KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ George Antheil: String Quartet No. 1
Analog Audio
Event Type
Interview and MusicOrigin
KPFAIdentifier
AM.XXXX.XX.XX.05Program Length
31 minDates
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Description
Charles Amirkhanian discusses the challenges in performing George Antheil's Violin Sonata and String Quartet No. 1 with Antheil's wife and Anne Kish, a violinist. The tape starts with a discussion, recorded in the Berkeley home of Jeanne Stark, of Antheil’s 1923 “Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano” with Ann Kish, Böske Antheil, Jeanne Stark, and Charles Amirkhanian. This is followed by an interesting discussion of Antheil's importance by Kish, and comments by the composer's widow reminiscing about the early performances by Olga Rudge and Antheil of this music.The program concludes with a performance of Antheil's “Quartet No. 1 for Strings” (1924), probably the first one since the mid-1920s. Until that time the score had languished in the composer's personal archive.
NOTE: The discussion is rather "off-mic" but intelligible.
Genres
20th century classicalNew music
Musical Selections
Violin Sonata [excerpt] / George Antheil -- String Quartet No. 1 (1924) / George AntheilSubjects
20th century classicalNew music
Sonatas (Violin and piano)
String quartets