IRVING BERLIN, MUSIC MAN EXTRAORDINAIRE.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)

From: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) | Date: August 3, 2002| Author: , Lisa; Bornstein^ | Copyright information

Byline: Lisa Bornstein

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS

Like so many of the creators of the American songbook, Irving Berlin came from somewhere else.

Born Israel Baline in 1888 in Russia, he arrived on Manhattan's Lower East Side at the age of 5 in 1893. His immigrant status informed a career that lasted half a century and a life that stretched twice that. You can hear it in the unabashed patriotism of God Bless America and in the patois of Yiddisha Professor....

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