George Antheil collection, 1875-1984

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu003010 George and Böske Antheil Papers Processed by the Music Division of the Library of Congress Music Division, Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

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Catalog Record: http://lccn.loc.gov/2010563507

Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Music Division, 2010 Finding aid written in English. 2012 February This finding aid was updated by Nancy Seeger in February 2012 to include map case location. 2011 July In July 2011, Chris Hartten updated the finding aid to include additional photographs. 2011 March Chris Hartten made some minor adjustments to the finding aid in March 2011. 2010 July This finding aid supercedes the former George Antheil Collection finding aid. See Processing History for full details on the relationship between these two finding aids. Collection Summary George and Böske Antheil Papers circa 1875-1984 (bulk 1920-1958) ML31.A58 Antheil, George, 1900-1959 Antheil, Böske approximately 6,500 items 44 containers 17.5 linear feet Material principally in English and German. Music Division Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

George Antheil was a composer, pianist, author and inventor. The collection consists of materials related to the professional and personal activities of George Antheil and his wife, Elizabeth (Böske) Antheil. It contains holograph music manuscripts, printed scores, published and unpublished writings, business and personal correspondence, subject files, photographs, programs and promotional materials, scrapbooks, artwork, biographical materials, and memorabilia which document the life of this influential composer and his family. Selected Search Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein.

People Amirkhanian, Charles. Antheil, Böske--Archives. Antheil, Böske--Correspondence. Antheil, Böske--Photographs. Antheil, Böske. Antheil, Böske. Antheil, Böske. George and Böske Antheil papers. 1875-1984. Antheil, George, 1900-1959--Archives. Antheil, George, 1900-1959--Autographs. Antheil, George, 1900-1959--Correspondence. Antheil, George, 1900-1959--Criticism and interpretation. Antheil, George, 1900-1959--Manuscripts. Antheil, George, 1900-1959--Performances. Antheil, George, 1900-1959--Photographs. Antheil, George, 1900-1959. Antheil, George, 1900-1959. Antheil, George, 1900-1959. Literary works. Selections. Antheil, George, 1900-1959. Musical works. Selections. Antheil, George, 1900-1959. The shape of the war to come. Beach, Sylvia--Correspondence. Bloch, Ernest, 1880-1959. Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963--Correspondence. Dallapiccola, Luigi, 1904-1975--Correspondence. Golschmann, Vladimir, 1893-1972--Correspondence. Joyce, James, 1882-1941--Correspondence. Kahn, Otto Hermann, 1867-1934--Correspondence. Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Correspondence. Stokowski, Leopold, 1882-1977--Correspondence. Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971--Correspondence. Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950--Correspondence. Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939--Correspondence. Subjects Avant-garde (Music)--United States--History--20th century. Composers--United States--Correspondence. Titles George Antheil collection, 1875-1984 Form/Genre Correspondence. Drawings (Visual works) Photographic prints. Programs (Documents) Scrapbooks. Administrative Information Provenance

The George and Böske Antheil Papers were purchased by the Music Division in 2006 and 2007 from the Estate of George Antheil.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

Processing History

George Antheil’s correspondence with Mary Louise Curtis Bok and Stanley Hart was processed in 1992 by Claudia Widgery as a single collection, called the George Antheil Collection, which also included the composer’s music manuscripts received by the Library of Congress between 1964 and 1975. These original and photo-reproduced manuscripts, donated principally by Böske Antheil, were cataloged in ML 96.A723 and ML 96.5.A62, respectively. In 1968, Mrs. Stanley Hart donated approximately 140 letters between her husband and Antheil. These were followed by Mrs. Cary William Bok’s 1975 gift of approximately 500 letters and other items related to Antheil’s relationship with her patron mother-in-law. A finding aid for the George Antheil Collection was publicly available until 2009.

The Music Division has since reprocessed these materials to more accurately reflect their original provenances. The George Antheil Collection no longer exists. The cataloged manuscripts have been returned to the general collections under their original ML call numbers. A handful of cataloged letters previously associated with the Bok correspondence, but unrelated, can be found in ML 95.A726. The remaining batches of Bok and Hart correspondence have been processed as two distinct collections, entitled the George Antheil Correspondence with Mary Louise Curtis Bok and the George Antheil Correspondence to Stanley Hart.

In 2006 to 2007, the Music Division purchased additional Antheil materials, which have been processed as the George and Böske Antheil Papers. References to the ML 96.A723 scores received between 1964 and 1975 are present on the collection finding aid in order to convey their shared provenance and to provide researchers with a more comprehensive list of Antheil music manuscripts available at the Library of Congress.

The George and Böske Antheil Papers were processed by Meghan Sommers and the finding aid coded for EAD by Christopher Hartten in 2010.

Transfers

Piano rolls for the Fernand Léger film version of Ballet Mécanique have been transferred to the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.

