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Berlin, Irving
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Berlin, Irving [ Baline, Israel] (
b Tyumen, Russia, 1888;
d NY, 1989). Russ.-born Amer. composer of highly successful popular music. He was a thoroughly professional musician, at the start of his career, between 1907 and 1914, composing over 200 songs. Wrote the lyrics for almost all his songs. Wrote the musicals
Annie Get Your Gun (1946) and
Call Me Madam (1950). Among his songs, many for films and mus. comedies, are
Alexander's Ragtime Band (1911),
God Bless America,
Easter Parade,
White Christmas,
Putting on my Top Hat,
This is the Army,
What'll I do?, and
Always (1925).
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Irving Berlin Returns to Broadway On New Postage Stamp to be Issued in New York; Irving Berlin Stamp Dedication at Broadway on Broadway(R) 2002 Concert.
PR Newswire; 8/30/2002; 700+ words
; WASHINGTON -- Irving Berlin, an accomplished songwriter who helped...next month with the issuance of the Irving Berlin commemorative stamp on Sept. 15 in New York, N.Y. The Irving Berlin stamp will be dedicated at an 11...
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IRVING BERLIN, LIKE A MELODY; America's Songwriter and the Music That Made a Century Sing
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/23/1989; ; 700+ words
; ...first person I ever heard sing an Irving Berlin song was my mother. She used...s song had words and music by Irving Berlin, a Russian-born Jew who became...later, it began to seem as if Irving Berlin, like the hundreds of songs he...
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Irving Berlin: A Daughter's Memoir.
Magazine article from: Saturday Evening Post; 1/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...century American way of life. Irving Berlin, the Russian cantor's son...Ellin Barrett makes quite clear in Irving Berlin: A Daughter's Memoir, is that...Nevertheless, Ellin Mackay eloped with Irving Berlin January 4, 1926, and in the...
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Irving Berlin Returns to Broadway on New Postage Stamp Issued in New York; Commemorative Stamp Dedicated at Broadway on Broadway(R) 2002 Concert.
PR Newswire; 9/16/2002; 700+ words
; NEW YORK -- Irving Berlin, an accomplished songwriter who wrote more than 1...the U.S. Postal Service with the issuance of the Irving Berlin commemorative stamp. The Irving Berlin stamp was dedicated at a first day of issue ceremony...
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IRVING BERLIN, ALWAYS; For the Record, The Best Berlin Available
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/8/1988; ; 700+ words
; ...everybody would have some sort of Irving Berlin tribute out by now, and some...available. Anthologies "The Vintage Irving Berlin" (New World 238). A classic...Bennett and Rosemary Clooney. "Irving Berlin: Always" (Verve 835540-1...
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IRVING BERLIN DEAD AT 101
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 9/23/1989; ; 700+ words
; Obituary, Page 57 Irving Berlin, born in Russia, listened to...immediately that you are listening to Irving Berlin. The reason you know is that...American words onto American music, Irving Berlin wrote the book. You can't hear...
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Two-week Irving Berlin celebration kicks off tonight.(Arts & Literature)
Newspaper article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR); 8/3/2006; 700+ words
; ...Music's two-week salute to Irving Berlin's America kicks off tonight...Heat Wave: Improvisations on Irving Berlin," 2:30 p.m. Friday, Jaqua...Stone. "A Day in the Life of Irving Berlin," 2:30 p.m. Saturday...
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Irving Berlin the Agnostic; Patriotism Was His Religion
Magazine article from: Free Thought Today; 5/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...intended as an antiwar anthem? Irving Berlin is by any measure the greatest...when he was 29. "Patriotism was Irving Berlin's true religion," writes biographer...Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin (1990). Irving Berlin was...
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THE MUSIC OF IRVING BERLIN IS BACK AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Transcript from: Regulatory Intelligence Data; 4/30/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...live performances of the music of Irving Berlin at 7:30 P.M. on Monday and...Back Like a Song: The Music of Irving Berlin for four evening performances...celebration of the 100th birthday of Irving Berlin, an immigrant from Russia and...
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God bless the American spirit Thank Irving Berlin for the tunes that comfort a nation
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 12/23/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...when it comes to the nation, Irving Berlin said it simplest and said it best...Bless America Land that I love." Irving Berlin was a Jew and he suffered slights...of its creator. It's "by" Irving Berlin, but so what? The Berlin songbook...
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Irving Berlin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Irving Berlin The American composer Irving Berlin (1888-1989) produced about 800 songs, many of which...seemed to epitomize the mass American sentiments of the era. Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Tyumen, Russia, on May 11, 1888...
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Berlin, Irving
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Irving Berlin Born: May 11, 1888Temun, RussiaDied...and songwriter The American composer Irving Berlin produced over eight hundred songs, many...Americans at the time. Early struggles Irving Berlin was born Israel Baline in Temun, Russia...
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Berlin, Irving 1888-1989
Book article from: American Decades
BERLIN, IRVING 1888-1989 Songwriter America's Minstrel When asked to comment on Irving Berlin's place in American music, Jerome Kern famously declared: "Irving Berlin has no place in American music—...
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Isaiah Berlin
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Churchill asked to meet "this man Berlin". Shortly thereafter, Churchill...entertaining the American composer Irving Berlin. This type of mix-up between...Rabbi of England congratulated Irving Berlin for the honor in the Jewish Chronicle...
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The Music Downtown
Book article from: American Decades
...songwriters included George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin (who wrote more than three hundred...anti-German. A few, such as Irving Berlin's 1918 hit "Oh! How I Hate...soul of every American/' said Irving Berlin, "and ragtime is a necessary...
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