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Antheil arriving in New York in 1927. On April 10, 1927, Antheil rented New York's Carnegie Hall to present an entire concert devoted to his works, including the American debut of Ballet Mécanique in a scaled-down version.
George Antheil (born July 8, 1900, Trenton, N.J., U.S.—died Feb. 12, 1959, New York City) was an American composer known for his ultramodern music in the 1920s. Antheil studied with Ernest Bloch in New York. In 1922 he went to Europe, gave piano recitals, and became prominent in the literary and artistic circles of the Parisian avant-garde.
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Antheil brought to the table what he knew about synchronizing machines. Though romantic sparks are kindled between them, the implication is that nothing untoward happened. This is a...
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Reactions to his first performances were cool at best. His technique was loud, brazen, and percussive. Antheil suggested that ingrained in his mind were the din of machines from Trenton factories. Critics wrote that he hit the piano rather than played it, and indeed he often injured himself by doing so. His reputation was to good and bad extremes, ...
Antheil’s best-known composition is Ballet Mécanique (1924). The “ballet," about 30 minutes long, was originally conceived as the musical accompaniment to the film of the same name by Dudley Murphy and Fernand Léger. Eventually the film makers and composers chose to let their creations evolve separately, although the film credits still included Ant...
Antheil's philosophic rationale for composing Ballet Mecanique(as described by Ewen) was echoed decades later by fellow American composer, George Rochberg (who also turned to a neo-Romantic style in his later years) in a speech delivered in 1971. Regarding the advance and predominance of scientific discovery, Rochberg opined, "…for in science today...
In 1940 Lamarr met George Antheil at a dinner party. Antheil was another quirky yet clever force to be reckoned with. Known for his writing, film scores, and experimental music compositions, he shared the same inventive spirit as Lamarr.
Nov 9, 2017 · During his visits to New York, Antheil gained exposure to leading figures in the Modernist art movement, such as musician Leo Ornstein. During the early 1920s, Antheil wrote his first technologically-driven compositions with the financial backing of Mary Louise Curtis Bok, the founder of the Curtis Institute of Music, who would sponsor him for ...
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Jun 23, 2021 · Yet during the war, with composer George Antheil, she invented a system for torpedoing U-Boats that was patented and then forgotten. Austrian film star Hedy Lamarr was best known in her day as an exotic beauty, cast in Hollywood as a foreign temptress.
