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List of compositions by George Antheil

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This is a list of compositions by George Antheil (1900–1959).

Works[edit]

Opera[edit]

Orchestral[edit]

  • Golden Bird "After Brancusi" (1919)
  • Lithuanian Night (for string orchestra) (1919)
  • Symphony No. 1 "Zingareska" (1920–22, rev. 1923)
  • Jazz Sonata (1921)
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 (1922; had its world premiere as late as 2001, with the pianist Michael Rische)
  • Zwei Orchester Stücke für ein Kleines Baby (for wind band) (1922)
  • Ballet Mécanique (1923–25, revised 1952–53)
  • A Jazz Symphony (1925, revised 1955)
  • Symphony in F (1925–26)
  • Suite for Chamber Orchestra (1926)
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 (1926)
  • Crucifixion (lost) (1927)
  • Capriccio (1930)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1931–38, rev. 1943)
  • Symphony No. 3 "American" (1936–39, rev. 1946)
  • Morceau - The Creole (for piano and orchestra - lost) (1932)
  • Dreams, ballet score for George Balanchine (1935)
  • Archipelago "Rhumba" (1935)
  • Music to a World’s Fair Film (for chamber orchestra) (1939)
  • Water Music for 4th of July Evening (for string orchestra) (1942)
  • Symphony No. 4 "1942" (1942)
  • Decatur at Algiers - Nocturne for Orchestra (1943)
  • Over the Plains (1945)
  • Heroes of Today (1945)
  • Spectre of the Rose Waltz (1946)
  • The Golden Spike - "Scherzo" from Symphony No. 3 (1946)
  • Carnival of the Beautiful Dresses (1946)
  • Concerto for Violin and Orchestra (1946)
  • Autumn Song - Andante for Orchestra (1947)
  • Spectre of the Rose Waltzes (1947)
  • Tragic Symphony (1945–46)
  • Symphony No. 5 "Joyous" (1947–48)
  • Symphony No. 6 "After Delacroix" (1947–48)
  • Hot-time Dance (1948)
  • McKonkey's Ferry, A Concert Overture (1948)
  • Suite No. 1 "American Dances" (1948)
  • Serenade No. 1 (for string orchestra) (1948)
  • Serenade No. 2 (for chamber orchestra) (1949)
  • Tom Sawyer – California Overture (1949)
  • Danse de l'Accordeon (Accordion Dance) (1951)
  • Nocturne in Skyrockets (1951)
  • Capital of the World [nl], suite (ca. 1955)

Chamber and instrumental[edit]

  • Lithuanian Night for String Quartet (1922)
  • Symphony for Five Instruments (for flute, basson, trumpet, trombone and viola) (1922–23, second version 1923)
  • Printemps (for solo violin) (1924)
  • Concertino for flute, basson and piano (1930)
  • Six Little Pieces for String Quartet (1931)
  • Sonatina for violin and cello (1932)
  • Concerto for Chamber Orchestra (winds octet) (1932)
  • Violin Sonata No. 1 (for Olga Rudge) (1923)
  • Violin Sonata No. 2 (with accompaniment of a piano and drums player - for Ezra Pound) (1923)
  • Violin Sonata No. 3 (1924)
  • String Quartet No. 1 (1924)
  • String Quartet No. 2 (1927)
  • Sonata for Violin Solo (for Olga Rudge) [unfinished] (1927)
  • Sonatina for Violin and Piano (1945)
  • Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano, a.k.a. "New Second Violin Sonata" (1947–48)
  • String Quartet No. 3 (1948)
  • Sonata for Flute and Piano (1951)
  • Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (1951)
  • Bohemian Grove at Night (for wind quintet) (1952)

Solo piano music[edit]

