Music 1010 Professor Craig Ferrin Semester Presentation Tammy Moore

Irving Berlin

Composer and Lyricist

Born: May 11, 1888 Family Fled To New York City Israel Helps Support The Family Singing Newspaper Boy Confession To His Mother

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The Legend Begins

Self Taught Could Not Read Music Played One Chord Used A Special Piano

F SHARP CHORD

Becoming Irving Berlin

First Publication 1907 Marie From Sunny Italy Israel Balines Name Misspelled Becomes Irving Berlin

Early Accomplishments
Writing Musicals Broadway Debut American Society of Composers United States Citizen World War II Army Fundraiser Founded Irving Berlin Music Corp

Composer and Lyricist

Composed 1500 Songs Scored Dozens of Films Wrote Many Musicals Big Screen Works Broadway Musicals and Revues Seventeen Complete Scores Hollywood Musicals Memorable Moments Puttin On The Ritz Holiday Inn Easter Parade White Christmas Top Hat Annie Get Your Gun Mr. President

No Business Like Show Business

Alexanders Ragtime Band

Home Alone

Berlin Music
Produced
Ballads Dance Numbers Novelty Tunes Love Songs Patriotic Music The Trunk

Celebrities
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers Bing Crosby Judy Garland Al Jolson Dick Powell Alice Faye Ethel Merman Kate Smith

CELEBRITIES

Bing Crosby White Chrstmas

Fred Astaire Cheek to Cheek

Kate Smith God Bless America

MEDALS
Armys Medal of Merit - President Truman - 1945 Congressional Medal - President Eisenhower 1955 God Bless America Fund Freedom Medal President Ford 1977 Army Emergency Relief
President Eisenhower Irving Berlin Congressional Medal 1955

Awards
Nominated for nine Academy Awards Presented himself with an Oscar -1942 Received a Tony Award 1963 Song Writers Hall of Fame 1970 Served as both Composer and Lyricist Berlin Quote: The toughest thing about success is that youve got to keep on being successful.

Academy Awards 1943 For Movies Made In 1942

Music Legend
Jerome Kern Quote: Irving Berlin has no place in American Music, he is American Music. Poor Immigrant Boy King of Tin Pan Alley The Passing of Irving Berlin Age 101 September 22, 1989 New York City The song has ended, but the melody lingers on, Irving Berlin.

Music History
White Christmas Alexanders Ragtime Band God Bless America Top Hat Cheek to Cheek

White Christmas
Where And When Written? White Christmas Retrieved From The Trunk Berlins Music For The Movie Holiday Inn

Bing Crosby

Irving Berlin

The Trunk

White Christmas
White Christmas Premier On Radio 1941 Wartime Classic 1942 Recorded by Crosby 1942 Re-Recorded by Crosby At DECCA 1947 Oscar For Best Song - 1943 Guinness Book Of World Records Copies Sold Sung By Many - Elvis Presley Royalty Checks Berlin: Best Song He had Ever Written Three Minute Magical Musical Masterpiece Timeless Treasure

LISTENING GUIDE White Christmas Bing Crosby Irving Berlin Composer/Lyricist

Listening Guide White Christmas

Introduction: The introduction of the song White Christmas begins with a balance of Strings and Brass with a monophony texture and mezzo piano dynamic. Verse 1: Deep baritone vocal creates the melody of the song. Descending four count rhythm that ascends back up four counts creating an upside down arch. Dreamy feeling to the melody. Bridge: Bridge is eight counts. Galloping rhythm created by the strings and brass still in 4/4 signature time. Violin plucking rhythm. Verse 2: In strophic form to Verse 1. The melody, rhythm and dynamics are the same but the words are different. Bridge: The Orchestra again plays a short instrumental bridge that leads into a recapitulation of the first and second verses. Verse 1: This variation of verse one now has a chorus of vocals.

