Book DescriptionGathered together in one volume for the first time, here are all of the incomparable song lyrics of Irving Berlin - the lyrics of more than 1,200 songs, 400 of which have never before appeared in print - along with anecdotal, historical, and musicological commentary and dozens of photographs Berlin came from a poor immigrant family огзоь and began his career as a singing waiter, but by the time he was nineteen he was publishing his songs and quickly found fame with "Alexander's Ragtime Band" in 1911 In the extraordinary six decades that followed, Berlin wrote one popular hit after another: Blue Skies * Always * Cheek to Cheek * White Christmas * God Bless America * There's No Business Like Show Business * and many more He also wrote a numberof the classics of musical theater's Golden Age, climaxing with Annie Get Your Gun He penned three Astaire and Rogers films - Top Hat, Carefree, and Follow the Fleet - as well as the scores of Holiday Inn, Easter Parade, and other films The breadth of his accomplishment is staggering.  Переводчик:2005 г 530 стр ISBN 1557836817.