Bad boy of music / George Antheil.
| Author/creator | Antheil, George |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st Samuel French edition. |
| Publication Info | Hollywood : S. French, 1990. |
| Description | vi, 378 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Berlin. Concert pianist -- Donaueschingen -- Berlin -- Igor Stravinsky -- Preliminary studies in life -- The girl from the dream -- Music critics -- Standard-equipment concert -- Christmas in Poland -- Preparation for Paris -- Paris. Paris - first evening -- 12 rue de L'Odeon -- Salons de Paris -- The music of precision -- James Joyce and others -- La vie de la Boheme -- Venus returns to Tunisia -- Parisian apex -- Carnegie hall of unsacred memory -- New start: grand opera for Germany -- Vienna. Vienna in the spring -- Idea at twilight, or rocks of the sirens -- Final waltzes in the pratter -- Two grand operas premiered -- The dissolving fish of Europe -- New York. New York is not Paris -- Hollywood. New York is not America -- King of the surrealists under an umbrella -- Peter enters family - and consequences -- I am not a businessman -- My brother's untimely death -- Hedy Lamarr and I invent and patent a radio torpedo -- Turkey talk by Boski into symphony number four -- Symphony performance again! -- Mother knows best -- I've learned a little -- Yesterday and today and tomorrow. |
| Abstract | George Antheil began his musical career as a pianist, but soon abandoned this pursuit in favor of composing. His "mechanistic" works made him the rage of the 1920's Parisian artistic and literary community and the "bad boy" of the music scene. Antheil's friends and accomplices who weave their way through this wildly entertaining autobiography comprise a veritable who's who of the early 20th century artistic, literary, and musical worlds. |
| General note | Reprint. Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1945. |
| General note | Includes index. |
| LCCN | 90003331 |
| ISBN | 0573606048 |
| ISBN | 9780573606045 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.A638 A3 1990 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |