August 31, 1895:
Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger is born in Kharkov, Russian Empire (Kharkiv, Ukraine), the only child of Moses Schillinger and Anna Gielgur.
November 13, 1928:
Joseph Schillinger (33) arrives in the United States from the Soviet Union.
November 28, 1929:
The First Airphonic Suite for Thereminovox and orchestra by Joseph Schillinger (34) is performed for the first time, in Cleveland with Lev Sergeyevich Termen (Leon Theremin) (33) as soloist.
September 28, 1938:
At a gallery opening on West 57th Street in New York, Joseph Schillinger (43) meets his future wife, Frances Singer.
November 12, 1938:
Joseph Schillinger marries his second wife, Frances Singer, a dancer and model, in New York.
March 23, 1943:
Joseph Moiseyevich Schillinger dies of cancer at his home at 875 Fifth Avenue in New York, aged 47 years, six months, and 23 days.
March 23, 1946:
The Schillinger System of Musical Composition by Joseph Schillinger is published by Carl Fischer in New York, on the third anniversary the author's death.