1. Oscar Levant Who was oscar levant? He was a gifted composer, brilliant solo pianist, wisecrackingmovie actor, (he played Gene Kelly s pianist buddy in the movie version http://www.shellac.org/wams/woscar01.html

Oscar Levant Work Photo From The Columbia Album Set M-508 Who was Oscar Levant ? Besides being one of George Gershwin's (he played Gene Kelly's pianist buddy in the movie version of "American in Paris" and an author. This photograph was scanned from the inside cover of his Columbia album, "Oscar Levant in a Recital of Modern Music," (COL M-508) Oscar Levant was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1906. In the liner notes for his 1942 album of Rhapsody in Blue, (COL MX-251) he started his auto-biographical sketch by commenting: "I was born, like many other children whose parents happened to live in Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh, December 27, 1906. It has always been a regret that the event could not have been delayed four days, so that I would have been born in 1907. As it is, I'm reckoned as a nineteen-sixer, and thus thirty-five at the present time, (1942) when I am really only thirty-four." He died in California in 1973. As the title suggests, this album is a collection of a number of lesser-known "modern" (ca late 1930s) musical pieces by such composers as George Gershwin, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel

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Welcome President's Message News Event Schedule ... Contact Us Los Angeles Jewish Symphony Dr. Noreen Green, Artistic Director Biography of Oscar Levant Raconteur, TV personality, concert pianist, self-described "verbal vampire" and sometime supporting player in films. Levant had originally planned a career as a concert pianist but, after playing in dance bands and becoming George Gershwin's protege, he devoted himself to interpreting the composer's works and, utilizing his own eccentric personality, played character parts or more accurately variations on his own character in films. He did, however, enjoy considerable success as a concert pianist and, at one point in the 1940s, was the highest paid concert artist in the US. Levant's film appearances, too, whether they were musicals or not, usually gave him a chance to play a piano as well. A chain-smoking neurotic and self-professed genius, Levant was noted for his mordant, scathing wit and finely honed insults often hurled against himself and his own hypochondria, manic depression and addictions. While he retained his popularity and circle of friends into the 1960s, Levant's mood swings and increasingly erratic behavior began having professional repercussions. He was nearly banned from television after making a few scatological references concerning a prominent film actress during a 1960 telecast of his LA-based talk show. As time went on, only late-night host Jack Paar would risk having Levant as a guest, and when Paar left TV in 1965, so, for all intents and purposes, did Levant. In and out of rest homes and mental institutions during his last two decades (his final film, 1955's Cobweb, was significantly set in a sanitarium), he became dependent upon pain-killers and other prescription drugs. Despite his deteriorating physical and mental condition, he was able to turn out three superb autobiographical works, A Smattering of Ignorance, The Unimportance of Being Oscar and The Memoirs of an Amnesiac. Oscar Levant died of a heart attack in 1972 at the age of 66.

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CQHome Search CQ CQ Indexes CQ E-books ... creative Creative Quotations from . . . Oscar Levant 1906-1972) born on Dec 3 US composer, musician, actor. He was a concert pianist of caustic wit who appeared in "A Rhapsody in Blue," 1945 and "An American in Paris, 1951. Search millions of documents for Oscar Levant Creative Hats Tshirts African Cichlids Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character. There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision. So little time and so little to do. I once said cynically of a politician: 'He'll double cross that bridge when he comes to it.' Published Sources for Quotations Above: F: In "1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said," ed. Robert Byrne, 1988. R: A: In "Correct Quotes for DOS," WordStar International, 1991. N: In "1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said," ed. Robert Byrne, 1988. K: In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994. Aquarium Fish Mortgage Info India Outsourcing Check out these Ebay items for Oscar Levant! be more creative.com

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Oscar Levant Introduction Oscar Levant And His Concert Music Select Bibliography Concert Music Catalogue Introduction The strength and beauty of his musical accomplishment has long been overshadowed by his public personna. For Oscar Levant, his own music has been silenced by his presumed character: the acerbic crank on the Jack Paar Show; the Broadway showman and Hollywood star; the author of preposterously acute and funny books; the radio and television ringmaster; the concert pianist and Gershwin specialist. No kaleidoscope could serve these many split images. Two decades after his death, the time has come to re-examine his work as a composer of strong and original music. He was, after all, the beneficiary of a powerful education in classical music and piano technique. He studied composition with Arnold Schoenberg and piano with Zygmunt Stojowski. At the height of his career, he performed under the batons of Toscanini, Beecham, Mitropoulos, Reiner, Monteux, and Ormandy. Oscar Levant And His Concert Music It doesn't help matters that he would not take seriously - at least in the words he used to describe it - his own concert music. Over a decade, he did write string quartets, a woodwind trio, a sinfonietta, and a piano concerto of genuine art and complexity.

