Oscar Levant
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Emerging from a Pittsburgh family of Russian-emigrant Jews, Levant honed his piano technique under Zygmunt Stojowski before advancing to modernist studies with Arnold Schoenberg. He went on to write music for more than seventy-five Hollywood films and Broadway productions, penning standards such as “Blame It on My Youth,” and during the 1940s became the nation’s highest-paid concert pianist. Levan…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
