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Biographical Note
Entries refer to the activities of George Antheil unless otherwise specified.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1900, July 8 | Born, Trenton, New Jersey |
| 1906 | Began piano studies |
| 1916 | Began studies in music theory and composition with Constantin von Sternberg, in Philadelphia |
| 1919 | Began studies in composition with Ernest Bloch, in New York City |
| 1920 | Began work on Symphony No. 1 |
| 1921 | Met Mary Louise Curtis Bok, who acts as his benefactress for nineteen years |
| 1922 | Embarked on European concert tour with stops in Budapest, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, and Berlin Met Igor Stravinsky |
| 1923 | Moved to Paris and lived above Silvia Beach’s bookshop Shakespeare and Company |
| 1925, Nov. 4 | Married Böske Markus, in Budapest |
| 1925 | First private performance of Ballet Mécanique at Maison Pleyel |
| 1926, June 19 | First public performance of Ballet Mécanique at the Champs Elysées Theatre, with Vladimir Golschmann conducting |
| 1927, Apr. 10 | American premiere of Ballet Mécanique at Carnegie Hall, produced by Donald Friede, with backdrops by Joseph Mullen |
| 1928 | Moved to Vienna to work on Transatlantic (originally titled Glare) |
| 1930, May 25 | Premiere of Transatlantic in Frankfurt |
| 1933 | Returned to the United States |
| 1934, Feb. 28 | First performance of Helen Retires at Juilliard School of Music |
| 1935 | First synchronized film scores produced, including The Scoundrel and Once in a Blue Moon |
| 1936 | Antheil family settled in Hollywood, California |
| 1937, June 8 | Son Peter born in Los Angeles |
| 1940s | Wrote numerous articles for Esquire and other publications on various topics, including music, romance, endocrinology, and World War II, while also composing film scores |
| 1944, Feb. 13 | Premiere of Symphony No. 4 by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski |
| 1945 | Published autobiography Bad Boy of Music. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company |
| 1953, Dec. 27 | Stage premiere of Capitol of the World at the Metropolitan Opera House, with choreography by Eugene Loring |
| 1959, Feb. 12 | Died of a heart attack in New York City |