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Feb 7, 2013 · George Antheil (1900-1959): Symphony No.1 "Zingareska" (1923).I. InnocènteII. Vivo, alla zingaresco, poi "Ragtime" [07:47]III. Doloroso elevato [17:22]IV. Ra...
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Orchestra - Boston Modern Orchestra Project Conductor - Gil RoseGeorge Antheil was an American avant-garde composer, pianist, author, and inventor whose mode...
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1. Signature. George Johann Carl Antheil (/ ˈæntaɪl / AN-tyle; July 8, 1900 – February 12, 1959) was an American avant-garde composer, pianist, author, and inventor whose modernist musical compositions explored the sounds – musical, industrial, and mechanical – of the early 20th century. Spending much of the 1920s in Europe, Antheil ...
Died: Feb. 12, 1959, New York City (aged 58) 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 ...
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George Antheil (1900-1959) first gained fame and notoriety in the 1920s, when his harshly mechanistic compositions caused an uproar in the musical establishment. As the self-proclaimed "bad boy of music," Antheil enjoyed an avant-garde reputation that fostered his close association with figures such as Ezra Pound, Igor Stravinsky, Ernest Hemingway, and James Joyce.