Other Repositories

Additional materials can be found in the UCLA Performing Arts Special Collections and the New York Public Library.

Related Material

A significant quantity of holograph or photo-reproduced manuscript scores are cataloged in ML 96.A723 and ML 96.5.A62 respectively. The Music Division also holds numerous special collections that contain Antheil correspondence, including the George Antheil Correspondence with Mary Louise Curtis Bok; George Antheil Correspondence to Stanley Hart; Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Collection; Irving Schwerké Collection; Nicolas Slonimsky Collection; Percy Aldridge Grainger Collection; Serge Koussevitzky Archive; Leonard Bernstein Collection; Aaron Copland Collection; Modern Music Archives. An assortment of cataloged letters are available in ML 95.A726.

Materials from the George and Böske Antheil Papers are governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.) and other applicable international copyright laws.

Access and Restrictions

The George and Böske Antheil Papers are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Music Division prior to visiting in order to determine whether the desired materials will be available at that time.

Certain restrictions to use or copying of materials may apply.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [item, date, container number], George and Böske Antheil Papers, Music Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Biographical Note

Entries refer to the activities of George Antheil unless otherwise specified.

Date Event 1900 July 8 Born, Trenton, New Jersey 1906 Begins piano studies 1916 Begins studies in music theory and composition with Constantin von Sternberg in Philadelphia 1919 Begins studies in composition with Ernest Bloch in New York City 1920 Begins work on Symphony No. 1 1921 Meets Mary Louise Curtis Bok, who acts as his benefactress for nineteen years 1922 Embarks on European concert tour with stops in Budapest, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, and Berlin 1922 Meets Igor Stravinsky 1923 Moves to Paris, where he lives above Silvia Beach’s bookshop Shakespeare and Company 1925 First private performance of Ballet Mécanique is held at the Maison Pleyel 1925 November 4 Marries Böske Markus in Budapest 1926 June 19 First public performance of Ballet Mécanique at the Champs Elysées Theatre, with Vladimir Golschmann conducting 1927 April 10 American premiere of Ballet Mécanique at Carnegie Hall, produced by Donald Friede, with backdrops by Joseph Mullen 1928 Moves to Vienna to work on Transatlantic (originally titled Glare) 1930 May 25 Premiere of Transatlantic in Frankfurt 1933 Returns to the United States 1934 February 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 settles in Hollywood, California 1937 June 8 Son Peter born in Los Angeles 1940s Writes numerous articles for Esquire and other publications on various topics, including music, romance, endocrinology, and World War II, while also composing film scores 1944 February 13 Premiere of Symphony No. 4 by the NBC Symphony Orchestra under Leopold Stokowski 1945 Publication of autobiography, Bad Boy of Music 1953 December 27 Stage premiere of Capitol of the World at the Metropolitan Opera House, with choreography by Eugene Loring 1959 February 12 Dies of a heart attack in New York City Scope and Content Note

The George and Böske Antheil Papers span the period 1875-1984, with the majority of materials dating from 1920-1958. They include holograph music manuscripts, printed music, published and unpublished writings, business and personal correspondence, subject files, photographs, programs and promotional materials, scrapbooks, artwork, biographical materials, and memorabilia.

"Music" consists principally of holograph or copyist manuscripts and printed scores of George Antheil’s compositions. These manuscripts span the entire range of Antheil’s career as a composer, with works from the 1920s through the 1950s. Manuscript reproductions frequently contain pencil or ink annotations in the hand of the composer. Notable works include a photo-reproduction of the holograph manuscript full score for Ballet Mécanique, a holograph manuscript piano rehearsal score for Capitol of the World, holograph manuscript full scores for The Happy Journey, The Wish, and Helen Retires, as well as scores for Antheil’s numbered symphonies and his Jazz Symphony. Typescript or printed libretti are available for some of the stage works. The materials are arranged alphabetically by title. Researchers are also encouraged to examine Antheil holograph music manuscripts in ML 96.A723 and photo-reproductions in ML 96.5.A62 that are closely affiliated with others from this collection.

"Writings" includes books, articles, essays, dissertations, interviews, and literary musings by or about George Antheil, as well as several short stories and other compositions by Böske Antheil. George Antheil was a prolific writer who penned articles for Esquire, Modern Music, Cinema Arts, and other publications, in addition to his personal, unpublished writings. These works span from 1923 to 1957 and are arranged first by literary form and then alphabetically by title. All are typed manuscripts unless otherwise noted. Included is a typed manuscript of Antheil’s book The Shape of the War to Come, with annotations and holograph maps. Substantial writings about Antheil are arranged by author-title, while most newspaper clippings and reviews are organized by date, ranging from 1919 to 1991. Böske Antheil's works include drafts of her unpublished autobiography, short stories, and drafts of an unpublished cook book, Stay for Dinner: Recipes for Recession, based on life experiences with George and family.

