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George Antheil (08 Jul 1900 - 12 Feb 1959)

Male Person - United States composer and pianist

 Also known as (1)

Releases (3)

Official

Album - Soundtrack

  1. The Pride and the Passion 1957

Album

  1. Fighting the Waves 1996
  2. Symphony No 3 "American" / Capital of the World / et al 09 Nov 2004

Relationships (2)

Teachers

  1. Ernest Bloch

Married

  1. Elizabeth Markus

Recordings by (62)

  1. The Specter of the Rose: Ballet Waltz 4:10 (1989)
  2. String Quartet No. 1 String quartet in one movement 15:39 (26 Jul 1995)
  3. String Quartet No. 2 "For Sylvia Beach, With Love": I. Larghetto 3:06 (26 Jul 1995)
  4. String Quartet No. 2 "For Sylvia Beach, With Love": II. (Part 1) Lento 4:31 (26 Jul 1995)
  5. String Quartet No. 2 "For Sylvia Beach, With Love": II. (Part 2) Fuga 2:21 (26 Jul 1995)
  6. String Quartet No. 2 "For Sylvia Beach, With Love": III. Rondino Scherzino; Allegro vivace 4:21 (26 Jul 1995)
  7. String Quartet No. 2 "For Sylvia Beach, With Love": IV. Cadenza Finale; Presto 1:19 (26 Jul 1995)
  8. String Quartet No. 3: I. Allegro 5:46 (26 Jul 1995)
  9. String Quartet No. 3: II. Largo 6:01 (26 Jul 1995)
  10. String Quartet No. 3: III. Scherzo; Quasi presto 2:33 (26 Jul 1995)
  11. String Quartet No. 3: IV. Allegro giocoso 5:07 (26 Jul 1995)
  12. The Twenty‐First Century 0:31 (1996)
  13. A Jazz Symphony 6:37 (1996)
  14. Symphony No 4 "1942": Moderato 10:38 (20 Nov 2000)
  15. Symphony No 4 "1942": Allegro 9:29 (20 Nov 2000)
  16. Symphony No 4 "1942": Scherzo 5:20 (20 Nov 2000)
  17. Symphony No 4 "1942": Allegro non troppo 8:09 (20 Nov 2000)
  18. Decatur at Algiers 7:15 (20 Nov 2000)
  19. Symphony No 5 "Joyous": Allegro 7:44 (20 Nov 2000)
  20. Symphony No 5 "Joyous": Adagio molto 8:05 (20 Nov 2000)
  21. Symphony No 5 "Joyous": Finale. Allegretto 6:22 (20 Nov 2000)
  22. Symphony No 3 "American": Allegro 8:51 (09 Nov 2004)
  23. Symphony No 3 "American": Andante 7:09 (09 Nov 2004)
  24. Symphony No 3 'American": 'The Golden Spike' Andante 4:03 (09 Nov 2004)
  25. Symphony No 3 "American": 'Back to Baltimore' Presto 5:06 (09 Nov 2004)
  26. Tom Sawyer, "California Overture" 5:30 (09 Nov 2004)
  27. Hot-Time Dance 4:28 (09 Nov 2004)
  28. McKonkey's Ferry, Overture 9:06 (09 Nov 2004)
  29. Capital of the World Suite: The Tailor Shop 5:21 (09 Nov 2004)
  30. Capital of the World Suite: Meditation 7:32 (09 Nov 2004)
  31. Capital of the World Suite: Knife Dance 4:15 (09 Nov 2004)
  32. Lithuanian Night: I. Moderato 2:17 (19 Apr 2005)
  33. Lithuanian Night: II. Presto 1:16 (19 Apr 2005)
  34. Quartet No. 1 for Strings in One Movement 14:31 (19 Apr 2005)
  35. Quartet No. 2 for Strings (Original Version, 1927), "For Sylvia Beach, with Love": I. Larghetto - Allegro subito 7:51 (19 Apr 2005)
  36. Quartet No. 2 for Strings (Original Version, 1927), "For Sylvia Beach, with Love": II. Lento 4:06 (19 Apr 2005)
  37. Quartet No. 2 for Strings (Original Version, 1927), "For Sylvia Beach, with Love": III. Rondino scherzino - Allegro vivace 6:29 (19 Apr 2005)
  38. Quartet No. 2 for Strings (Original Version, 1927), "For Sylvia Beach, with Love": IV. Presto - Cadenza finale 1:10 (19 Apr 2005)
  39. Six Little Pieces for String Quartet, "For Mary Louise Bok": 1. Moderato expressivo 1:13 (19 Apr 2005)
  40. Six Little Pieces for String Quartet, "For Mary Louise Bok": 2. Allegro 0:51 (19 Apr 2005)
  41. Six Little Pieces for String Quartet, "For Mary Louise Bok": 3. Andante (Six Little Pieces for String Quartet (1931)) 1:39 (19 Apr 2005)
  42. Six Little Pieces for String Quartet, "For Mary Louise Bok": 4. Allegro 0:43 (19 Apr 2005)
  43. Six Little Pieces for String Quartet, "For Mary Louise Bok": 5. Vivo (Six Little Pieces for String Quartet (1931)) 0:45 (19 Apr 2005)
  44. Six Little Pieces for String Quartet, "For Mary Louise Bok": 6. Adagio 2:42 (19 Apr 2005)
  45. Quartet No. 3 for Strings: I. Allegretto 5:31 (19 Apr 2005)
  46. Quartet No. 3 for Strings: II. Largo 5:16 (19 Apr 2005)
  47. Quartet No. 3 for Strings: III. Scherzo - Quasi presto 2:14 (19 Apr 2005)
  48. Quartet No. 3 for Strings: IV. Allegro giocoso 4:34 (19 Apr 2005)
  49. String Quartet No.3 (1948) - I. Allegro 5:23 (2008)
  50. String Quartet No.3 (1948) - II. Largo 5:40 (2008)
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Credited as (29)

