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Bad Boy Made Good
The revival of George Antheil's 1924 Ballet mécaniqueRex Lawson

EMF DVD 060
 

In 1924, a young American composer in Paris wrote the world's most outrageous piece of music. It was scored for seven percussionists, two pianists, seven electric bells, three airplave propellors, and a siren. Not to mention 16 synchronized player pianos. . .

It took 75 years for this piece to be heard.

This is its story. . .

Bad Boy Made Good
The revival of the Ballet mécanique

a new film by Ron Frank and Paul D. Lehrman

I'll buy it!  

The feature-length version of the award-winning documentary film shown on PBS!
Plus these extras:

•Extended interviews with friends of George Antheil and specialists on his music featured in the film,   including Henry Brant, David Raksin, Benjamin Lees, and Charles Amirkhanian
• The complete premiere concert performance of the original orchestration of Ballet mécanique
• The 1925 Léger/Murphy film Ballet mécanique with the newly-realized 16-player-piano version of   Antheil's score