"Correspondence" chiefly contains business and personal letters sent and received by George and Böske Antheil. Notable correspondents include Sylvia Beach, Jean Cocteau, Luigi Dallapiccola, Vladimir Golschmann, James Joyce, Otto Kahn, Ezra Pound, Leopold Stokowski, Igor Stravinsky, Kurt Weill, W. B. Yeats, and others. The largest of these files consists of personal letters between the composer and his wife. Also of interest are exchanges between George and agents of the federal government, including J. Edgar Hoover. Posthumously dated folders generally indicate correspondence with Böske regarding George's musical compositions or performance permissions. All files are arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

"Subject files" address a wide range of musical and non-musical topics. Contracts, miscellanous notes, and ballet scenarios related to specific Antheil musical works are arranged by title. The majority of the files, however, focus upon performance and publication of works, radio broadcasts, estate issues, and other general subjects. Included are materials of estate executor, conductor, and Antheil enthusiast Charles Amirkhanian, files concerning the Antheil’s art collection, requests and permissions, and financial documents. Perhaps the most intriguing materials in the series are those for Antheil’s See-Note music notation system and documents for a Secret Communication System invented by Antheil and actress Hedy Lamarr.

"Photographs" chiefly showcases images of George Antheil alone or with friends and family members. Ezra Pound and Sylvia Beach stand out among the various dignitaries, while a series of albums captures family life with Böske and son Peter. Also present are photographs from several performances of Antheil’s stage works. Images date from about 1875 through 1977 and are arranged first by general subject and then chronologically by year. "Programs and Promotional materials" documents performances from 1923 to 1984. Oversize posters are described individually and are listed at the end of the chronological file.

"Scrapbooks" consists of bound and unbound albums of clippings, articles, and programs that span from 1922 to 1957. "Drawings" includes both original sketches by George Antheil and commissioned portraits of himself and Böske. Antheil’s sketch books feature cartoon sequences and drawings of friends and acquaintances, including Ernest Bloch, Sylvia Beach, Igor Stravinsky, Ezra Pound, and many others. "Biographical materials" is a loose collection of personal and family documents, including genealogical materials, certificates, membership cards, and several biographical sketches of George. "Memorabilia" includes a stopwatch owned by Antheil and the David Bispham Memorial Medal for American Opera, awarded to George for Helen Retires.

Arrangement of the George and Böske Antheil Papers

The George and Böske Antheil Papers are organized in 10 series:

Music, 1919-1956 Writings, 1915-1999 Correspondence, 1901-1984 Subject Files, 1925-1990 Photographs, 1875-1977 Programs and Promotional Materials, 1923-1984 Scrapbooks, 1922-1957 Drawings, 1928-1937, undated Biographical Materials, 1900-1940s Memorabilia, undated http://lccn.loc.gov/2010563507 Container List Container Contents 1-12, 42 Music, 1919-1956 Works by George Antheil, 1919-1956 2 odes: Ode to a nightingale; Ode on a Grecian urn (narrator, piano) Holograph manuscript piano score

see ML 96.A723 no. 30

Photocopied holograph manuscript piano score

see ML 96.5.A62 no. 22

Accordion dance (orchestra) Holograph manuscript full score

see ML 96.A723 no. 14

9/1 Photocopied holograph manuscript full score

GA annotations

Airplane sonata 1/1 Printed score American dance suite no. 1: Hot-time dance (orchestra) Holograph manuscript full score

see ML 96.A723 no. 10

9/2 Photocopied holograph manuscript full score

GA annotations

Archipelago (orchestra) Copyist manuscript full score

see ML 96.A723 no. 31

Ballad of Jesse James (voice, piano) 1/2 Holograph manuscript piano-vocal score Ballet Mécanique (4 pianos, percussion, tape/motors) 9/3 Photocopied holograph manuscript score

GA annotations

Photocopied holograph manuscript score

see ML 96.5.A62 no. 23

Bequest (voice, piano) 1/3 Holograph manuscript piano-vocal score Bercuse for Thomas Montgomery Newman (piano) 1/4 Photocopied holograph manuscript score Bohemian grove at night (wind quintet) 9/4 Holograph manuscript score The brothers (voice, orchestra) 9/5-8 Holograph manuscript full score Photocopied holograph manuscript full score

see ML 96.5.A62 no. 14

Photocopied holograph manuscript piano-vocal score

see ML 96.5.A62 no. 9

9/8 Typescript libretto Cabeza de vaca (chorus, orchestra) 1/5 Holograph manuscript full score

