41. Oscar Levant one by one) gifted composer, concert pianist, radio personality, movie star, Quote from oscar levant “I ve given up reading books. http://www.dorothyfields.co.uk/c_levant.htm

Navigate the site using the links below Home Biography Songs Recordings ... About Me Oscar Levant Born Dec 27 1906 Died Aug 14 1972 Oscar Levant had a unique career. To quote an essay by Dixie Burge, Oscar Levant flourished as (and subsequently gave up each, one by one) gifted composer, concert pianist, radio personality, movie star, successful recording artist, best-selling author, talk-show host and quiz show panellist Throughout the 1920s and 1930s Levant composed and performed an eclectic range of popular and classical music. One bizarre highlight was the composition of a 15 minute opera, for, all of things, a Charlie Chan film. Well, to be fair, it was Charlie Chan at the Opera A minor entry in the catalogue was the score for the Ginger Rogers movie In Person in 1935. This was his only work with Dorothy Fields who wrote the lyrics for three Levant melodies. All three songs are currently available on recordings by Bobby Short, Peter Mintun and Kay Thompson. Quote from Oscar Levant : For details of Oscar Levant's career in classical music see Oscar Levant Contact Me

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Free Teacher Resources First Time Visitors Gift Certificates Education Directory ... Edit this page Oscar Levant Oscar Levant was both a pianist and an actor , better known for his character than music . He was born on December 27 to a musical family in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Levant moved to New York with his mother in after the death of his father. He began studying under Zygmunt Stojowski, a well established piano pedagogue. In 1928 Levant traveled to Hollywood where his career turned for the better. During his stay, he met and befriended George Gershwin Around Levant began composing on a serious note. This led to a request by Aaron Copland to play at the Yaddo Festival of contemporary American music on April 30 of that year. Successful, Levant began on a new orchestral work, Sinfonietta During the years of and , Oscar Levant syndicated his own talk show, The Oscar Levant Show . The show was highly controversial, finally being taken from the air after a comment in regards to Marilyn Monroe ; 'Now that Marilyn Monroe is kosher

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44. The New York Times > Movies > People > Oscar Levant oscar levant, The Cobweb, The Band Wagon, O. Henry s Full House, he had gainedrenown as a concert pianist, teacher, band leader and composer. http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=99458

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Musicians, My Mother, and Me by Thomas J. Cottle There is a brief, intriguing passage in the autobiography of Gregor Piatigorsky, who to some ears was the finest cellist of the twentieth century: he is writing about touring in the late thirties and early forties. Cellist , Doubleday, 1965.) When the Music Stopped: Discovering My Mother Gitta Gradova with her close friend Vladimir Horowitz. Jack Paar had Levant on The Tonight Show Page 1 of 2 June 7, 2004 Alumni Web Boston University Contact Us

46. Oscar Levant At Basic Music oscar levant was a well known performer who appeared in several Hollywood filmsof the 1940 s. He is remembered as a pianist and recording artist. http://basicmusic.net/MusicianDisplay.php/musn/3474

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Grave Hunter Oscar Levant D.O.B.: December 27, 1906 (Pittsburgh, PA) D.O.D.: August 12, 1972 (Beverly Hills, CA) Cause of Death: Heart Attack Location: Westwood Memorial; Sanctuary of Love Biographical Notes: Oscar Levant is best known for his wry, sarcastic wit. Levant co-starred in the movie "An American in Paris," was a talented pianist, a close friend of George Gershwin, had his own early talk show on local TV, and was the man who coined the term "Tinseltown" for Hollywood. When he hosted "The Oscar Levant Show" on KCOP-TV, which was sponsored by Philco, he once got up and told his audience not to buy the company's TV sets, and predicted that he would be fired from KCOP. He was. He also predicted that he would be hired by rival KHJ (now KCAL), because "they'll take anybody." Composed: "Made for Each Other" (1939) "Street Girl" (1929) Home About this Site

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Famous quotes by Oscar Levant From All the Best Quotes Home Search Oscar Levant quotes I'm a concert pianist. That's a pretentious way of saying I'm unemployed at the moment. Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character. I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself. Happiness isn't something you experience, it's something you remember. The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. There is a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. I once said cynically of a politician, "He'll double-cross that bridge when he comes to it". Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm schizophrenic, and so am I. Strip away the phoney tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath. Subject Index A B C D ... Z Author Index A B C D ... Z

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Born 12/26 Born 12/27 Born 12/28 Birth Dates Died 12/26 Died 12/27 ... Death Dates "I much prefer the sharpest criticism of a single intelligent man to the thoughtless approval of the masses." Johannes Kepler German astronomer "Chance favors only the prepared mind." Louis Pasteur French scientist "I have seen purer liquors, better segars, finer tobacco, truer guns and pistols, larger dirks and bowie knives, and prettier courtesans here in San Francisco than in any other place I have ever visited; and it is my unbiased opinion that California can and does furnish the best bad things that are available in America." Hinton Helper US writer , on late 19th-century San Francisco "Poor Elsa [Lanchester] Victoria . And she wanted to be queen of the Charles Laughton household, once he became a star, but he already had the role." Marlene Dietrich German-US actor "Behind the phoney tinsel of Hollywood lies the real tinsel." Oscar Levant US composer, pianist

