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As Thousands Cheer : The Life of Irving Berlin by Laurence Bergreen (1990, Hardcover)

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Written by Laurence Bergreen, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in music and fiction genres. The book has a total of 464 pages and is in English language.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100670818747

ISBN-139780670818747

eBay Product ID (ePID)1200407

Product Key Features

Book TitleAs Thousands Cheer : the Life of Irving Berlin

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1990

TopicGeneral, Individual Composer & Musician

IllustratorYes

GenreMusic, Fiction

AuthorLaurence Bergreen

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1 in

Item Weight41.1 Oz

Item Length1 in

Item Width1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN89-040677

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal782.1/4/092 B

SynopsisIrving Berlin (1888-1989) was unable to read or write music and could only play the piano in the key of F sharp major; yet, for the first half of the twentieth century he was America's most successful and most representative songwriter, composing such hits as "Alexander's Ragtime Band", "Cheek to Cheek", "Let's Face the Music and Dance", "Puttin' on the Ritz", "White Christmas", "Anything You Can Do", "There's No Business Like Show Business", and "God Bless America". As Thousands Cheer, winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, explores with precision and sensitivity Berlin's long, prolific career; his self-doubt and late-blooming misanthropy; and the tyrannical control he exerted over his legacy of song. From his immigrant beginnings through Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood to his reclusive and bitter final years, this definitive biography reveals the man who wrote 1500 songs but could never quash the fear that, for all his success, he wasn't quite good enough.

LC Classification NumberML410.B499B5 1990