Incomplete

1/6 Printed piano-vocal score 1/6 Typescript libretto Campaign (orchestra) Holograph manuscript full score

see ML 96.A723 no. 13

Candide. Merry-go-around (voice, chorus, piano) Photocopied holograph manuscript piano-vocal score

see ML 96.5.A62 no. 24

Capital of the world (orchestra) 1/7 Holograph manuscript piano rehearsal score 1/8 Photocopied holograph manuscript piano rehearsal score

see also ML 96.5.A62 no. 17

La vie Parisienne (piano) 8/2 Holograph manuscript score Violin concerto (violin, orchestra) Photocopied holograph manuscript full score

see ML 96.A723 no. 21

Holograph manuscript short score

see ML 96.A723 no. 22

8/3 Photocopied holograph manuscript short score

GA annotations

Volpone. Waltzes (orchestra) Photocopied holograph manuscript piano score

GA annotations

see ML 96.5.A62 no. 10

Water-music for the 4th of July evening (string orchestra) Holograph manuscript score

see ML 96.A723 no. 11

Photocopied holograph manuscript score

see ML 96.A62 no. 25

The wish (voices, orchestra) 8/4-7 Holograph manuscript full score 12/3-4 Photocopied holograph manuscript full score 8/8 Typescript libretto

GA annotations

8/9 Unidentified Holograph manuscript; [2] p. Music owned by George Antheil, 1930 Weill, Kurt 8/10 Der Lindberghflug Printed score

GA annotations

13-17 Writings, 1915-1999 George Antheil, 1915-1954 Books The shape of the war to come 13/1-13 Typescript

GA annotations and hand-drawn maps

13/14 Photocopied printed edition

GA personal home copy

13/15 Reviews Titled articles, essays, and interviews 14/1 6 sharps that beat in 3⁄4 time. Esquire (March 1938): 107-108 14/1 Abstraction and time in music. Little Review (Autumn-Winter 1924-1925): 13-15 14/1 Abstraction und Zeit in der Musik: 2 p.

GA annotations

14/1 After dinner witch doctor. Esquire (December 1936): 79, 214, 216, 219 14/1 The American composer’s heritage: 18 p. 14/1 Antheil interview (November 1952): [4] p. 14/1 Arnold Schoenberg: 10 p. 14/2 Baby starlet: a portrait. Esquire (January 1939): 39, 163-166 14/2 Backstage with Esquire. Esquire: 36 14/2 Bad boy of music. Omnibook Magazine (January 1946): 41-80 14/2 Ballet Mécanique: 3 p.

Notes for Columbia Records

14/2 The brothers: 6 p. 14/2 Composers in movieland. Modern Music, 12 (January-February 1935): 62-68

GA annotations

14/2 Composing a modern opera: 7 p. 14/3 The death of cities: 2 p.

GA annotations

14/3 Don’t be a composer: 12 p. 14/3 (George Antheil protests) Down-at-the-heels ballet. Stage (March 1935): 19 14/3 The Duartean Club. Music with the masters. Program notes: 8 p. 14/4 An earnest plea: [1] p.

GA annotations

14/4 The end of art: [1] p.

GA annotations

14/4 The essence of musical revolution: 9 p.

GA annotations

14/4 Every man his own detective (1937): [1] p. Chart An explanation of my evolution since 1924: 4 p. Holograph manuscript

Laid in: Examples of my work since 1925

see ML 95.A??

14/4 Fanelli: 4 p.

GA annotations

14/4 Fanelli. The Transatlantic Review (November 1924): 563-567 14/5 George Antheil : autobiographical notes: 2 p. 14/5 George Antheil on Tom Scott. Bulletin of the American Composers Alliance, 6 (1957): 3 14/5 Germany never had a chance. Esquire (November 1939): 5, 52-53, 161-162 14/5 Gershwin (1938): 115-119 14/5 Glandbook for the questing male. Esquire (May 1936): 40-41,184

GA annotations

14/5 Glands on a hobby horse. Esquire (April 1936) 47, 174, 176, 178

Laid in: GA notes found with article

14/5 Government subsidy of symphony-opera, or not?: [1] p. 14/6 Has new musical Europe been misrepresented?: 3 p. 14/6 Hollywood and the new music. Cinema Arts (July 1937): 28-29 14/6 Hollywood composer. College Prose (1942): 370-384

GA annotations?

14/6 How to compose an opera: 18 p.

GA annotations

14/6 How to play two-handed piano. Esquire (January 1938): 52-53, 120 14/7 Illusion: [1] p. Holograph manuscript 14/7 The immediate future of War II: 2 p. 14/7 The importance of other names: 3 p. 14/7 Instructions for my system of orchestral indication: [2] p. Photocopied holograph manuscript 14/7 Interviews with Mrs. Mercedes O’Leary Tucker: [14] p.

Laid in: GA notes

14/7 It can’t happen here. New York Times (October 1979: [2] p.

Reprinted from Esquire, 1939

14/7 Jazz: 3 p.

GA annotations

Laid in: "belongs to article Jazz"; [3] p.

