"George Johann Carl Antheil"@en . "1900-07-08Z"^^ . . "1959Z"^^ . "1900Z"^^ . "Antheil, George"@en . . "1959-02-12Z"^^ . . "George Antheil"@en . "George Antheil (/\u02C8\u00E6nta\u026Al/; July 8, 1900 \u2013 February 12, 1959) was an American avant-garde composer, pianist, author and inventor whose modernist musical compositions explored the modern sounds \u2013 musical, industrial, mechanical \u2013 of the early 20th century.Spending much of the 1920s in Europe, Antheil returned to the US in the 1930s, and thereafter spent much of his time composing music for films and, eventually, television. As a result of this work, his style became more tonal."@en . . . "American musician" .