{"product_id":"18963-levant-oscar-signed-photograph","title":"Levant, Oscar. (1904 - 1972) Signed Photograph","description":"Scarce signed doubleweight photograph of the great American bon vivant, actor and pianist, shown at the piano, inscribed: \"To George Gaber\/ Best wishes,\/ Oscar Levant.\" Very fine.  10 x 8 inches (25.4 x 20.3 cm.). \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eA student of Schoenberg, Oscar Levant was a close friend and important promoter of George Gershwin and played the role of himself in the Gershwin biopic \"Rhapsody in Blue.\" \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"\"\u003eFrom the collection of George Gaber (1916–2007), noted percussionist who performed with a number of professional ensembles, including the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Israel Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and Baltimore Symphony and worked with Leonard Bernstein, Otto Klemperer, Igor Stravinsky, Henry Mancini, Duke Ellington and many others over the span of his career.  From 1960 to 1986 taught percussion at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and was also an artist in residence at Carnegie Mellon University, an adjudicator for National Music Arts in Japan and the Canadian Music Competition, and a Hall of Fame recipient in Percussion Arts Society.\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093700104351,"sku":"18963","price":575.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Levant_Oscar_Signed_Photograph_18963.jpg?v=1722189777","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/18963-levant-oscar-signed-photograph","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}