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Paul Lehrman George Antheil Bad Boy Made Good In the Roaring '20s, George Antheil's raucous piano recitals and futuristic compositions were creating scandals and riots all over Europe. Ten years later, Antheil was back home, broke and forgotten and Ballet Mécanique, his major work, so technologically ahead of its time that it could never be performed the way he conceived it, was forgotten. Until now. This two DVD package includes the award-winning documentary by Ron Frank and Paul D. Lehrman on Ballet Mécanique, shown on PBS, plus extended interviews with friends of Antheil. It also includes the complete premiere concert performance of the original orchestration of Ballet Mécanique and the 1925 Léger/Murphy film with the newly-realized 16-player-piano version of Antheil's score. Buy it!

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