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The Ballet Mécanique on the air!
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Wednesday,
November 17, 1999, on National Public Radio's Morning
Edition. Saturday, March 18, 2006, Paul Lehrman and Eric Singer are interviewed about the Ballet mécanique at the National Gallery of Art on Weekend America Tuesday,
April 4, 2006, Lloyd Schwartz reviews the Ballet mécanique
at the National Gallery of Art on Fresh
Air Friday, June 20, 2008. Elyse Singer, author and director of "Frequency Hopping," in interviewed on NPR's Science Friday about George Antheil and Hedy Lamarr |
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Jean Shepherd, author, humorist, and radio storyteller extraordinaire, was a big George Antheil fan. On his late-night radio show, Shepherd would often play a recording of Ballet Mécanique as background music to his stories of the steel mills and factories of the Midwest, and other scary settings.
When Antheil died in 1959, Shepherd
did a tribute to him on the air. Richard Starr has found a recording of that
show, and sent it to us. Here's
an excerpt.
Read the whole story
in the March, 2000 issue of Mix
magazine and a longer version in the Insider
Audio Bathroom Reader.
Shepherd passed away on October 16, 1999, in Florida. A memorial page where you can learn more about him and contribute your own memories and stories, is here. Also check out the book about his life and career, Excelsior, You Fathead! by Eugene B. Bergmann
Here
are three excerpts from an interview with George Antheil by Truman Rex
Fisher,
The full interview is now available on a wonderful new CD release of Antheil's music from Other Minds. Check it out! |
Guy Livingston
on Antheil's Lost Sonatas |
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