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Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin. Cassidy Best Calli Morgan Zavior Phillips. Childhood. Born on May 11, 1888, in Tyumen, Russia Had 7 siblings Real name ‘Israel Beilin’ Sad life as a Jew living in Russia House burned down when he was 5 Started singing in the street at 8. Getting started.

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Irving Berlin

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  1. Irving Berlin Cassidy Best Calli Morgan Zavior Phillips

  2. Childhood • Born on May 11, 1888, in Tyumen, Russia • Had 7 siblings • Real name ‘Israel Beilin’ • Sad life as a Jew living in Russia • House burned down when he was 5 • Started singing in the street at 8

  3. Getting started • After father died, began singing next to cabarets • Started being small parts in moving theatres and vaudevilles • First big break, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” in 1911

  4. Education • Dropped out of school • Never formally trained • Never learned how to read or write music • Had to employ transcriptors • Used a “transposing piano”

  5. Contributions • God Bless America – 1918 • Annie Get Your Gun – 1946 -“Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better)” • “There’s No Business Like Show Business” • White Christmas • Written for 18 movies and 19 Broadway shows

  6. Influence • Influenced by music in saloons and a wide range of worldly music • Influenced the integrated musical, in which dialogue, song, and dance serve to develop the plot and character

  7. Awards • Army’s Medal – “This is the Army” • Tony/Best Score–“Call Me Madam”(1951) • Congressional gold medal(1954) – “God Bless America” - Eisenhower • Hollywood Walk of Fame • Grammy Lifetime Achievement (1968) • Songwriters Hall of Fame (1970 • residential Medal of Freedom (1978) - Ford

  8. Fun Facts: • His wife died five months after their honeymoon in Cuba from a disease they caught there. • He lived to be 101 years old • ….Jewish…

  9. Gracias to • http://www.americanlegends.com/musicians/irving_berlin.html • http://www.historynet.com/irving-berlin.htm • http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/berlin.html

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