George Antheil AKA Georg Johann Carl Antheil Born: 8-Jul-1900 Birthplace: Trenton, NJ Died: 12-Feb-1959 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: Heart Failure Remains: Buried, Riverview Cemetery, Trenton, NJ
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Composer Nationality: United States Executive summary: Le Ballet m�canique Co-inventor, with Hedy Lamarr, of spread-spectrum frequency hopping. Antheil's Ballet m�canique (1924) employs 16 synchronised player pianos, accompanied by several pianists and percussionists. Brother: Peter (half brother) Wife: Boski (until his death, one son) Son: Peter Antheil Son: Chris Beaumont (b. out of wedlock)
University: Curtis Music Settlement School
Hollywood Anti-Nazi League Guggenheim Fellowship
Author of books:
Everyman His Own Detective: A Study of Glandular Criminology (1937) The Shape of the War to Come (1940) Bad Boy of Music (1945, memoir)
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