![[audio]](/images/mediatype_audio.gif) | The Brothers
A recording of a live performance of George Antheil's one act opera, The Brothers.
Keywords: Music; Opera; George Antheil
Downloads: 169
Average rating:  (0 review) |
| George Antheil Collection: Venus in Africa
Recording of George Antheil and Michael Dyne's satirical one act opera, Venus in Africa.
Keywords: George Antheil; Music; Opera
Downloads: 206
Average rating: (0 review) |
| An Interview with Violinist Vera Beths
A short interview with Dutch violinist Vera Beths, recorded during the 1981 Cabrillo Music Festival. In her discussion with Carl Stone, Beths describes how she came across the music of George Antheil and the difficulties she had in learning to play it. She also talks about her Stradivarius violin and her relationship with contemporary composers Philip Glass and John Adams.
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Interview; New Music; Vera Beths; George Antheil
Downloads: 49
Average rating: (0 review) |
| George Antheil: Bad Boy of Music-An Intermission Feature in Two Parts - George Antheil
Charles Amirkhanian introduces the amazing music of Trenton-born George Antheil (1900-1959). Antheil (pronounced "ANT-hile") was the first avant-garde American composer to be recognized in Europe and composed the Ballet Mécanique in the mid-Twenties for multiple player pianos and percussion. His life was documented in his 1945 autobiography Bad Boy of Music, still in print in English and German (see http://www.otherminds.org/cgi-bin/shop.cgi/page=index7.html) to locate copies...
Source: Other Minds
Keywords: New Music; Documentary; 20th Century Classical; George Antheil
Downloads: 1,150
Average rating: (0 review) |
| George Antheil Collection: Volpone
A recording of George Antheil's 3 act opera, Volpone. Based on a play by Ben Jonson, Volpone tells the story of a 16th-century Venetian pretending to be dying in order to obtain gifts from his prospective heirs. The libretto is by Alfred Perry.
Keywords: George Antheil; Music; Opera; 20th Century Classical
Downloads: 202
Average rating: (0 review) |
| George Antheil: Hertz Hall Concert
In November 1970, KPFA and Charles Amirkhanian presented the early works of George Antheil to a sold-out Hertz Hall on the U. C. Berkeley campus. This historic concert launched a revival of interest in Antheil's early music which had not been performed since the mid-Twenties. This 3-part program contains the following performances: Pt. I Airplane Sonata (Sonata No. 2 for piano) (1921) / George Antheil - Sonata No...
Keywords: George Antheil; Hertz Hall; music; 20th Century Classical; Chamber Music
Downloads: 689
Average rating: (0 review) |
| Vladimir Golschmann on George Antheil
Charles Amirkhanian interviews the Russian-French conductor Vladimir Golschmann about his friendship with George Antheil and his role as a conductor of a number of Antheil pieces in the late 1920s in Europe. Golschmann also describes the difficulties in getting new music recorded during the first half of the 20th century.
Keywords: Interview; 20th Century Classical; New Music; George Antheil; Vladimir Golschmann
Downloads: 69
Average rating: (0 review) |
| The Late Piano Sonatas of George Antheil
In December 1970, Charles visited Böske Antheil (widow of the late composer) at her home in Los Angeles. During a search of the family archives two acetate private recordings of the Third (1947) and Fifth Piano Sonata (1950) were discovered. The performances were by Frederick Marvin who also performs the Fourth Sonata (1948) on an early LP recording (Alco ALP 1007). The program begins with a performance of the Second Sonata, "Airplane," composed in 1922...
Keywords: Interview and Music; New Music; 20th Century Classical; George Antheil
Downloads: 312
Average rating: (0 review) |
| Holy, Holy, Holy: Antheil's Magic Lacunae
On April 10, 1927, George Antheil's Ballet Mécanique, scored for multiple pianos and percussion (including airplane propellers and electric doorbells) was given its American premiere at Carnegie Hall. An exciting discovery by Mrs. George Antheil of Los Angeles and KPFA's Charles Amirkhanian sheds extraordinary light on the genius of Antheil's early music. Gathering dust on the shelves of Mrs. Antheil's archives has been a set of three player piano rolls of the Ballet Mécanique in its original ...
Keywords: KPFA-FM; Documentary; New Music; 20th Century Classical; George Antheil
Downloads: 35
Average rating: (0 review) |
| George Antheil: String Quartet No. 1
Charles Amirkhanian discusses the challenges in performing George Antheil's Violin Sonata and String Quartet No. 1 with Antheil's wife and Anne Kish, a violinist. The tape starts with a discussion, recorded in the Berkeley home of Jeanne Stark, of Antheil’s 1923 “Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano” with Ann Kish, Böske Antheil, Jeanne Stark, and Charles Amirkhanian. This is followed by an interesting discussion of Antheil's importance by Kish, and comments by the composer's widow reminisci...
Keywords: Music and Interview; 20th Century Classical; New Music; George Antheil
Downloads: 73
Average rating: (0 review) |
| Essay ueber George Antheil
Essay on George Antheil, by Hans Heinsheimer, (in German).
Keywords: Lecture; Panel Discussion; Poetry; 20th Century Classical; Motion Picture Music; George Antheil
Downloads: 153
Average rating: (0 review) |
