George Antheil(1900-1959)
- Music Department
- Composer
- Soundtrack
Composer and pianist, educated at the Curtis Music Settlement School.
He studied with Constantin von Sternberg, Ernest Bloch and Clark Smith
under a Guggenheim Fellowship. In Europe, he gave piano recitals
between 1921-1926. He wrote incidental music to the play "Oedipus".
Besides his film music, his compositions include six symphonies, three
string quartets, two violin sonatas, two sonatas for violin and piano,
and four piano sonatas, plus the "Piano Concerto"; "Violin Concerto";
"Concerto for Flute, Bassoon, Piano"; "Chamber Concerto for 8
Instruments" (on a League of Composers commission); "Crucifixion" (for
string orchestra); "Decatur or Algiers"; "McKonkey's Ferry Overture";
"2 Odes of Keats"; "Songs of Experience" (William Blake poems); "Tom
Sawyer"; "8 Fragments from Shelley"; "Valentine Waltzes"; and "Serenade
for Strings". His ballets include "Ballet Mecanique"; and "The Capital
of the World". His operas include "Helen Retires"; "Transatlantic";
"Volpone"; "The Brother"; and "The Wish" (commissioned by the
Louisville Orchestra). He joined ASCAP in 1945.
