Film Screening - Bad Boy Made Good: The Revival of George Antheil’s 1924 Ballet Mécanique

George Antheil, the self-proclaimed "Bad Boy of Music," was a brash, colorful, young, modern American pianist and composer during the roaring '20s, whose works caused fistfights in concert halls and riots in the streets from London to Budapest. His magnum opus, the "Ballet Mécanique," for percussion, sound effects, and multiple player pianos, turned Paris on its ear in 1924.