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Irving Berlin : New York genius /

A fast-moving, musically astute portrait of arguably the greatest composer of American popular music. Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called-by George Gershwin, among others-the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. "Berlin has no place in American music,"...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kaplan, James, 1951- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]
Colección:Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • The fugitive
  • I have discovered a great kid
  • You can never tell your finish when you start
  • I sweat blood
  • At the devil's ball
  • Play a simple melody
  • I wasn't much of a soldier
  • Work for yourself!
  • What shall I do?
  • Always
  • Never saw the sun shining so bright
  • Good Good, another revue!
  • Before they ask us to pay the bill
  • Write hits like Irving Berlin
  • While the storm clouds gather
  • What is a war song?
  • This is the army, Mr. Jones
  • To war
  • And back
  • There is America's folk song writer
  • I've never been in a tougher spot
  • We'll never get off the stage
  • A worried old man on the hill
  • What have you written lately?
  • Diminuendo and coda.