist, and composition teacher who originated the Schillinger System of Musical Composition.
He was born in Kharkiv, in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine) and died in New York City.