Gathered together in one volume for the first time: all of theincomparable song lyrics of Irving Berlin, whose career and workare the most important and all-encompassing in the history ofAmerican popular music.
Berlin came from a poor immigrant family and began his career asa singing waiter, but by the time he was nineteen he was publishinghis songs and quickly found fame with "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in1911. In the extraordinary six decades that followed, Berlin wroteone popular hit after another: "Blue Skies," "Always," "Cheek toCheek," "White Christmas," "God Bless America," "There's NoBusiness Like Show Business," and many, many more. He also wrote anumber of the classics of musical theater's Golden Age, climaxingwith Annie Get Your Gun. He penned three Astaire and Rogersfilms--Top Hat, Carefree, and Follow the Fleet--as well as thescores of Holiday Inn, Easter Parade, and other movies. The breadthof his accomplishments is staggering.
Berlin's entire oeuvre is here--the lyrics of more than 1,200songs (400 of which have never before appeared in print), alongwith anecdotal, historical, and musicological commentary and dozensof photographs.
This beautiful volume is an invaluable contribution to theunderstanding and enjoyment of popular music in our time.
【作者简介】
Robert Kimball is the editor of The Complete Lyrics of IraGershwin, The Complete Lyrics of Lorenz Hart, and The CompleteLyrics of Cole Porter. He lives in New York City.
Linda Emmet, one of Irving Berlin's three daughters, lives inParis
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