14/7 Jazz is a bore: 6 p. 14/7 Jazz is music: [4] p.

Laid in: Spaeth, Sigmund. Jazz is not music; [5] p.

14/7 Know thyself. Esquire (July 1936): 34, 192, 193-195

GA annotations

14/7 The last year of the Great War. Esquire (April 1942): 27, 168-169

GA annotations

14/7 Lecture notes: 8 p. Holograph manuscript

Topics include: Ballet Mécanique; origin of nickname "bad boy of music"; musical philosophies, et al.

14/8 Mama! (or The Americans don’t like me): [4] p.

GA annotations

14/8 The man I want my son to be (February 1940): 22 14/8 Manifest of musico-mechanics: 3 p. 14/8 Martha Graham (1937): 71-77 14/8 Miro: 3 p. 14/8 Modern music ... and how it gets that way. Panorama (June 1931): 12, 22 14/8 More melody, please!: 21-22 14/8 Mother of the Earth. Musical supplement: 226-227 14/8 Mozart could laugh. In this I Believe (1954): 6-7 14/8 Music: 19 p. 14/8 The music box. The Hollywood Tribune (July 1939): [2] p. 14/8 Music in 1955 (December 1936): 83-89 14/8 Music in 2000 A.D.: 2 p. 14/8 Music in America: 9 p.

GA annotations

14/8 Music in film: 14-15 14/8 Musical neofism (1923): 3 p. 14/8 The musical score to The pride and the passion. Film and TV Music, 16 (1957): 3-11 14/8 Musical theatre. Musical Theatre: 59-60 14/8 My Ballet Mécanique (June 1951): 4 p. 14/8 My Ballet mécanique: what it means Der Querschnitt (September 1925): 3 p. 14/8 My Ballet mécanique: what it means: 2 p.

GA annotations

14/8 My father (1945): 2 p. 14/8 My fourth piano sonata: 2 p. 14/8 My new violin concerto (1947): 6 p.

GA annotations

14/9 The Negro on the spiral or A method of Negro music. Negro Anthology (1934): 346-351 14/9 Neofism (1923): 3 p.

GA annotations

14/9 New directions in motion picture composing (June 1955): 5 p. 14/9 Not even my dog would be satisfied: 12 p. 14/9 Notes: [12] p. Holograph manuscript 14/9 Notes for 5th Symphony(1948): 4 p. Photocopied letter from GA to Donald Engle, 1948 Nov. 30 14/9 Notes on musical composition (1943-1944): [13] p. 14/9 Oaths: [1] p. Holograph manuscript 14/10 Passing ideas that may some day help to make the art of music greater: [77] p.

Holograph manuscript

14/11 Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Bulletin of American Composers Alliance 4 (1954): 2-6 14/11 A physical possibility (1922): 3 p.

GA annotations

14/11 Präzisionsmusik. Melos, 28 (July-August 1961): 220-223

Laid in: English summary by BA

14/11 Program notes, biography, analysis, etc. for George Antheil’s Fourth symphony (1944): [14] p.

GA annotations

14/11 Program notes on Capitol of the world (1955): [1] p.

Laid in: letter from GA to Vladimir Golschmann, 1955 Nov. 4; [1] p.

14/11 Program notes for November 14 and 15, 1946: [12] p.

GA handwritten musical examples

14/12 Sample of American. Querschmitt (Summer 1924): [2] p. 14/12 Second violin sonata: 2 p.

Laid in: letter from GA to Denny Watrous, 1949 Nov. 28; 2 p.

14/12 She's no longer faithful if—. Esquire (1936) 6 articles

Written under pseudonym Marcel Desage

14/12 So smells defeat. Esquire (November 1936): 52-53, 227-228 14/12 The solution of the fourth dimension: [1] p. 14/12 The spectator, 1915-1917 Poems and articles; [13] p.

High school publication for which Antheil was associate editor

14/12 Stop looking—and listen: an interview with George Antheil. International Musician (November 1950): 24-25 14/12 Technical orchestration: 7 p. Holograph manuscript

Notes for Cyclops, an opera to be based on text by James Joyce

14/12 To the editor. Transatlantic Review (November 1924): 558 14/13 Wanted—opera by and for Americans. Modern Music, 7 (June-July 1930): 11-16 14/13 Why a poet quit the muses. Chicago Tribune (September 1924): 9 Untitled articles, essays, and interviews 14/14 The background scores for Hollywood's films can be much better ...: [6] p. 14/14 The drawings of Miro have reassured me. I turn back to the pages of the Airplane sonata ...: [20] p. Holograph manuscript

P. 19-20 are summer plans for 1934

14/14 From personal experience I know that there is no demand for contemporary opera in the United States ...: 3 p. 14/14 In 1922, as a young American composer ...: 5 p.

