As Thousands Cheer The Life of Irving Berlin

Name: As Thousands Cheer The Life of Irving Berlin
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ISBN: 9780306806759

ISBN-10: 0306806754

ISBN-13: 9780306806759

Edition: Reprint

Authors: Laurence Bergreen

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Irving Berlin (18881989) 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…

Book details

List price: $25.95
Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/22/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 702
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.694
Language: English