George Antheil(1900-59): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

I am intrigued by 'Cabeza de Vaca'. Some sources, including the catalogue of Antheil Papers in the Library of Congress say the vwork is incomplete. The Schirmer catalogue says nothing about this but gives a time of 52 minutes for the piece. Anybody know for certain

GEORGE ANTHEIL: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1919:   "Golden Bird 'After Brancusi'" for orchestra: 7 minutes
1922:   Piano Concerto No.1: 21 minutes     +  (Arte Nova and cpo cds)
            "Zwei Orchester Stucke fur ein Kleines Baby" for wind and brass: 8 minutes
1923:   Symphony No.1 "Zingareska": 31 minutes       +  (cpo cd)
1923-24/
     53:   Ballet Mecanique: 27 minutes (revised version: 16 minutes)    +  (Nimbus and Naxos cds)
1925/55:Jazz Symphony for twenty-two instruments or orchestra: 12 minutes    (revised version: 8 minutes)   +  (revised version- RCA, Nimbus, Arte
                         Nova and cpo cds)
1925-26:Symphony in F: 30 minutes
1926:   Suite for orchestra: 8 minutes
             Piano Concerto No.2: 20 minutes     +  (New World and cpo cds)
1930:   Capriccio for orchestra
1931-36/
      43:  Symphony No.2  (withdrawn; third movement was "Archipelago 'Rhumba'")
1932:   "Morceau(The Creole)" for Piano and Orchestra
1934:   Ballet "Dreams"     + (New World cd)
1935: "Archipelago 'Rhumba'" for orchestra: 5 minutes     +  (Centaur and cpo cds)
1936-39/
    46:   Symphony No.3 "American": 25 minutes    +  (cpo cd)
1939:   Music to a World's Fair Film for narrator and orchestra: 11 minutes
1942:   Water Music for 4th of July Evening for strings
1942-43:Symphony No.4 "1942": 32 minutes   +  (Cala, cpo and Naxos cds)
1943:   "Decatur at Algiers-Nocturne for Orchestra": 7 minutes   +  (cpo cd)
1945:   Overture "Over the Plains": 7 minutes
1945-46:Tragic Symphony  (withdrawn)
1946:   "Spectre of the Rose Waltz" for orchestra: 7 minutes
             Violin Concerto: 30 minutes
1947:   Autumn Song "An Aubade for Orchestra"
1947-48:Symphony No.5 "Joyous": 22 minutes      +  (Centaur and cpo cds)
1948:   Symphony No.6 "After Delacroix": 26 minutes   +  (Naxos cd)
             Serenade for string orchestra: 15 minutes    +  (CRI and Naxos cds)
             Overture "McKonkey's Ferry(Washington at Trenton": 9 minutes      +  (cpo and Naxos cds)
             American Dance Suite No.1: "Hot-time Dance" for orchestra: 4 minutes     + (cpo cd)
1949:   Serenade No.2 for chamber orchestra: 21 minutes    +  (New World cd)
             "Tom Sawyer-California Overture": 5 minutes    + (cpo cd)
1951:   "Nocturne in Skyrockets" for orchestra: 7 minutes
             Accordian Dance for orchestra: 5 minutes
1953:   Ballet "Capital of the World"    +  (abridged version –EMI cd)
                       (and Ballet Suite: 17 minutes)     +  (Centaur and cpo cds)
1955-56:Cantata "Cabezza de Vacca" for tenor, baritone, boy soprano, chorus and  orchestra: 52 minutes

[reiger]

Thanks for the Antheil catalogue!

Here's an interesting article on Antheil's Music to a World's Fair Film: 'Lost' Antheil Score Turns Up.