Word: antheil
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...businessmen. He is also a fine musician who has helped carry many a Texan the long distance from San Antonio Rose to Bartók "without going out of my way to annoy them." Dorati has given Dallas world premieres of works by Paul Hindemith, Walter Piston and George Antheil. Some Texans now brag almost as much about their symphony orchestras as about the size of their state...
...filming this sad tale, Ben Hecht intelligently cut costs and also sharpened his effects by hiring eager newcomers and first-rate but not too expensive veterans whose capacity for hard work matched his own. Chief weakness of George Antheil's alert score is the absence of Spectre's traditional music (Carl Maria von Weber's Invitation to the Waltz). Among the film's good points: young Kirov's tormented athleticism; Viola Essen's fresh beauty; the rich, workmanlike performances of Miss Anderson and Mr. Chekhov...
...butlering for a professor. He took a cattle boat to Europe in 1925, soon mingled with fun-loving expatriates in Montparnasse, wrote many poems, several books (Confessions of Another Young Man, The Professor's Wife, etc.), joined the cultural circle of Gertrude Stein, Elliot Paul, James Joyce, George Antheil. When his writing failed to feed him, he lectured or fiddled in cafes. Wrote Miss Stein's secretary, Alice B. Toklas: "We liked Bravig, even though as Gertrude Stein said, his aim was to please." To Frenchmen, there was nothing wrong with that...
Being the son of Arthur Schnitzler, I should like to ask you where you got this information? As far as I know, my father's only niece lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. . . . I remember very well Mr. Antheil's stay in Vienna, where I had the opportunity of meeting him once or twice. However, I was rather surprised to learn from TIME that I should regard Mr. Antheil as a relative of mine. Of course, it might be possible that I don't know my own family. At any rate, you will understand my curiosity and forgive...
...TIME, grateful for Reader Schnitzler's praise, suggests that he get in touch with Composer Antheil, who swears they are indeed related...