P. 4 is missing

14/14 In order to judge music, one must ...: 10 p.

GA annotations

14/14 In the beginning, music probably started with rhythm ...: 4 p.

GA annotations

14/14 Miscellaneous notes: [10] p.

GA annotations

Topics: futurism; modernism; Stravinsky; Bloch

14/14 Music must be hard as stone ...: [3] p. Holograph manuscript 14/14 Paper about sonata form: 28 p.

P. 1-2 are missing

14/14 Radio transcription about Ballet mécanique, circa 1952-1953: [4] p. 14/14 Radio transcription about life experiences, 1948-1952?: [2] p. About George Antheil by others, 1919-1999 15/1 Adams, Stephen J. Musical Neofism: Pound’s theory of harmony in context. Mosaic, 13 (Winter 1980): 49-69 15/2 Amirkhanian, Charles. Biographical information and work list for GA: [12] p.

Laid in: list of scores for CBS documentaries and cue libraries; [1] p.

15/2 Amirkhanian, Charles. An introduction to George Antheil. Soundings: 176-181 15/3 Bialosky, Marshall. A neglected six and a half minute American masterpiece: 21 p.

Laid in: letter from Bialosky to Amirkhanian, 1983 April 9; [1] p.

15/4 Chandler, Edna White. Sonata for trumpet: 79 p.

Unpublished book

Laid in: 3 letters from Chandler to Böske, 1960 June-July

15/5 Friede, Donald. Flop mecanique in The mechanical angel. New York : Knopf, 1948: 44-61 15/5 Friede, Donald. Floperoo mecanique. Esquire (April 1948): 58, 133-135 15/6 George Antheil in Composers on music: from Palestrina to Copland. Edited by Sam Morgenstern. New York : Pantheon Books, 1956 15/7-8 Henderson, Archibald. Pound and music: The Paris and early Rapallo years. UCLA, 1983 Excerpts from drafts 15/9 Lee, Margaret. George Antheil, Europe’s American composer. The Reviewer (1924): 267-275 15/10-24 Miscellaneous articles and reviews, 1919-1953 16/1-14 Miscellaneous articles and reviews, 1954-1991, undated 16/15 Pound, Ezra. Antheil and the treatise on harmony. Paris : Three Mountains Pres, 1924

On cover: holograph note from George to Böske

16/16 Pound, Ezra. George Antheil. The Criterion, 2 (April 1924): 321-331 16/16 Pound, Ezra. George Antheil. The Transatlantic Review: 110 16/17 Rothman, Tony. Plausibility: a constructivist comedy. Revised version, March 1999

Play in 2 acts

Alternate titles: Hedy and George; Ballet mécanique

16/18-21 Shirley, Wayne D. Another American in Paris: George Antheil’s correspondence with Mary Curtis Bok. Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress, 34 (January 1977): 2-22 Printed article, notebooks, and draft materials Böske Antheil, 1938, undated 17/1-3 Autobiography Typescript drafts 17/4 Arabs: noisy, nosey, and nice. Globe, 2, no. 6 (July 1938): 68-75, 118, 120-123 17/5 The avacado tree: 18 p. 17/6 City Peter: a children's story: 11 p. 17/7 Goddess of the sands: 8 p. 17/8 Nadia: [21] p. 17/9 The starlet: 9 p. 17/10-12 Stay for dinner Typescript drafts, outlines, notes, and correspondence

Alternate title: Recipes for recession

17/13 Summer vacation in North Africa: 13 p. 17/14 Viennese creampuff: 9 p. 18-24 Correspondence, 1901-1984

Letters and telegrams with enclosures, sent and received. Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and chronologically therein. Correspondence with individuals other than George or Böske is specified in the container list.

Amirkhanian, Charles and Carol 18/1 1970-1985, undated Antheil, Böske 18/2-4 1931, 1949, 1957-1978, undated Böske, to and from, George, 1940-1958 May

see Antheil, George

Antheil, George 18/5 1927-1958, undated 18/6-9 George, to and from, Böske, 1940-1957 August 19/1-8 George, to and from, Böske, 1957 September-1958 May, undated Antheil, Henry W. and Wilhelmine 20/1-3 1913, 1937-1957, undated Antheil, Justine 20/4 1940-1945, 1959, undated Antheil, Peter 20/5-6 1950, 1958-1969 21/1 Undated Antheil Jr., Henry W. 21/2-3 1936-1940, undated Beach, Sylvia 22/1 1927-1930, 1936 Benoist-Mechin, Jacques 22/2 1925-1926 Bowles, Paul 22/3 1946, 1971 Cocteau, Jean 22/4 1911 Condolences 22/5 1959 Dallapiccola, Luigi 22/6 1951 Draper, Muriel 22/7 1921-1923, 1932 Federal Government 22/8 1934, 1940-1945 Golschmann, Vladimir 22/9 1970 Hecht, Ben and Rose Caylor 22/10 1963-1964 Heinsheimer, Hans 22/11 1948, 1970-1977, undated Henderson, Archibald 22/12 Henderson to Antal Dorati, Hans Stuckenschmidt, and Ernst Krenek, 1981-1983 Hoffman, Joseph 22/13 1931 Joyce, James 23/1 Undated Kahn, Otto 23/2 1928-1933 Kewell, Jeanne 23/3 1955 Krenek, Ernst 23/4 1928-1938 Legar, Fernand 23/5 1984 Lenya, Lotte 23/6 1953 Lists of correspondence 23/7 1983