  1. George Antheil
  2. George Antheil; Maurice Peress
  3. George Antheil; Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Spalding
  4. George Antheil, Henry Cowell, Leo Ornstein; Steffen Schleiermacher
  5. Arthur Vincent Lourie, Leo Ornstein, George Antheil; Daniele Lombardi
  6. George Antheil; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar
  7. Conlon Nancarrow, George Antheil; Herbert Henck
  8. Peter Maxwell Davies, George Antheil; Louisville Orchestra, Richard Dufallo
  9. Schulhoff, Antheil, Gershwin; Michael Rische
  10. Antheil, Copland, Honegger, Ravel; Michael Rische
  11. George Antheil; The University of Massachusetts Lowell Percussion Ensemble, Jeffrey Fischer
  12. George Antheil; Guy Livingston
  13. George Antheil, Elmer Bernstein
  14. George Antheil; BBC Philharmonic, John Storgårds
  15. George Antheil; Vera Beths, Reinbert de Leeuw, Niederländisches Bläser-Ensemble
  16. George Antheil; Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose
  17. George Antheil; Radio-Sinfonie-Orchester Frankfurt, Hugh Wolff
  18. Erik Satie, George Antheil; Benedikt Koehlen
  19. George Antheil; Markus Becker, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Eiji Oue
  20. George Antheil; Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen, Fawzi Haimor
  21. George Antheil; Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz, Karl‐Heinz Steffens, Frank Dupree, Adrian Brendle, Uram Kim
  22. George Antheil; Del Sol String Quartet
  23. Beethoven, Antheil, Feldman, Cage; Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Joonas Ahonen
  24. George Antheil; Mondriaan String Quartet
  25. Glass, Herrmann, Antheil, Evans; Fine Arts Quartet
  26. George Antheil; Tianwa Yang, Nicholas Rimmer
  27. Zimmermann, Dallapiccola, Dutilleux, Ginastera, Hindemith, Szymanowski, Antheil, Vaughan Williams, Kabalevsky, Krenek; Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz, Karl‐Heinz Steffens
  28. Antheil
  29. George Antheil, Arthur Lourie, Leo Ornstein; Daniele Lombardi

Works (218)

