Irving Berlin

  • Irving Berlin: New York Genius
    By James Kaplan

    ... and Al Dubin's “Lullaby of Broadway” (from Gold Diggers of 1935) over the two other nominees: Berlin's “Cheek to Cheek” and Jerome Kern, Dorothy Fields, and Jimmy McHugh's “Lovely to Look At” (from the Astaire-Rogers film Roberta).

  • Irving Berlin: America's Songwriter
    By Jennifer Blizin Gillis

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  • Irving Berlin: New York Genius
    By James Kaplan

    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.

  • Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy who Made America Sing
    By Nancy Churnin

    The story behind how a Jewish refugee wrote the patriotic American classic, God Bless America. Irving Berlin came to America as a five-year-old refugee and started singing about his new home.

  • Irving Berlin: A Daughter's Memoir
    By Mary Ellin Barrett

    (Limelight). In this book, Irving Berlin comes to life as a father, a husband and a friend as well as the most enduring and beloved songwriter of this century. We...

  • Irving Berlin: A Life in Song
    By Philip Furia, Professor of Creative Writing Philip Furia

    He wrote more American standards than any other composer, including "White Christmas", "God Bless America", "Easter Parade", and hundreds more.This book sets the work of this American legend in the context of his time.

  • Irving Berlin: Songs from the Melting Pot: The Formative Years, 1907-1914
    By Charles Hamm

    The book also details Berlin's early efforts to write for the Broadway musical stage, culminating in 1914 with his first musical comedy, Watch Your Step, featuring the popular dance team, Vernon and Irene Castle.

  • Irving Berlin
    By Michael Freedland

    He created over three thousand songs, yet never learned to play the piano properly. A composer who calls himself a songwriter, whose songs are to him no more than "tunes,"...

  • Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing
    By Nancy Churnin

    Irving Berlin came to the United States as a refugee from Tsarist Russia, escaping a pogrom that destroyed his village.

  • Irving Berlin: A Daughter's Memoir
    By Mary Ellin Barrett

    Popular music would not be the same today without the legendary songwriter and composer, Irving Berlin.

  • Irving Berlin: America's Underdog Songwriter
    By Paul M. Kaplan

    Author Paul Kaplan traces the path of the man behind the songs through this rags-to-riches story and Berlin's place in the music business in the early twentieth century, including the tragedies that befell him on this journey.

  • Irving Berlin: New Concepts for Piano - Intermediate Piano
    By Bill Irwin, Creative Concepts Publishing

    Includes 12 Berlin favorites as arranged by Bill Irwin and complete with arranger's notes for each song.

  • Irving Berlin: A Life in Song
    By Philip Furia

    Irving Berlin's singular devotion to the art of weaving words and music together produced songs of extraordinary quality. During the course of his career, he wrote thousands of songs, sometimes...

  • Irving Berlin: America's Underdog Songwriter
    By Paul M. Kaplan

    Irving Berlin is considered one of the greatest American songwriters.

  • Irving Berlin: Songs from the Melting Pot : the Formative Years, 1907-1914
    By Charles Hamm, Arthur R Virgin Professor of Music Charles Hamm

    The book also details Berlin's early efforts to write for the Broadway musical stage, culminating in 1914 with his first musical comedy, Watch Your Step, featuring the popular dance team, Vernon and Irene Castle.

  • Irving Berlin: A Daughter's Memoir
    By Mary Ellin Barrett

    Written by his eldest daughter, this touching memoir shares the life of the man behind some of the nation’s favorite songs, including “God Bless America,” “White Christmas,” and “There’s No Business Life Show Business.” ...