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Ballet Mécanique. Ballet Mécanique (1923–24) is a Dadaist post- Cubist art film conceived, written, and co-directed by the artist Fernand Léger and the filmmaker Dudley Murphy (with cinematographic input from Man Ray ). [1] [2] It has a musical score by the American composer George Antheil.
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Dec 26, 2020 · A completely new robotic orchestra performing Ballet mécanique, designed and programmed by Winfried Ritsch, was exhibited at the Kunsthaus Museum in Graz, Austria, from June 27 through October 20, 2019. Through the use of custom Vorsetzers and percussion robots, Ritsch was able to perform. the piece at a tempo close to Antheil's theoretical ...
In 1924, an American living in Paris named George Antheil composed a piece called Ballet mécanique. It called for three xylophones, four bass drums, a tamtam (gong), two pianos, a siren, three airplane propellors, seven electric bells, and 16 synchronized player pianos. It was never performed with that instrumentation during the composer's ...
Ballet mécanique Alt ernative. Title Composer Antheil, George: I-Catalogue Number I-Cat. No. IGA 1 Year/Date of Composition Y/D of Comp. 1953 First Perf ormance. 1954 First Pub lication. 1959 Average Duration Avg. Duration: 15 minutes Composer Time Period Comp. Period: Early 20th century: Piece Style Modern: Instrumentation 4 Pianos, Percussion
