Irving Berlin: Songs from the Melting Pot: The Formative Years, 1907-1914.

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Oxford & New York : Oxford University Press, 1997. Hardcover. Dustjacket. 304 pp.- Irving Berlin remains a central figure in American music, a lyricist/composer whose songs are loved all over the world. His first piece, "Marie from Sunny Italy," was written in 1907, and his "Alexander's Ragtime Band" attracted more public and media attention than any other song of its decade. In later years Berlin wrote such classics as "God Bless America," "Blue Skies," "Always," "Cheek to Cheek," and the holiday favorites "White Christmas" and "Easter Parade." Jerome Kern, his fellow songwriter, commented that "Irving Berlin is American music." In Irving Berlin: The Formative Years, Charles Hamm traces the early years of this most famous and distinctive American songwriter. Beginning with Berlin's immigrant roots--he came to New York in 1893 from Russia--Hamm shows how the young Berlin quickly revealed the talent for music and lyrics that was to mark his entire career. Berlin first wrote for the vaudeville stage, turning out songs that drew on the various ethnic cultures of the city. These pieces, with their Jewish, Italian, German, Irish, and Black protagonists singing in appropriate dialects, reflected the urban mix of New York's melting pot. Berlin drew on various musical styles, especially ragtime, for such songs as "Alexander's Ragtime Band," and Hamm devotes an entire chapter to the song and its success. Condition : very good copy. ISBN 9780195071887. Keywords : , Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 231636

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Inhaltsangabe: Book by Hamm Charles

Críticas: this is a fascinating, important book (Jazzwise)

This is a well written study by America's leading expert on the music of Irving Berlin. (Contemporary Review)

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Titel: Irving Berlin: Songs from the Melting Pot: ...
Verlag: Oxford University Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Dust Jacket Included