  • Sonate Sauvage (First Piano Sonata) (1923)
  • Airplane Sonata (Second Piano Sonata) (1922)
  • Third Piano Sonata "Death of Machines" (1923)
  • Jazz Sonata (Fourth Piano Sonata) (1923)
  • Fifth Piano Sonata für lieber Juri (1923)
  • Woman Sonata (1923)
  • Piano Sonatina for Radio (1929)
  • (New) Piano Sonata No. 3 (1947)
  • (New) Piano Sonata No. 4 (1948)
  • (New) Piano Sonata No. 5 (1950)
  • La femme 100 Têtes (after Max Ernst) for solo piano (1932)
  • Fireworks (1919)
  • L'Oiseau d'Or (The Golden Bird - after Brancusi) (1921)
  • Suite for Piano four-hands (1922 rev. 1939)
  • Petites Pieces (piano four hands) (1922)
  • Piano transcitpion of Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra (piano four hands) (1922)
  • Fireworks and Profane Waltzes (1922)
  • Petite Shimmy (1923)
  • Mecanismes (1924)
  • Habañera, Tarantelle, Serenata (for two pianos) (1924)
  • Tango de "Transatlantique" (arrangement Steinbrecher)
  • Can-Cande de "Rêves" (1934)
  • La vie Parisienne (Parisian life) (1939)
  • Suite "Du clown" (1941)
  • The Ben Hecht Waltzes (1943)
  • Carnival of the Beautiful Dresses (1946)
  • Musical Picture of a Friend (1946)
  • Prelude (1948)
  • Toccata No. 1 (1948)
  • Toccata No. 2 (1948)
  • Valentine Waltzes (1948)
  • Valses de "Volpone" (1955)
  • Berceuse for Thomas Montgomery Newman (1955)
  • Piano Pastels - "Modern Sounds for Small Hands" (1956)

Vocal and Choral[edit]

  • Two Children’s Songs (voice and piano) (1922)
  • Five Lieder (voice and piano) (1922)
  • Turtle soup (1924)
  • Two Songs on Texts of Lewis Carroll (voice and piano) (1924)
  • You are old Father William (voice and piano) (1924)
  • Election (choral) (1927)
  • Oedipus Rex - incidental Music (lost) (1928)
  • U.S.A. with Music - incidental Music (1928)
  • Fighting the Waves - incidental Music (chorus and orchestra) (1929)
  • Nightpiece (voice and piano) (1930)
  • Merry-Go-Round (for chorus and piano) (1932)
  • Chansons d'Amour (1933)
  • Six Songs (voice and piano) (1933)
  • Bequest (voice and piano) (1935)
  • Frankie and Johnny (voice and piano) (1936)
  • Odes - recitative (1939)
  • Nine Songs of Experience (voice and piano) (1948)
  • Two Odes of Keates (voice and piano) (1950)
  • Eight Fragments From Shelley (SATB and piano) (1951)
  • The Fable of the Redwoods (voice and piano) (1952)
  • Tongue of Silver - incidental Music (1955)
  • Cabeza de Vaca (SATB and orchestra or SATB and piano - orchestrated by Ernest Gold) (1955)
  • Sighs and grones (voice and piano) (1956)
  • A Dirge (SATB and piano)
  • Sonnet to Byron (SATB and piano)
  • I Faint, I Perish With My Love (SATB and piano)
  • To the Moon (SATB and piano)
  • Tomorrow (soprano, alto, tenor and bass a cappella and piano)
  • When Soft Winds (soprano, alto, tenor and bass a cappella and piano)
  • When the Lamp is Shattered (SATB and piano)
  • You Can Tell You’re in New Jersey (chorus and piano)
  • The Ballade of Jesse James (voice and piano)
  • In time of death
  • Song of spring
  • Spectre of the rose
  • You can tell you're in New Jersey

Ballet[edit]

  • Flight (1930)
  • Les saisons (The Season) (1934)
  • Gutne's eyes (1934)
  • Course (lots) (1935)
  • Dreams (1935)
  • Danse en 4 Parties de "La Femme 100 Têtes" (1936)
  • Into the cave (1948)
  • Capital of the World (1953

Film[edit]

Of his many film scores, Dementia (1955), contains no dialogue, only music.

References[edit]



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