Irving Berlin - New York Genius (Hardcover)

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series: a fast-moving, musically astute portrait of Irving Berlin, arguably the greatest composer of American popular music "An extensively researched, entertaining, and nuanced account that contextualizes Berlin's story and achievements within the scope of Jewish immigrant New York and modern American popular culture."-Library Journal Irving Berlin (1888-1989) has been called-by George Gershwin, among others-the greatest songwriter of the golden age of the American popular song. "Berlin has no place in American music," legendary composer Jerome Kern wrote; "he is American music." In a career that spanned an astonishing nine decades, Berlin wrote some fifteen hundred tunes, including "Alexander's Ragtime Band," "God Bless America," and "White Christmas." From ragtime to the rock era, Berlin's work has endured in the very fiber of American national identity. Exploring the interplay of Berlin's life with the life of New York City, noted biographer James Kaplan offers a visceral narrative of Berlin as self-made man and witty, wily, tough Jewish immigrant. This fast-paced, musically opinionated biography uncovers Berlin's unique brilliance as a composer of music and lyrics. Masterfully written and psychologically penetrating, Kaplan's book underscores Berlin's continued relevance in American popular culture. About Jewish Lives: Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present. In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award. More praise for Jewish Lives: "Excellent." - New York times "Exemplary." - Wall St. Journal "Distinguished." - New Yorker "Superb." - The Guardian

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Jewish Lives
Release date:	2020
Authors:	James Kaplan
Dimensions:	210 x 146 x 29mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	424
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-18048-0
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Individual actors & performers Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Religious & spiritual Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Biography > Religious & spiritual Books > Music > Composers & musicians Promotions
LSN:	0-300-18048-9
Barcode:	9780300180480

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