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Author : Nancy Churnin
Release : 2018
Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
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Book Rating : 44X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Irving Berlin by : Nancy Churnin
Download or read book Irving Berlin written by Nancy Churnin. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story behind how a Jewish refugee wrote the patriotic American classic, God Bless America.
Author : Benjamin Sears
Release : 2012-04-19
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 745/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Irving Berlin Reader by : Benjamin Sears
Download or read book The Irving Berlin Reader written by Benjamin Sears. This book was released on 2012-04-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Irving Berlin Reader offers fascinating glimpses the life and work of this most famous of American songwriters. Berlin is presented here in full through writings from his earliest years to the present, including Berlin's own thoughts on songwriting. Many of the articles are otherwise difficult or impossible to find, and all are expertly contextualized by Ben Sears's introductions.
Author : Laurence Bergreen
Release : 1996-03-22
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 521/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis As Thousands Cheer by : Laurence Bergreen
Download or read book As Thousands Cheer written by Laurence Bergreen. This book was released on 1996-03-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irving Berlin (1888–1989) was unable to read or write music and could only play the piano in the key of F-sharp major; yet, for the first half of the twentieth century he was America's most successful and most representative songwriter, composing such hits as "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "Cheek to Cheek," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," "Puttin' on the Ritz," "White Christmas," "Anything You Can Do," "There's No Business Like Show Business," and "God Bless America." As Thousands Cheer, winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, explores with precision and sensitivity Berlin's long, prolific career; his self-doubt and late-blooming misanthropy; and the tyrannical control he exerted over his legacy of song. From his immigrant beginnings through Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood to his reclusive and bitter final years, this definitive biography reveals the man who wrote 1500 songs but could never quash the fear that, for all his success, he wasn't quite good enough.
Author : James Kaplan
Release : 2019-11-05
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 216/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Irving Berlin by : James Kaplan
Download or read book Irving Berlin written by James Kaplan. This book was released on 2019-11-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a fast†‘moving, musically astute portrait of arguably the greatest composer of American popular music Irving Berlin (1888–1989) has been called—by George Gershwin, among others—the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. “Berlin has no place in American music,” legendary composer Jerome Kern wrote; “he is American music.” In a career that spanned an astonishing nine decades, Berlin wrote some fifteen hundred tunes, including “Alexander’s Ragtime Band,” “God Bless America,” and “White Christmas.” From ragtime to the rock era, Berlin’s work has endured in the very fiber of American national identity. Exploring the interplay of Berlin’s life with the life of New York City, noted biographer James Kaplan offers a visceral narrative of Berlin as self†‘made man and witty, wily, tough Jewish immigrant. This fast†‘paced, musically opinionated biography uncovers Berlin’s unique brilliance as a composer of music and lyrics. Masterfully written and psychologically penetrating, Kaplan’s book underscores Berlin’s continued relevance in American popular culture. About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award. More praise for Jewish Lives: “Excellent.” – New York times “Exemplary.” – Wall St. Journal “Distinguished.” – New Yorker “Superb.” – The Guardian
Author : Leslie Kimmelman
Release : 2018
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Book Synopsis Write On, Irving Berlin! by : Leslie Kimmelman
Download or read book Write On, Irving Berlin! written by Leslie Kimmelman. This book was released on 2018. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This picture-book biography examines the life of Irving Berlin, one of the most well-known composers in America.
