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Hollywood.com: Irving Berlin
Vital statistics, brief biography.
http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/detail/celeb/199620
Columbia Encyclopedia: Berlin, Irving
Brief biographical entry.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/be/BerlinI.html
Everything2: Irving Berlin
Biographical profile, a bit of trivia, and links to related topics.
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=486644
Rediscovering Irving Berlin
Book review considers three biographies of the often misunderstood songwriter. By Phillip D. Atteberry.
http://www.pitt.edu/~atteberr/jazz/articles/IrvingBerlin.html
As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin
Bergreen's biographical book reviewed by Phillip D. Atteberry.
http://www.pitt.edu/~atteberr/jazz/articles/BERGREEN.html
Irving Berlin: This Is the Army
Detailed four-part article about the making of Berlin's patriotic all-soldier musical. Includes several photographs. Based on a lecture by Laurence Bergreen. [Prologue]
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/summer_1996_irving_berlin_1.html
Isaiah Berlin / Irving Berlin
Anecdote about Winston Churchill's wartime grilling of Irving Berlin, whom he mistook for political philosopher Isaiah Berlin. As told by Isaiah Berlin.
http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/tribute/2berlins.htm
Berlin, Irving
Brief musical biography with comments on his successes from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=981
All Movie Guide: Irving Berlin
Biography by Hal Erickson, filmography, Oscar nominations.
http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=EIrving|Berlin
Oh! How He Hated to Get Up in the Morning
On Sergeant Berlin's life as a draftee at Camp Upton, and the staging of Yip Yip Yaphank.
http://www.longwood.k12.ny.us/history/upton/berlin.htm
All Music Guide: Irving Berlin
Biography by William Ruhlmann, partial discography, list of some outstanding songs, bibliography. Extensive links to related lyricists, composers, and performers.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B41967ul0h0ja
IMDb: Irving Berlin
Mini-biography, trivia, quotes. Filmography as a composer, writer, actor, and lyricist. Awards and nominations for his work in films.
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000927/
Music by the Great Irving Berlin
Short biography, portrait. Description of six Berlin tunes, with scan of sheet music cover for each. Four MIDI files. Link to gallery with four more covers and three MIDI files. [ParlorSongs]
http://parlorsongs.com/issues/1998-11/nov98feature.asp
Irving Berlin: In and Out of Tune
Article builds on Laurence Bergreen's "As Thousands Cheer," a biography of Berlin. [Macleans]
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/biology/lewis/crosby/berlin.htm
Irving Berlin: Music and Myth
Interview of Berlin's biographer Laurence Bergreen. [People Weekly]
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/biology/lewis/crosby/Berlin2.htm
Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization: Berlin, Irving
Biography. Includes portrait, links.
http://www3.rnh.com/bios/Show_bio.asp?Bio_Name1=Berlin,+Irving
Jewish-American Hall of Fame: Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
Biographical profile.
http://amuseum.org/jahf/virtour/page21.html
Irving Berlin: Songs from the Melting Pot
Phillip D. Atteberry reviews Charles Hamm's 1997 book.
http://www.pitt.edu/~atteberr/jazz/articles/HAMM.html
For Everyman, by Everyman
Article by David Schiff hints that Irving Berlin's real genius lay in his versatility and ability to crystallize national identity from an immigrant's perpective. [The Atlantic Monthly Magazine]
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96mar/everyman/everyman.htm
Red, Hot & Blue: Irving Berlin, 1888-1989
Brief biography from an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution saluting the American musical. Includes a portrait of Berlin as a young man.
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/rh&b/berlin.htm
Spartacus: Irving Berlin
Brief biography, for kids. Includes portrait.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAberlinI.htm
Todd's Irving Berlin Page
Extensive personal collection of lyrics for Berlin's songs.
http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/berlin/
Celebrity Caricature in America: Irving Berlin
Caricature of Berlin by Miguel Covarrubias, with brief note on the art work and its subject.
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/caricatures/berlin.htm
Irving Berlin on Film
A look at the life and work of the legendary songwriter, by Alan Vanneman. [Bright Lights Film Journal]
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/30/irvingberlin1.html
Irving Berlin: Full score and one key
Obituary, written by W.J. Weatherby. [The Guardian]
http://www.guardiancentury.co.uk/1980-1989/Story/0,6051,110503,00.html
Solid!: Irving Berlin
Biography, selected compositions, and filmography of the famous songwriter.
http://www.parabrisas.com/d_berlini.html
The Irving Berlin MIDI Song Tribute
Singalong pages with lyrics, MIDI files, and photos of sheet music covers for several of Berlin's songs in the public domain.
http://www.melodylane.net/standards8.html
The Broadway Musical Home: Irving Berlin
List of shows, and of some musical numbers.
http://www.prigsbee.com/Musicals/berlin.htm
Irving Berlin: American Troubadour
Ann Sears reviews Edward Jablonski's 1999 biographical book on the prolific composer. [American Music]
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m2298/3_17/62052930/p1/article.jhtml
Irving Berlin: Early Songs, 1907-1914
Details on this three-volume edition, now out of print, of collected sheet music, edited by Charles Hamm. [Embellishments]
http://www.areditions.com/rr/embellish/1997_03/berlin.html
Irving Berlin in Hollywood
Ian Whitcomb's liner notes for a Rhino Records project.
http://www.picklehead.com/ian/ian_irving.html
Irving Berlin: The Nation's Great Composer of Patriotic Songs
Biographical profile. Excerpt from "Jewish Heroes and Heroines of America," by Seymour "Sy" Brody.
http://www.fau.edu/library/bro82.htm
Irving Berlin: Songs from the Melting Pot: The Formative Years, 1907-1914
First chapter of the book by Charles Hamm. Linked to a review in the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hamm-berlin.html
God Bless America
Part of the exhibition "American Treasures of the Library of Congress." The manuscripts, lyric sheets, and printer's proofs for this beloved song were a gift to the library from Irving Berlin's daughters. Photograph of manuscript score and proof, information on the song.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm019.html
What'll I Do
Guitar tablature for the Irving Berlin song.
http://www.olga.net/dynamic/browse.php?printer=1&local=main/b/berlin_irving/whatll_i_do.tab
Groucho and Irving Berlin
Excerpts from "The Groucho Letters." Correspondence between Groucho Marx and Irving Berlin.
http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/berlin.html
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