This album includes works by John Cage and Morton Feldman to illustrate their connections to George Antheil, as Cage encouraged Feldman to abandon past compositional systems and introduced him to Antheil.
Composer's Artistic Vision
George Antheil's violin sonatas, written for violinist Olga Rudge, consist of percussive, repetitive machine music and also incorporate Arabic elements from his travels.
Composer Biography
George Antheil, along with actress Hedy Lamarr, patented a frequency hopping torpedo remote control that became part of mobile phone, Bluetooth, and WiFi technology.
Composition History
George Antheil's piano pieces, such as 'Sonate Sauvage' and 'Airplane Sonata', caused such riots that he once laid a loaded revolver on the piano to impose silence.
Composer Biography
George Antheil (1900-1959), an American virtuoso pianist, advertised himself as 'Pianist - Futurist' in post-WWI Germany.
Compositional Technique
George Antheil described his sonatas as 'musical collage', similar to Picasso's cubist period where banal commonplaces were assembled into one picture.
Composer's Artistic Vision
George Antheil expressed a desire to create music that embraced 'developed melody, real development itself, tonality, or other understandable forms,' moving away from 'passé modern schools'.
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