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Antheil

[ an-tahyl ]

noun

  1. George, 1900–59, U.S. composer.


Antheil

/ ˈæntaɪl /

noun

  1. AntheilGeorge19001959MUSMUSIC: composer George. 1900–59, US composer. His best known work is the controversial Le Ballet Méchanique (1924) for motor horns, bells, and aeroplane propellers
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Example Sentences

In a post-concert discussion, Perry charmed the audience, seated between Antheil and Aaron Copland, the event’s host.

If the composer George Antheil had not already laid claim to the phrase “Bad Boy of Music,” Mr. Del Tredici could easily have adopted it himself.

Along with American-born avant-garde composer George Antheil, Lamarr pioneered the radio-frequency hopping technology that would later form the basis for today’s Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth communication systems.

The French title — “The World According to George Antheil,” in English — nods to his years in Paris, when the album’s Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano was written, and when he was in the company of luminaries like Ezra Pound, Jean Cocteau and, before a falling out, Stravinsky.

Like the Beethoven, the Antheil is in four movements, but it blends traditional form with a thoroughly modern sound that, in this reading, bustles at a breakneck pace with percussive and metallic timbres.

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