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

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

    Presented by Museum of Fine Arts. Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston

    November 7, 2009

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    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. But the piece called for technology that didn't exist at the time. It took a forward-thinking music publisher, a music technologist, a modern player-piano manufacturer, and the latest in computer technology before the piece was heard the way the composer wanted it-seventy-five years after it was written.


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        Museum of Fine Arts Boston

        465 Huntington Ave
        Boston, MA 02115

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        Tickets: $8 for Seniors, Students and Members $10 for General Admission

        Info Phone: 617-369-3306

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        November 7, 2009

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        Sat, Nov 7, 5:20 pm

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