Holdings in Princeton University Library and Wiener Stadt und Landesbibliothek

Malko, Nikolai 23/8 1931 Marcus, Stanley 23/9 1947 Marvin, Frederick 23/9 1971-1976 McAlmon, Robert 23/11 Undated Miscellany 23/12 1901, 1943 Pestalozzi, Julia and Karl 23/13 1978 Pound, Ezra and Olga Rudge 23/14 1925-1927 Sackson, David 23/15 1948-1952 Scherchen, Hermann 24/1 1946-1954 Schnitzler, Arthur 24/2 1923-1930 Stravinsky, Igor 24/3 1923, 1967, undated Stuckenschmidt, Hans 24/4 1949-1953 Thomson, Virgil 24/5 1944-1954 Weill, Kurt 24/6 1949, undated Weintraub, Eugene 24/7 1975-1977, undated Williams, Bill 24/8 1930s Yeats, W. B. 24/9 Undated 25-29 Subject Files, 1925-1990 Musical works, 1926-1958 Ballet mécanique 25/1 1954, undated The brothers 25/2 Undated 25/3 Contracts, 1954-1955

Includes Venus in Africa performances

Capitol of the world 25/4 Undated The happy journey 25/5 Contracts, 1958 Prince Prigio 25/6 Undated A tongue of silver 25/7 Undated Le troisieme Faust 25/8 1926, undated Venus in Africa

see The brothers

Volpone 25/9 1952-1953, undated 25/10 Contracts and publication, 1950-1951 General files, 1925-1990 Abernathy, M. Re: Contempo 25/11 1933 AGAG (American Guild of Authors and Composers) 25/12 1963-1981 American Music Center 25/13 1953, undated Amirkhanian, Charles 25/14-17 Circa 1970-1980, undated Antheil art collection 26/1-3 Correspondence, 1954-1960 26/4 Notes, 1957, undated 26/5 Photographs, 1954? Antheil, Peter 26/6 1940, undated Antheil Jr., Henry 26/7 1970-1971 Antheil-Siegel Gallery 26/8 Correspondence and articles, 1937 ASCAP 26/9 1953-1975 Bad boy of music 42/2 Notes, undated Charts and timelines showing biographical events 26/10 Publication and permissions, 1943-1949, 1959-1972, undated 26/11 Reviews, 1945-1946, 1960-1961 Bad boy of music [German film] 26/12 Correspondence, 1974-1976 BIEM 26/13 1969 Boosey and Hawkes 26/14 1947, 1965, 1971 Catalogues with listings of Antheil works 26/15 1952, 1958-1959, undated CBS 26/16 1958-1962 Cheltenham High School Adrian Collection and Los Angeles County Musem of Art 26/17 1974-1976 Copyright 26/18 Correspondence, 1970-1976 Estate settlement 26/19 1959-1960 La femme 100 tetes 27/1 1970-1977, undated

Performances by Groupo de Accion Instrumental de Buenos Aries

Finances 27/2 1957 G. Schirmer 27/3 1963-1965, 1970 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation 27/4 1925-1936, 1947-1956 Henry Wurtzel Agency 27/5 1942-1944 Kempner, Alex 27/6 1946 KPFA 27/7 Programs, correspondence, clippings, 1970-1975, undated 27/8-10 Publications, 1970-1980 Library of Congress 27/11 1961-1977 Lists of books and scores owned by Antheils 28/1 Undated Louisville Orchestra 28/2 1975 MCA Artists 28/3 1939-1952 Movie budgets 28/4 Correspondence, 1956-1957 Motion Picture Agency 28/5 1936 Netherlands performances / The Holland Festival 28/6 1975-1977 New York Public Library, Library of Performing Arts 28/7 1967-1969, 1977-1979 Obituaries and wills 28/8 1922, 1949-1951, 1959-1960, 1978 Pan-American Association of Composers 28/9 1934 Pleyel 28/10 1925-1926 Radio broadcast materials 28/11 1955, 1975-1982 Recordings 28/12 Correspondence and promotional materials, 1973, undated Requests and permissions 28/13-14 1955-1980 Screen Composers Association (SCA) 28/15 1975 Secret Communication System invention 28/16 1942 See-Note 28/17 Correspondence, 1938-1946, 1953 28/18 Correspondence with Hans Heinscheiner, 1938-1939 29/1 Correspondence with Henry Antheil Sr., 1938 29/2 Patent information and miscellaneous materials, 1924, 1939 41/1 Published materials, 1925 29/3 Published materials, 1938?, undated 42/3 Visual materials 29/4-5 Writings, sketches, and notes, undated Shawnee Press 29/6 1960-1978 Songwriters Protective Association (SPA) 29/7 1957 Tanglewood concert 29/8 1978 Templeton Publishing Co. 29/9 1960-1963 UCLA Library 29/10 1961, 1968, 1990 Universal Edition 29/11 1930-1934, 1977 Weintraub Music Co. 29/12 1961, 1968-1975 William Morris Agency 29/13 1947-1948 30-33, 43 Photographs, 1875-1977 30/1 Circa 1900 - circa 1957 Album; [30] p.

