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land at age of eleven, and remained a year. On return to U.S. studied with Constantinc Sternberg and at Curtis Music Settlement School of Music in Philadelphia; later under Ernest Bloch. At twenty-one he returned to Europe, and spent about five years in piano concertizing. His First Symphony gave some recognition to jazz, said to be the first in a symphonic work, performed for the first time by Berlin Philh. Orch. Dec. 1922. Ballet Mecanique, written in 1924, performed first in Pans in June 1926, and in New York, April 10 of same year, was scored for xylophones, electric bells, ten pianos, and one player piano. Other works are Violin Sonatas; String Quartets, Jazz Symphony for twenty-two instruments, five other Symphonies, Piano Concerto; Suite for twenty instruments. Crucifixion for string orchestra, incidental music to Oedipus; opera Transatlantic; ballet, Fighting the Waves. Chamber Concerto for eight instruments; Femmc 100 Tetes, for piano; Dreams, ballet; Archipelago, for orch. Winner of Guggenheim Fellowship 1932, which enabled him to go abroad to complete opera, Helen Retires. Chamber concerto for eight instruments was commissioned by the League of Composers for performance by the League. Golden Spike, a movement of his Third Symphony, premiered by Hans Kindler and National Symph., Washington, D.C., 1945-46. His Fourth Symphony was given first performance by the N.B C. Symph., Feb. 13, ]944, Stokowski conducting. Nocturne, Decatur at Algiers, premiere by the St. Louis Symph., Vladimir Golschmann conducting, Dec. 10, 1944. Fifth Symphony premiered by Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orch. 1949-50; Sixth Symphony premiered by Pierre Monteux and San Francisco Symph. Orch. 1949. Wrote music for films, including Once in a Blue Moon; Angels Over Broadway; The Plainsman; The |
Buccaneer; Spectre of the Rose; We Were Strangers; In a Lonely Place. Other works: Two Serenades for chamber orchestra; several piano sonatas; song cycle based on Blake's Songs of Experience; several concert overtures among them McKonkeys Ferry and Tom Sawyer, written specially for the 70th anniversary of the St. Louis Symph. Orch. and premiered by Vladimir Golschmann in 1950. Home: 2711 Laurel Canyon, Los Angeles 46, Calif.
Antonini, Alfredo, composer, conductor; b. Italy, May 31, 1901. ASCAP 1948. To U.S. 1929; U.S. Citizen 1938. Educ: Royal Cons., Milan, Italy, degrees in organ, compositionT and choral work. Began career in U.S. as accompanist for Ferrari Fon-tana. Scored music for motion pictures, Ten Days That Shook the World; The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Dr. Caligari Conducted various radio programs for ten years; for past seven years conductor on C.B.S. At present conductor, Columbia Symph. Orch. Has appeared as guest conductor N.Y. Philh.; Montreal, Toronto and Chicago Symph. orchestras. Also chairman of Music Department, St. John's Univ., Brooklyn, N.Y. Works: Sicilian Rliapsody; Suite for Cello and Orchestra; La Vida, Mexican Sketches, American Sketches; Preludes for Organ, Suite for Strings. Home: 87-62 139 St., Jamaica, N.Y.
Archer, Harry, composer, musical director, early member of Paul White-man's orch.; b. Creston, Iowa, Feb. 21, 1888. ASCAP 1922. Educ.: Creston High School, Mich. Military Acad., Princeton Univ. and Knox, Bachelor of Arts. Educ.: in music by mother; advanced musical studies at Knox. Before graduation had mastered all brass instruments except the French horn. Organized own dance orch. in Chicago. Active in musical shows at Princeton and Knox. Is |
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