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Oscar Levant
December 26, 1906 – August 14, 1972
American musician and comedian (1906–1972)
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Oscar Levant was an American concert pianist, composer, conductor and actor born in Pittsburgh, U.S., from Russian-emigrant parents. Levant studied under Zygmunt Stojowski and Arnold Schoenberg, and has 33 albums as a pianist, having recorded works of numerous classical composers. For a period of time during the 1940s, he was the highest paid concert pianist in the United States.
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- Birthday · December 26
- Anniversary · August 14
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