Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Broadway Legacies
Release date:	July 2014
First published:	May 2014
Authors:	Jeffrey Magee (Associate Professor and Chair of Musicology)
Dimensions:	235 x 159 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	410
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-938101-2
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Composers & musicians Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > Performing arts > Theatre, drama > Musical theatre Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Music > Composers & musicians Promotions
LSN:	0-19-938101-1
Barcode:	9780199381012

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