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Summary:

"From patriotic "God Bless America" to wistful "White Christmas," Irving Berlin's songs have long accompanied Americans as they fall in love, go to war, and come home for the holidays. Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater is the first book to fully consider this songwriter's immeasurable influence on the American stage. Award-winning music historian Jeffrey Magee chronicles Berlin's legendary theatrical career, providing a rich background to some of the great composer's most enduring songs, from "There's No Business Like Show Business" to "Puttin' on the Ritz." Magee shows how Berlin's early experience singing for pennies made an impression on the young man, who kept hold of that sensibility throughout his career and transformed it into one of the defining attributes of Broadway shows. Magee also looks at darker aspects of Berlin's life, examining the anti-Semitism that Berlin faced and his struggle with depression. Informative, provocative, and full of colorful details, this book will delight song and theater aficionados alike as well as anyone interested in the story of a man whose life and work expressed so well the American dream."--Amazon.com.

Author/Creator:

Magee, Jeffrey, 1961- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

English text.

Main Work:

Irving Berlin's American musical theater. [by Magee, J.]

Subjects:

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989 — Criticism and interpretation

Musicals — United States — History and criticism

Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989

Criticism and interpretation

Musicals

United States

Genres:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

General Notes:

Foreward by Geoffrey Block.
Includes bibliographical (pages 362-378) references and index (pages 379-394.)

Physical Description:

394 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

ML410.M33 I78 2014

ISBNs:

9780199381012 (paperback)
0199381011 (paperback)

OCLC Numbers:

868043826