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# George Antheil

(1900–1959)   Composer

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George Antheil was a composer.

## Quick Facts About George Antheil

Born July 8, 1900

Died February 12, 1959

Profession Composer

## About George Antheil

American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor (1900–1959)... \| George Johann Carl Antheil was an American avant-garde composer, pianist, author, and inventor whose modernist musical compositions explored the sounds – musical, industrial, and mechanical – of the early 20th century. Spending much of the 1920s in Europe, Antheil returned to the United States in th

##  Quotes by George Antheil

> [It's only when you suddenly stop perspiring that your forearms go dull.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-antheil/it-s-only-when-you-suddenly-stop-perspiring-that-your-forearms-go-dull/)

[George Antheil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-antheil/)

[Dull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dull/)

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> [In the intermission, between group one and group two, you go to your dressing-room and change every stitch you have on you:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-antheil/in-the-intermission-between-group-one-and-group-two-you-go-to-your/)

[George Antheil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-antheil/)

[Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81d/george-antheil-76903_change_in-the-intermission-between-group-one-an_2151595.png)

> [Stravinskys music, hard, cold, unsentimental, enormously brilliant and virtuous, was now the favorite of my postadolescence. In a different way it achieved…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-antheil/stravinskys-music-hard-cold-unsentimental-enormously-brilliant-and/)

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[Brilliant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brilliant/)

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