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Search Quotes Home New Quotes Oscar Levant Quotes Pages: (1906 - 1972) - American pianist and actor. - Click icon to send that quote to a friend. I'm a concert pianist. That's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment. (An American in Paris, 1951) I envy people who drink at least they know what to blame everything on. Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. I am no more humble than my talents require. There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. A pun is the lowest form of humor when you don't think of it first. Email this page of Oscar Levant quotations to a friend. Find Related Products on Amazon By Subjects A B C D ... Z By Authors A B C D ... Z Fun Sites Are you Single? Funny Pictures Movie Posters Privacy ... Funny Quotes

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OSCAR LEVANT BORN December 27, 1906 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ENTERED INTO REST August 14, 1972 Los Angeles, California AGE 65 Years 7 Months 18 Days CAUSE OF DEATH FINAL RESTING PLACE Westwood Memorial Park Los Angeles, California Pianist, composer and bizarre wit in movies, radio and on TV. November 03, 2003

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9. Paw Prints Anecdotes: Oscar Levant (1906–72) oscar levant (1906–72). Biographical Note US pianist, writer, and wit, authorof A Smattering of Ignorance (1940) and Memoirs of an Amnesiac (1965). http://www.geocities.com/kashalinka/levant.html

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10. George Eastman House Photography From 1839 To Today Series TITLE ON OBJECT oscar levant, pianist. April 9, 1972 INSCRIPTION verso(handwritten in ink) "oscar levant 4/9/72" (signed) "Avedon" (rubberstamp) "This photograph may not http://www.geh.org/taschen/htmlsrc15/m197600470002_ful.html

Photography from 1839 to Today George Eastman House Still Photograph Archive Full Catalog Record Go to: Home Index Checklists Thumbnails ... Jump to image Avedon, Richard American (1923-) TITLE ON OBJECT: Oscar Levant, Pianist April 9, 1972 gelatin silver print 37.7 x 37.5 cm. Gift of the photographer GEH NEG: 29383 BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES: EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Acquisitions 1973-1980", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, June 12 - September 20, 1981.// DeCordova Museum June 1980 INSCRIPTION: verso-(handwritten in ink) "Oscar Levant 4/9/72" (signed) "Avedon" (rubberstamp) "This photograph may not be used for publication without the written permission of Richard Avedon" NOTES: Catalogued 4/86, DZ. Title, date and related information provided by Avedon's studio. Photograph taken in Beverly Hills, California. SUBJECTS: personage, actor / Levant, Oscar personage, musician / Levant, Oscar Jump to text Reposition image Go to: Home Index Checklists Thumbnails The contents of this site, including all images and text, are for personal, educational, non-commercial use only. The contents of this site may not be reproduced in any form without the permission of the George Eastman House.

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Oscar Levant Quotes Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character. There is a thin line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Once I make up my mind, I'm full of indecision. So little time and so little to do. I once said cynically of a politician: 'He'll double cross that bridge when he comes to it.' There are two sides to every question: my side and the wrong side. I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself. Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember. Every time I look at you, I get a fierce desire to be lonesome. I was once thrown out of a mental hospital for depressing the other patients. When I was young I looked like Al Capone, but I lacked his compassion. The nickname "Tinsel Town" was coined by Oscar Levant, the pianist, composer who observed: "Strip the phoney tinsel off Hollywood, and you'll find the real tinsel underneath. I'm going to memorize your name and throw my head away. Visit our Anecdotes Archives for more information about Oscar Levant. http://www.geocities.com/kashalinka/ReadingRm/quotes/

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