George Antheil : Work List

• Orchestra
  •  Accordion Dance (1951) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1+pic.222/4331/timp.perc/acn[=hmn]/str

  •  Archipelago “Rhumba” (1935) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(2pic).222/4321/4perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Autumn Song, “An Andante for Orchestra” (1947)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4.3.3.1/timp.perc/pf/str

  •  Capital of the World: Suite in Three Movements (1953) - 14 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4331/timp.perc/hp[=pf]/str

  •  Decatur at Algiers (Nocturne for Orchestra) (1943) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(pic)+pic.222/4221/timp.2perc/str

  •  Dreams (1934) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic).121/2210/perc/pf/str

  •  Golden Bird “After Brancusi” (for orchestra) (1919) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1+2pic.222/2000/timp.3perc/cel.2hp.pf/str

  •  The Golden Spike “Scherzo” from Symphony No. 3 (1946) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4331/timp.3perc/str

  •  Hot-Time Dance (1948) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.22+bcl.2/4231/timp.perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Jazz Sonata (for ensemble) (1923) - 2 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1(pic).110/0221/2 pf.bjo.hca/str (no va)

    Arranger / Editor   orch. by Werner Herbers

  •  A Jazz Symphony (1925 version) (1925) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   022.ssx+asx+tsx.0/0331/2perc/2bjo([gtr]).3pf(1st=solo)/str

  •  A Jazz Symphony (1955 version) (1955) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1030/0330/perc/pf/str

  •  Lithuanian Night (1919) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  McKonkey’s Ferry Overture (1948) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.perc/hp/str

  •  Music to a World’s Fair Film (1939) - 11 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator (opt)

    Orchestration   1(pic)111/1210/perc/pf/str

  •  Nocturne in Skyrockets (1951) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   1+pic.222/4331/2perc/pf/str

  •  Over the Plains (1945) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.22+bcl.2/4331/timp.perc/hp/str

  •  Serenade (1948) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   str

  •  Serenade II (1949) - 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2111/2110/perc/pf/str (66442)

  •  Spectre of the Rose Waltz (1946) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   213(bcl).2/3221/3perc/str

  •  Suite for Orchestra (1926) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2(2pic).220/3001/str

  •  Symphonie en fa (1925) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+2pic.322/8440/timp.perc/str

  •  Symphony No. 1 “Zingaresca” (1920) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).3(ca).3(bcl).2+cbn/4331/timp.4perc/cel.2 hp/str

  •  Symphony No. 2 (1931-38, rev. 1943) (1931) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   4(4pic).2+ca.2+b cl.2+cbn/4331/timp.5 perc/pf.bjo/str

  •  Symphony No. 3 “American” (1936) - 25 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2222/4331/timp.3perc/str

  •  Symphony No. 5 “Tragic” (1945-46) (1945) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic)+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.4perc/hp/str

  •  Symphony No. 5A 21 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3(pic).2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.perc.glock/pf/str

  •  Symphony No. 6 “After Delacroix” (1947) - 26 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/perc/pf/str

  •  Tom Sawyer Overture (California Overture) (1949) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.2+ca.2+bcl.2+cbn/4331/timp.3perc/pf/str

  •  Water Music for 4th of July Evening (1942)

    Orchestration   str

• Soloist(s) and Orchestra
  •  Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1946) - 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Violin

    Orchestration   2(2pic).2.2.2/4320/timp.2perc/hp/str

  •  Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra (1922) - 30 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   2+pic.222/2331/timp.3perc/cel.2hp/str
    (reduction for piano 4-hands)

  •  Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra (1926) - 25 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   2(2pic).020/3201/str
    (reduction for piano 4-hands)

  •  Morceau (The Creole) (1932)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   2222/4331/timp.6perc/str

• Works for Band/Wind/Brass Ensemble
  •  Zwei Orchester Stücke für ein Kleines Baby (1922) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2+pic.200/4321 (no str)

• Large Ensemble (7 or more players)
  •  Ballet mécanique (original version) (1923) - 27 minute(s)

    Orchestration   3xyl.elec bells.3propellers.tam.4dm.siren/2pf/16 pianolas (min.4/written in 4 parts) (MIDI realization of the mechanical piano parts on rental)

  •  Ballet mécanique (revised version) 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   timp.5-10perc.glock.2-6xyl/4pf

  •  Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (Octet for Winds) (1932) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, ob, cl, bn, cbn, hn, tpt, tbn

  •  A Jazz Symphony (ensemble version) 12 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Piano

    Orchestration   1(pic).1.1.ssx.1/1110/2perc/bjo/db

    Arranger / Editor   arr. by Milton Phibbs

• Works for 2-6 Players
  •  Bohemian Grove at Night (1952) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, ob(ca), cl, bcl, bn

  •  Concertino (1930) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, bn, pf

  •  Lithuanian Night (string quartet) (1919) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 vn, va, vc

  •  Six Little Pieces (1931) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 vn, va, vc

  •  Sonata for Flute and Piano (1951) - 12 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, pf

  •  Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1951) - 16 minute(s)

    Orchestration   tpt, pf

  •  Sonatina for violin and cello, or piano solo (1932) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, vc
    (pf)

  •  Sonatina for violin and piano (1945)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  String Quartet No. 1 (1924) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 vn, va, vc

