Directory of Berlin, Irving Resources

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Sites dedicated to Russian-born songwriter and composer Irving Berlin.

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• All Movie Guide: Irving Berlin

  http://www.allmovie.com/artist/irving-berlin-p5711
  Biography by Hal Erickson, filmography, Oscar nominations.

• All Music Guide: Irving Berlin

  http://www.allmusic.com/artist/irving-berlin-mn0000103748
  Biography by William Ruhlmann, partial discography, list of some outstanding songs, bibliography. Extensive links to related lyricists, composers, and performers.

• As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin

  http://www.pitt.edu/~atteberr/jazz/articles/BERGREEN.html
  Bergreen's biographical book reviewed by Phillip D. Atteberry.

• Celebrity Caricature in America: Irving Berlin

  http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/caricatures/berlin.htm
  Caricature of Berlin by Miguel Covarrubias, with brief note on the art work and its subject.

• Everything2: Irving Berlin

  http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=486644
  Biographical profile, a bit of trivia, and links to related topics.

• God Bless America

  http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm019.html
  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.

• IMDb: Irving Berlin

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000927/
  Mini-biography, trivia, quotes. Filmography as a composer, writer, actor, and lyricist. Awards and nominations for his work in films.

• Irving Berlin in Hollywood

  http://www.picklehead.com/ian/ian_irving.html
  Ian Whitcomb's liner notes for a Rhino Records project.

• Irving Berlin: Full score and one key

  http://www.theguardian.com/century/1980-1989/Story/0,6051,110503,00.html
  Obituary, written by W.J. Weatherby. [The Guardian]

• Irving Berlin: Songs from the Melting Pot

  http://www.pitt.edu/~atteberr/jazz/articles/HAMM.html
  Phillip D. Atteberry reviews Charles Hamm's 1997 book.

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

  http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hamm-berlin.html
  First chapter of the book by Charles Hamm. Linked to a review in the New York Times.

• Irving Berlin: The Nation's Great Composer of Patriotic Songs

  http://www.fau.edu/library/bro82.htm
  Biographical profile. Excerpt from "Jewish Heroes and Heroines of America," by Seymour "Sy" Brody.

• Irving Berlin: This Is the Army

  http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/1996/summer/irving-berlin-1.html
  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]

• Isaiah Berlin / Irving Berlin

  http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/tribute/2berlins.htm
  Anecdote about Winston Churchill's wartime grilling of Irving Berlin, whom he mistook for political philosopher Isaiah Berlin. As told by Isaiah Berlin.

• Jewish-American Hall of Fame: Irving Berlin (1888-1989)

  http://amuseum.org/jahf/virtour/page21.html
  Biographical profile.

• Rediscovering Irving Berlin

  http://www.pitt.edu/~atteberr/jazz/articles/IrvingBerlin.html
  Book review considers three biographies of the often misunderstood songwriter. By Phillip D. Atteberry.

• Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization: Berlin, Irving

  http://www.rnh.com/people_detail.asp?sub=bio&div=songs&id=I_Berlin&s=1
  Biography. Includes portrait, links.

• Spartacus: Irving Berlin

  http://spartacus-educational.com/USAberlinI.htm
  Brief biography, for kids. Includes portrait.

• The Irving Berlin MIDI Song Tribute

  http://www.melodylane.net/standards8.html
  Singalong pages with lyrics, MIDI files, and photos of sheet music covers for several of Berlin's songs in the public domain.

• Todd's Irving Berlin Page

  http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/berlin/
  Lyrics to his most well-known songs sorted by title, with link to a complete "Songography" sorted by year, from 1907 to 1967.

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