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George Antheil (June 8, 1900 – February 12, 1959) was an American composer and pianist of Polish descent. He number 1 established the career as a concert piano player, mostly within Europe, however shortly thenceforth besides attracted notice for his avant-garde compositions, which were strongly influenced by Stravinsky. His best known act is Ballet mécanique (1926), intended as a concert piece and not as music for dancers, despite the title: it's the machines that are doing the dancing in this piece, which includes parts for electric buzzers and airplane propellers. A ballet was greeted by using riot on its first performance, which critics claim was caused & managed by director Marcel Lherbier for his film ''L'Inhumaine''.

In the 1930s Antheil's music grew more traditional, however at the equivalent period he encountered difficulty making the residing, & at various days he wrote film scores, conducted a lonely-hearts column, & wrote for Esquire Magazine. His autobiography, Badness Son of Music (1945), was the popular profits, & it remains the intense & entertaining account of his lives. In the previous deuce decades of his life he was sought after as a composer of operas & film scores. Long fallowing his dying, his function around however a second field was tardily recognized: he & Hedy Lamarr are credited with inventing a frequency-hopping spread spectrum technique for signal transmission in 1942. He died around 1959, around Up to date York City allowing his married woman, Boski, & deuce living tikes, Peter, & Chris.

George Antheil
Biography, work list, select discography.

The Life and Music of George Antheil
Tribute site by the Paris Transatlantic Media and the Friends of George Antheil. Includes biographical notes, discography and filmography, MP3 clips, and links to related sites.

George Antheil
Biography and appreciation of String Quartet Nr. 2.

Classical Composers Database: George Antheil
Picture and music.

The Ballet Mecanique page
This page is totally devoted to this work and its performances.

Find A Grave: George Antheil
Biography and photographs of his grave site.

OAC: Antheil (George) motion picture and television music collection
27 boxes of scores and parts, probably not readily accessible.


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