Photocopied images, compiled by Klara Donath, sister of Böske

30/2 Circa 1912 - 1927 Album; 32 p.

George, Böske, and family

30/3 Circa 1914 - 1939 Album; p. 3-20

Principally Böske with others, including George and Peter

30/4 1920s Album; [18] p. 30/5 1923-1934 Album; [28] p. 31 1924-1930 Album; 70 p.

Laid in: 8 unnumbered, possibly related album pages and 11 cut-out album photos

30/6 1947 Album pages; [3] p. 32/1-5, 43/1-3 George Antheil, alone, 1900-1950s 32/6-8 George Antheil, with others, 1920-1950s 32/9-11 George Antheil, with family, 1911-1955 33/1 George Antheil, miscellany, 1948?, undated 33/2-5, 43/4 Antheil family, circa 1875-1977 33/6 Antheil family and friends, without George, 1920s-1977 33/7-8 Performances of works, 1925-1930, 1959, 1977, 1989?, undated

Includes: Ballet mécanique; Helen retires; Transatlantic; Volpone; and others

33/9 Miscellany, 1948?, 1973?, 1988?, undated 34, 41-42 3 Programs and Promotional Materials, 1923-1984 34/1-15 1923-1984, undated 41/2 Cherry Lane Theatre, 1953 Poster; 11 x 14 inches

New York premiere of Volpone

42/4 Herz Hall, University of California, Berkeley, 1970 November 20 Poster; 16.5 x 24 inches

Performance includes: 5 songs on texts of Adelaide Crapsey; Airplane sonata; Sonata for violin no. 2; Symphony for five instruments; Ballet mécanique [film]; La femme 100 tetes [with slide projections]

3/2 Maison gaveau, 1926 October 16 Poster; 33 x 24 inches

Performance includes: Sinfonietta; Symphonie en fa

35-40 Scrapbooks, 1922-1957 35 1922-1925 36/1 1925-1929 36/2 1926-1927, undated Principally Ballet mécanique materials

Given to Böske by an Antheil fan during the 1960s

37/1-3 1927 38/1-3 1930-1932 40/1 1934-1935 38/4 1944-1953 39/1-3 1944-1953 40/2 1953 39/4 1953-1957 41-42 Drawings, 1928-1937, undated 41/3 Bilderbuch für Böske George Antheil cloth covered sketchbook

Includes cartoon sequences and drawings of Margaret Anderson, Arthur Bliss, Ernest Bloch, Theodore Chanler, Muriel Draper, Lincoln Gillespie, Eugene Goossens, Paul Rosenfeld, and others

41/4 Böske Antheil Portrait by George Kirsta, 11 x 14, red conté crayon on paper, 1928 42/5 Böske Antheil Portrait by Clement Davenport, 14 x 18, graphite on paper, 1937

Laid in: 2 possibly related sketches, 8.5 x 10.5, graphite on paper

41/5 George Antheil Portrait by George Kirsta, 11 x 14, red conté crayon on paper, 1928 41/6 The parlor album George Antheil cloth covered sketchbook

Includes cartoon sequences and drawings of Sylvia Beach, Eugene Jolas, Georgette LeBlanc, Robert MacAlmon, Ezra Pound, Igor Stravinsky, and others

41/7 Untitled George Antheil cartoon sketch of male figure, 8.5 x 10.5, ink on paper 29, 42 Biographical Materials, 1900-1940s 42/6 Academic and military certificates, 1900, 1918, 1933 42/6 Life plans, undated Charts showing personal ambitions and tasks to be completed 29/15 Miscellaneous documents, undated Program bios, personal records, and Antheil family history 44 Memorabilia, undated David Bispham Memorial Medal for American Opera Awarded to George Antheil for Helen retires Gallet stopwatch Owned by George Antheil Pound, Ezra. Antheil and the treatise on harmony Miniature, promotional dust jacket