The Complete Lyrics of Irving Berlin
$149.34
- Hardcover
560 pages
- Release Date
15 November 2001
Summary
Gathered together in one volume for the first time- all of the incomparable song lyrics of Irving Berlin, whose career and work are the most important and all-encompassing in the history of American popular music.
Berlin came from a poor immigrant family and began his career as a singing waiter, but by the time he was nineteen he was publishing his songs and quickly found fame with “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” in 1911. In the extraordinary six decades that followed, Berlin wrote one pop…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780679419433 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0679419438 |
| Author: | Robert Kimball, Linda Emmet |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Random House USA Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 560 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 November 2001 |
| Weight: | 2.38kg |
| Dimensions: | 299mm x 277mm x 34mm |
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Critics Review
“Just how complete? Try 1,200-plus songs from the grand old man of Tin Pan Alley. Sure, there’s ‘God Bless America,’ but this late-in-life lyric may strike a chord too: ‘Let’s stroll down memory lane again/Where there’s a brighter view/Till this crazy world is sane again/And the sun come shining through.’”
- Entertainment Weekly
“Irving Berlin is American music.”
- Jerome Kern
About The Author
Robert Kimball
Robert Kimball is the editor of The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin, The Complete Lyrics of Lorenz Hart, and The Complete Lyrics of Cole Porter. He lives in New York City.
Linda Emmet, one of Irving Berlin’s three daughters, lives in Paris.
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