KPFA-FM Music Dept. ➔ The Life and Music of George Antheil (Program One), 2 of 2

Analog Audio

Event Type

Documentaries

Origin

KPFA

Identifier

AM.1970.11.03.B

Program Length

93 min

Part

2 of 2

Dates

1970-11-03 | broadcast
| 402 | created

Description

The first of three programs relating the extraordinary career of George Antheil, hosted by Charles Amirkhanian. This program covers Antheil's career up to 1927, and includes interviews with Antheil's wife, and composers Nicolas Slonimsky and Virgil Thomson. Memories of Antheil by Ezra Pound and James Joyce are also read and a number of Antheil’s works are also heard.

Genres

New music
20th century classical

Musical Selections

A Jazz Symphony (1925) / George Antheil

Subjects

New music
20th century classical
Symphonies (Chamber orchestra)

Related place

Berkeley (Calif.) (was broadcast at)

Related Entities

Amirkhanian, Charles
Antheil, George, 1900-1959
Joyce, James, 1882-1941
Slonimsky, Nicolas, 1894-1995
Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989