Composed

  1. Lithuanian Night, W. 125: II. Presto (1919)
  2. Lithuanian Night, W. 125: I. Moderato (1919)
  3. Lithuanian Night, W. 125 (1919)
  4. Symphony no. 1 “Zingaresca” (1920 - 1922)
  5. Symphony no. 1 “Zingaresca”: I. Innocènte (1920 - 1922)
  6. Symphony no. 1 “Zingaresca”: II. Vivo, alla zingaresco, poi “ragtime” (1920 - 1922)
  7. Symphony no. 1 “Zingaresca”: III. Doloroso elevato (1920 - 1922)
  8. Symphony no. 1 “Zingaresca”: IV. Ragtime (1920 - 1922)
  9. The Golden Bird (1921)
  10. The Golden Bird (1921)
  11. Sonata sauvage, W. 41 (Dec 1922)
  12. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 (1922)
  13. Piano Sonata no. 4, W. 43 "Jazz Sonata" (1922)
  14. Woman Sonata, W. 46 (1923)
  15. Violin Sonata no. 1, W. 130: II. Andante moderato (1923)
  16. Violin Sonata no. 1, W. 130: I. Allegro moderato (1923)
  17. Violin Sonata no. 1, W. 130: III. Funebre. Lento espressivo (1923)
  18. Violin Sonata no. 1, W. 130: IV. Presto (1923)
  19. Violin Sonata no. 1, W. 130 (1923)
  20. Woman Sonata, W. 46: I. Woman (Langour) (1923)
  21. Woman Sonata, W. 46: III. Flower (Moderato) (1923)
  22. Woman Sonata, W. 46: II. Tree (Prestissimo) (1923)
  23. Symphony for Five Instruments (second version) "Quintette", W. 129b: II. Lento (1923)
  24. Symphony for Five Instruments (second version) "Quintette", W. 129b: III. Presto (1923)
  25. Symphony for Five Instruments (second version) "Quintette", W. 129b (1923)
  26. Second Sonata for Violin, Piano and Drum, W. 131 (1923)
  27. Symphony for Five Instruments (second version) "Quintette", W. 129b: I. Allegro (1923)
  28. Ballet mécanique (1923 - 1924)
  29. Ballet mécanique, W. 156c (1923 - 1925)
  30. Mechanisms, W. 50: 2. (1923)
  31. Mechanisms, W. 50: 3. (1923)
  32. Mechanisms, W. 50: 1. (1923)
  33. Printemps II, W. 132.5b (1924)
  34. Printemps I, W. 132.5a (1924)
  35. String Quartet no. 1 (1924 - 1925)
  36. Violin Sonata no. 3 (1924)
  37. A Jazz Symphony, W. 157b (1925)
  38. A Jazz Symphony, W. 157a (1925)
  39. Fighting the Waves, W. 212 (1929)
  40. Piano Sonata no. 2, W. 40 "Airplane" (1931)
  41. Concert for Chamber Orchestra, W. 170 (1932)
  42. Symphony no. 3 "American": I. Allegro (1936 - 1939)
  43. Symphony no. 3 "American": II. Andante (1936 - 1939)
  44. Symphony no. 3 "American": III. The Golden Spike. Andante (1936 - 1939)
  45. Symphony no. 3 "American": IV. Back to Baltimore. Presto (1936 - 1939)
  46. Symphony no. 3 "American" (1936 - 1939)
  47. The Ben Hecht Valses, W. 67 (1943)
  48. Spectre of the Rose Waltz (1946)
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Orchestrated

  1. The Golden Bird (1921)
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Works Premiered

  1. Mechanisms, W. 50 (04 Oct 1923)
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Links (24)

Other Databases

  1. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1130262
  2. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL883786A
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb139305066
  4. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/george_antheil
  5. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118649604
  6. https://www.ibdb.com/person.php?id=11315
  7. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80004366
  8. http://soundtrackcollector.com/composer/1770/
  9. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80004366
  10. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w64t6jc5

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/George+Antheil

IMSLP

  1. https://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Antheil,_George

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/47228

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/79901

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001475367

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005947/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/5120859

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137739

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/00iJnnUu476m1HX16e3por

Purchase Music For Download

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/285051
  2. https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/id285051

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/us/artist/285051

Biographies

  1. http://www.antheil.org/george.html

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/5a0e065d-67ae-402b-97a3-19372b1b0c1d