Schillinger

Schillinger is a surname of German origin. It may refer to people with that name as well as to concepts named after them and to institutions associated with them.

Joseph Schillinger (1885–1943) was a composer, pianist, and music theorist who developed the Schillinger System of Musical Composition. The system presents a comprehensive framework for music creation based on mathematical patterns, transformations, and proportional relationships, and it emphasizes formal analysis and practical methods for composition.

Schillinger House of Musical Art and Language was a Boston-based music school that later evolved into Berklee College of Music. The school adopted the Schillinger System as a central element of its curriculum, helping to disseminate the method in American music education.

The term Schillinger also appears as a surname for other individuals in various fields, but the most prominent associations are Joseph Schillinger and the educational influence of the Schillinger System through the Berklee lineage.