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Tables of Contents for A Talent for Genius
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Prelude
xi
PART I: AN AMERICAN IN PITTSBURGH
3
24
1: The Unmentionable City
3
6
2: The Making of a Chuchum
9
8
3: The "Paderooski" of Colwell Street
17
10
PART II: THE EMPERORS OF BROADWAY
27
54
4: The Main Stem
27
7
5: Stairway to Paradise
34
9
6: The Emperors of Broadway
43
5
7: "Sax-o-phun"
48
7
8: One of the Boys
55
6
9: Burlesque
61
7
10: The Widening Circle
68
13
PART III: THE DANCE OF LIFE
81
110
11: The Dance of Life
81
12
12: Penthouse Beachcomber
93
9
13: Various Debuts
102
12
14: Oscar Among the Composers
114
7
15: A New York Divorce
121
10
16: Exiles and Moguls
131
8
17: Crimes Without Passion
139
10
18: The Lion in Exile
149
11
19: The Great Houses
160
8
20: Concert of Missed Notes
168
9
21: Someone to Watch Over Me
177
14
PART IV: LOVE AND FAME
191
126
22: "Dear Junie"
191
13
23: The Unknown Celebrity
204
11
24: Distant Music
215
14
25: "The Future Mrs. L."
229
8
26: Ghost Music
237
9
27: The Talking Pianist
246
13
28: A Bargain for a Dedication
259
10
29: "Again, the Rhapsody?"
269
12
30: Endless Bleeding
281
9
31: Humoresque
290
16
32: Romance on the High Seas
306
11
PART V: THE FABULOUS INVALID
317
112
33: Freed at Last
317
12
34: Render unto Caesar
329
12
35: The Reign of Terror
341
10
36: Paradoxical Excitement
351
11
37: Chaos in Search of Frenzy
362
14
38: The Oscar Levant Show
376
8
39: Under Paar
384
10
40: "Good Night, Oscar Levant, Wherever You Are"
394
9
41: The Memoirs of an Amnesiac
403
13
42: Remembering and Forgetting
416
13
Coda
429
4
Notes
433
38
Bibliography
471
10
Acknowledgments
481
4
Appendix
485
16
Index
501