George Carl Johann Antheil (June 8, 1900, Trenton, New Jersey ? 12 February 1959, New York City) was an American avant-garde composer and pianist. Early life Antheil grew up in a family of Lutheran immigrants from Ludwigswinkel, Germany. George spent most of his time living in a more peaceful environment north of Trenton, New Jersey near Washington?s Crossing. Antheil was not Polish, as he claimed, nor Jewish, as others thought. Birth records and family records, Trenton Historical Society http://www.trentonhistory.org/His/Recreation.htm His father owned a local shoe store. Jon Blackwell article in The Trentonian http://www.capitalcentury.com/1927.html "So crazy about music", said author Hugh Ford, that his mother sent him to the countryside where no pianos were available. George arranged for Barlow's Music Store in Trenton to deliver a piano to him.