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Baker S Biographical Dictionary Of Musicians, 1900
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1Winston-Salem, N. C. His three string trios were discovered in 1949. They are the earliest chamber works by a native American. His interesting autobiography was publ. in 'Nachrichten aus der Brüder-Gemeine' (1845).—Cf. D. M. McCorkle, John Antes, "American Dilettante" in the 'Mus. Quarterly' (Oct., 1956).
3Antheil, George, American composer; b. Trenton, N. J., July 8, 1900. He studied with Constantin von Sternberg and Ernest Bloch; also with Clark Smith at the Philadelphia Cons. In 1920 he went to Europe, where he played concerts of his piano works, in an ultra-modern vein, with titles such as Mechanisms, Airplane Sonata, Sonate sauvage. This emphasis on modernism culminated in his Ballet mécanique, performed as an orchestral piece by Golschmann (Paris, June 19, 1926). Upon his return to New York, Antheil staged a spectacular production of the Ballet mécanique at Carnegie Hall (April 10, 1927) with the use of airplane propellers, which created an uproar in the audience. A revival of this work in a new version (with 4 pianos instead of 8) and using a recording of the noise of a jet plane (Composer's Forum, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1954), passed without incident, almost as a period piece. In Europe, Antheil composed Zingareska for orch. (1921); Jazz Symphony for chamber orch. (1925); Symphony in F major, No. 1 (Paris, 1926) and a piano concerto (1926). His first opera Transatlantic (to his own libretto), employing jazz rhythms, was staged for the first time in Frankfurt (May 25, 1930) and aroused considerable attention as a curiosity of American modern music. A second opera, Helen Retires (libretto by John Erskine), was produced in New York (Feb. 28, 1934). In 1936 Antheil settled in Hollywood. In the meantime he had abandoned the extreme modernism of his early music, and adopted an effective style comprising elements of classicism, romanticism and impressionism, with moderately advanced harmonics. A number of works followed: 'American' Symphony No. 2 (1937); Symphony No. 3 (1942); Symphony No. 4 (NBC Symph. Orch., Stokowski conducting, Feb. 13, 1944); Violin concerto (Dallas, Feb. 9, 1947); Symphony No. 5 (Philadelphia, Dec. 31, 1948); Symphony No. 6 (San Francisco, Feb. 10, 1949); Volpone, opera after Ben Jonson (Los Angeles, Jan. 9, 1954); ballet, The Capital of the World (N. Y., Dec. 27, 1953); and two short operas, The Brothers (Denver, July 28, 1954) and The Wish (commissioned by the Louisville Orch.; first perf., Louisville, April 2, 1955). Antheil has also written 3 string quartets, 2 violin sonatas, 4 piano sonatas, a concerto for flute, bassoon and piano, and many flute scores. He married Boski Markus on Nov. 4, 1925. He is the author of an autobiographical volume Bad Boy of Music (N. Y., 1945). The poet Ezra Pound published a pamphlet entitled Antheil and the Treatise on Harmony, with Supplementary Notes (Chicago, 1927), which, however, has little bearing on Antheil's work as composer.
5Antill, John Henry, Australian composer; b. Sydney, April 8, 1904. He studied music at Sydney Cons., and began to compose very early. He has worked for the Australian Broadcasting Commission; his compositions have been mainly for the stage. His ballet, Corroboree (Sydney, Aug. 18, 1946) is based on the rhythms of Australian aboriginal music.
7Antipov, Konstantin Afanasievitch, Russian composer; b. St. Petersburg, Jan. 18, 1859; date of death unknown. He was a minor composer whose works (mostly miniatures for piano) were published by Belaiev. They include: 3 Etudes; 3 Waltzes; Variations on an original Russian theme; 5 Pieces (of which No. 1, Romance, is the best); 2 Preludes; 3 Miniatures, etc.; also an Allegro symphonique for orchestra.
9Antiquus, Andreas (also A. de Antiquis Venetus, or Andrea Antico); Italian music-printer and composer; b. Montona (Istria) in the latter half of the 15th century. He printed music in Rome and Venice (1520), and was probably one of the earliest in his trade after Petrucci, who himself published many of Antiquus's Frottole (Venice, 1504-08). His collection of Canzoni, Sonetti, Strambotti e Frottole, libro tertio, was edited by A. Einstein (Northampton, Mass, 1941).
11Antoine, Georges, Belgian composer; b. Liège, April 28, 1892; d. Bruges, Nov. 15, 1918 (of an ailment acquired during World War I). He studied at the Cons. of Liège (1902-13) with Sylvain Dupuis; joined the Belgian Army in 1914. He wrote a piano concerto (1914); Vendanges for voice and orch. (1914); Veillée d'Armes, symph. poem (1918); a piano quartet (1916); a violin sonata (1912-13) and songs. — Cf. M. Paquot, Georges Antoine (Brussels, 1935).
13Antoine, Josephine, American coloratura soprano; b. Denver, Colorado, Oct. 27, 1908. She studied with Marcella Sembrich at the Juilliard Graduate School (1931-35). After singing with the Philadelphia Opera
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