  •  String Quartet No. 2 (1927) - 20 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 vn, va, vc

  •  String Quartet No. 3 (1948) - 18 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 vn, va, vc

  •  Symphony for Five Instruments, revised version (1923) - 13 minute(s)

    Orchestration   fl, bn, tpt, tbn, va

  •  Violin Sonata No. 1

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  Violin Sonata No. 2 for violin with accompaniment of piano and drums (1 player) (1923) - 8 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn, pf(perc)

  •  Violin Sonata No. 3 (1924)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

  •  Violin Sonata No. 4 (1947)

    Orchestration   vn, pf

• Solo Works (excluding keyboard)
  •  Printemps (1924) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   vn

• Solo Keyboard(s)
  •  The Ben Hecht Waltzes (1943)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Berceuse for Thomas Montgomery Newman (1955) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Can-Can from ‘Dreams’ (1934)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Carnival of the Beautiful Dresses (1946)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Clown Suite

    Orchestration   pf

  •  La femme 100 têtes — 45 Preludes and Percussion Dance (1932) - 30 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Fireworks (1919) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Four-hand Suite (1922)

    Orchestration   pf 4-hands

  •  Golden Bird “After Brancusi” (for piano) (1921) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Habañera, Tarantelle, Serenata (1924) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   2 pf

  •  Jazz Sonata (1922) - 3 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Little Shimmy (1923) - 1 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Musical Picture of a Friend (1946) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Piano Album

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Piano Pastels - “Modern Sounds for Small Hands” (1956)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonata No. 1 for Piano (1919)

    Orchestration   piano

  •  Sonata No. 2 for Piano — Woman (1922) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonata No. 3 for Piano (1947) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonata No. 4 for Piano (1948)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonata No. 5 for Piano (1950) - 15 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonata Sauvage (1923) - 10 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonatina — Death of the Machines (1923) - 4 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonatina für Radio (1929)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Toccata No. 1 (1948) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Toccata No. 2 (1948) - 5 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Valentine Waltzes (1948) - 7 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

  •  La vie Parisienne (1939) - 6 minute(s)

    Orchestration   pf

• Chorus a cappella / Chorus plus 1 instrument
  •  A Dirge

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Eight Fragments From Shelley (1951)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pf

  •  I Faint, I Perish With My Love

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pf

  •  I Stood Upon a Heaven Cleaving Turret

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sonnet to Byron

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pf

  •  To the Moon 1 minute(s)

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Tomorrow

    Chorus   SATB a cappella

  •  When Soft Winds

    Chorus   SATB a cappella

  •  When the Lamp is Shattered

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   pf

  •  You Can Tell You’re in New Jersey

    Chorus   Chorus [=voice]

    Orchestration   pf

• Chorus and Orchestra/Ensemble
  •  Cabeza de Vaca (1955) - 52 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Tenor, Baritone, boy Soprano

    Chorus   SATB

    Orchestration   112+bcl.1/2220/timp.3perc/hpd.pf/str
    (pf)

    Arranger / Editor   orch. by E. Gold

  •  Fighting the Waves (Incidental Music) (1929) - 15 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Voice

    Chorus   Chorus

    Orchestration   1100/0110/perc/pf/str (no va)

• Solo Voice(s) and up to 6 players
  •  The Ballade of Jesse James 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Bequest (1935) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  The Fable of the Redwoods (1952) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Five Lieder (1922) - 6 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Nightpiece (1930) - 4 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   low voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Nine Songs of Experience (1948) - 8 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Alto

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Sighs and Grones (1956) - 3 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Six Songs (1933) - 7 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Spectre of the Rose 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Turtle Soup (1924) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Two Children’s Songs (1922) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   voice

    Orchestration   pf

  •  Two Odes (1950) - 5 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Narrator

    Orchestration   pf

  •  You Are Old Father William (1924) - 2 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Baritone

    Orchestration   pf

• Opera and Music Theatre
  •  The Brothers (1954) - 53 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   Soprano, 2 Tenors, 2 Baritones

    Chorus   S, 2T, 2Bar

    Orchestration   1110/1110/timp(perc)/pf(cel)/str

  •  Flight — Ivan the Terrible (1927)

    Soloist(s)   2 Tenors, Coloratura Soprano, Baritone

    Chorus   chorus; 3 dancers, corps de ballet

    Orchestration   orchestra

  •  Helen Retires (1930)

    Soloist(s)   Bass [=Baritone], 3 Baritones, Bass, Soprano, 5 Tenors

    Chorus   chorus

    Orchestration   33(ca)32+cbn/6331/timp.perc/hp.pf/str

  •  Venus in Africa (1954) - 45 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   3 silent roles, Baritone, Soprano, Soprano, Tenor

    Orchestration   1110/1110/timp(perc)/pf(cel)/str

  •  Volpone (1949)

    Soloist(s)   4 Tenors, 3 Baritones, Bass, 2 Sopranos, Contralto, Mezzo soprano

    Orchestration   1(pic)1(ca)11/2210/perc/pf.hp/str

  •  The Wish (1954) - 1 Hour(s) 0 minute(s)

    Soloist(s)   2 Sopranos [1=Alto], 2 Baritones, 2 Sopranos, 2 Tenors

    Orchestration   1111/2210/timp(perc)/hp.pf(cel)/str