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Peer Resources Index Mentor Index Coaching Index Mentor Learning Index The Mentor Hall of Fame CLASSICAL AND BROADWAY MUSICIANS, PERFORMERS, COMPOSERS, CONDUCTORS, BALLET AND MODERN DANCERS Virtually anyone can benefit from having a mentor. And most well-known, accomplished and successful artists can identify people in their lives who acted as mentors. The following list of mentor pairs was compiled by Rey Carr from a variety of sources including autobiographies, biographies, newspaper articles, personal interviews, and diligent historical research. If you know of mentor pairs that ought to be added, we have provided an opportunity for you to submit the names and details: Add a Mentor Pair CLASSICAL AND BROADWAY MUSICIANS, PERFORMERS, COMPOSERS, CONDUCTORS, BALLET AND MODERN DANCERS Isaac Stern mentor to Pinchas Zukerman (Israeli violinist and conductor), Itzhak Perlman, Miriam Fried, Shlomo Mintz, Sergui Luca and Yo-Yo Ma Dorothy DeLay (violin teacher) mentor to Itzhak Perlman, Sarah Chang and Midori Joseph Joachim (violinist) mentor to Artur Rubinstein (pianist) Ingolf Dahl (conductor) mentor to Michael Tilson Thomas (pianist and conductor) Boris Brott (Canadian conductor) mentored by Igor Markevitch (musical director Montreal Symphony Orchestra) Joseph Papp (producer) mentor to Elizabeth Swados (composer Bio June Levant (wife of Oscar Levant) mentor to Michael Feinstein (pianist and singer) Hans Swarowsky mentor to Claudio Abbado (permanent conductor, Milan Opera House)

56. INKPOT#63 CLASSICAL MUSIC REVIEWS: Gershwin's Greatest Hits (Columbia Masterwork Leonard Bernstein · oscar levant · Andre Previn piano soloists Poem providedcourtesy of Richard Glazier, pianist of Gershwin Remembrance Discovery http://inkpot.com/classical/gershgreathits.html

Gershwin's Greatest Hits Rhapsody in Blue Three Preludes Concerto in F (Finale) An American in Paris Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Potrait (Selections) Leonard Bernstein · Oscar Levant · Andre Previn piano soloists · Columbia Symphony Orchestra · Andre Konstelantz and his Orchestra · Philadelphia Orchestra · conducted by Leonard Bernstein · Eugene Ormandy CBS Masterworks MLK 39454 [57'09"] budget-price by Adrian Tan Blues for George Gershwin by Lewis Turco When I was three you stepped out of the light. When I was three years old you spurned the light And wandered off into the dark of night. You left behind a melody or two, A tune, a song, a melody or two, And that was quite enough for you to do To justify your stay among us here, To pay your way while you were with us here Upon this mortal coil, this spinning sphere. When I grew up I heard the songs you made, I listened, and I learned the songs you made And wishedoh! how I wished that you had stayed. I do not understand why you were taken So young, Some force of Nature was mistaken when it decided to leave the world forsaken Of all that possibility of song

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58. Classical Notes - George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue", Classical Classics, Pete oscar levant Plays George Gershwin cheesecake Columbia LP cover Of otherperformances, pianist/conductor Morton Gould, who worked with Gershwin, http://www.classicalnotes.net/classics/gershwin.html

Composers' own records have unique value. More clearly than verbal descriptions or even written notation, they document the creator's conception, inspire understanding and guide further interpretation. Among the most essential of these is George Gershwin's brilliant 1924 record of his Rhapsody in Blue Apparently, at one point Gershwin had mentioned his desire to write a serious piece incorporating jazz and pop elements to Paul Whiteman, whose dance band was among the most popular in America. Nothing more came of this until January 3, 1924, when Whiteman announced an eclectic concert to take place at New York City's Aeolian Hall, with the bold purpose of displaying modern American music in all its varieties. Whiteman went on to proclaim that Gershwin was at work on a jazz concerto which would receive its premiere at the event. This was news to Gershwin, who read about it in the next day's paper along with the rest of the world. Gershwin protested that he had nothing in progress except a new show and was headed to Boston for a tryout. Worse yet, the Whiteman concert was slated for February 12! Despite the confusion, Whiteman apparently persuaded Gershwin to accept his commission. Gershwin later recalled that he formed the concept of the piece on his way to Boston, inspired in part by the rhythmic noises of the train ride. Upon returning to his New York apartment, he produced a two-piano score to be orchestrated by Whiteman's top arranger. Best remembered for his glitzy but trifling

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ARS GRATIA TATUM A Brief Biographical Sketch Of Art Tatum The Greatest Pianist In Jazz This is an unexpurgated, uncorrected text of a 1978 paper. I wrote this at a time when there was very little written about Tatum. Sadly that is still the case. There is one biography: James Lester's Too Marvelous For Words (1994, Oxford U.P.). But it is disappointing, too facile for my taste. Facts with insufficient insight. Arnold Laubich and Ray Spencer's Art Tatum: A Guide to His Recorded Music (1982, Scarecrow Press/ Institute of Jazz Studies, Rutgers) gives an overview of the great pianist's life; but it is primarily a discography, albeit a wonderful one. By far the greatest work on Tatum is Joseph A. Howard's Ph.D. 3-volume thesis The Improvisational Techniques of Art Tatum (1978, Dept. of Music - Case Western). However, his spectacular analysis is not commercially available, and its academic approach does clothe it with a certain opacity. Beyond these three works there are a few books of transcriptions and some articles, but still far too little on this profoundly great musician. The objective of this paper was to give a biographical analysis of Art Tatum and I think it stands the test of time. Based only on secondary sources, this work does not fancy itself error-free. It is but the synthesis, through combination, elimination and deduction of everything written by 1978 on Tatum - well, almost everything. It incorporates none of the post-1978 sources.

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