George Antheil

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George Antheil (July 8 1900 – February 12 1959) was an American avant-garde composer pianist author and inventor whose modernist musical compositions explored the modern sounds – musical industrial mechanical – of the early 20th century. He wrote magazine articles (one accurately predicted the development and outcome of World War II) an autobiography a mystery novel newspaper and music columns. A man of diverse interests and talents Antheil was constantly reinventing himself.