Word: antheil
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...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...
...TIME (Feb. 28) I find the following statement in connection with George Antheil, the composer: "During his expatriation, he concertized widely, married a niece of Austrian Playwright Arthur Schnitzler...
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...
...process, Antheil embarked on some of the most peculiar projects that ever occupied a composer. He wrote articles on endocrinology for Esquire; he wrote in 1940 a remarkably prophetic book on international strategy (The Shape of the War to Come); he wrote a daily column of advice to the lovelorn (Boy Advises Girl) for the Chicago Sun Syndicate; he conducted a correspondence course in piano playing...