LISTENING GUIDE White Christmas Bing Crosby Irving Berlin Composer/Lyricist Bridge : Womens soprano vocals ascend and descend Verse 2: Changes in the rhythm of the song. Variations in repeat of verse two. Distance between the two pitches (intervals) of the vocals. whistling the melody for a few measures. Soprano and alto while the men harmonize in lower pitch, (Tenor). Coda: In mezzo forte the vocals and Orchestra move towards a slower tempo, (adagio) to conclude the song. As the song ends the last few notes are the bells descending in a four note count. Introduction/ Verse 1/ Bridge/ Verse 2/ Bridge/ Verse 1/ Bridge/ Verse 2/Coda- Ending

Alexanders Rag Time Band

Several stories of how the song was created First Submitted For Copyright March 18, 1911
Later Version Submitted For Copyright September 6, 1911 Berlin Quote Ted Snyder Publishing Musically Instrumental Broadway Revue Victor Military Band Berlins Daughter Berlins Biographer A True Phenomenon Sold Million and a Half

LISTENING GUIDE Alexanders Ragtime Band Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra Irving Berlin Composer/Lyricist Listening Guide Alexanders Ragtime Band Introduction: The Trumpet is the star of this version of Alexanders Ragtime Band. Chorus: Has variation as it changes through the first part of the chorus. Chorus Continued: Two melodies are played together bringing in a theme and variation to the chorus. Bridge: The rhythm remains presto and forte. Chorus: Recapitulation of the first chorus begins the second chorus. Add element of vocals. Chorus Continued: Two part Binary form. Bridge: Percussion maintains 4/4 signature beat.

LISTENING GUIDE - Continued Alexanders Ragtime Band Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra Irving Berlin Composer/Lyricist
Chorus: Recapitulation - Tempo stays staccato and lively. Chorus Continued: Two melodies, Alexanders Ragtime Band and Swanee River. Coda: The final note is reached at a high pitch for the trumpet and the instrumental music and the trumpet end on the same beat. Introduction/ Chorus/ Bridge/ Chorus/ Bridge/ Chorus/ Coda-Ending

Armstrongs Orchestra Plays Berlins Alexanders Ragtime Band

God Bless America

Wrote God Bless America - 1918 The Trunk Revised God Bless America 1938 One Chorus One Verse Kate Smith Introduced The Song 1938 Royalties Go To Boys and Girls Scouting Sept. 11, 2001 9/11
Boy Scouts Singing - GBA

Irving Berlin Singing GBA

God Bless America

American Treasures Library Of Congress Irving Berlin Collection Presented To Library of Congress 1992 God Bless America Land That I Love Berlins Most Personal Achievements

LISTENING GUIDE God Bless America Kate Smith Irving Berlin- Composer/Lyricist
Listening Guide God Bless America Introduction: Presto rhythm with forte dynamic. Ascending pattern. Chorus: Vocal (aria) begins with loud and strong (forte). Percussion section is mezzo piano. Brass and woodwinds are in duple meter. Ascending and Descending Arch. Vocal, Melody and Rhythm descends towards the bridge. Bridge: Prepares for modulation to the repeat of the chorus. Chorus Continued: Slowing down of the music. (Ritardando) Chorus-add on: We begin in the middle of the chorus with the line From the Mountains as we did in the last chorus. Chorus add on : Same melody, ascending brass, not a whole lot of variation. Coda: From the lowest range to the highest vocal range for the song. Introduction/ Chorus/ Bridge/ Chorus/ Chorus Add on/ Chorus Add on/ Coda-Ending

Top Hat, White Tie and Tails

Written and Composed By Berlin Published By IBM Company 1935 My Personal Interest In The Song Robert Cummings Description

LISTENING GUIDE Top Hat, White Tie and Tails Fred Astaire Irving Berlin Composer/Lyricist
Listening Guide Top Hat, White Tie and Tails Introduction: Is in Instrumental Music. Plays through the whole melody of the entire song before it gets to the bridge. Bridge: Is very quick as it ascends with a repeat in the melody. Verse 1: Vocal is added to the upbeat of the melody. Variations in each line of the verse. Chorus 1: The melody, rhythm, texture, form, dynamic and tone color (timbre) remain the same. Words are different in each chorus. Chorus 2: Chorus 2 is a repeat of chorus 1 only with different words. Verse 2: The second verse is a repeat of the fourth, fifth and sixth sentences. Chorus 3: The vocal and music is repeated from Chorus one and two

LISTENING GUIDE - Continued Top Hat, White Tie and Tails Fred Astaire Irving Berlin Composer/Lyricist
Instrumental Music: The piano begins to play chords in a harmonic rhythm and asymmetric meter. The tap dancing (idiophone) is a homophony texture and supports the melody line. Piano and tap dancer duel. Bridge: The tap dancing quits and we continue to hear the Orchestra play a variation of the melody. It is a variation of the introduction of the song. Coda: Vocal to end the piece. The music does not lose the rhythm of the song as it fades out. Introduction/ Verse 1/ Chorus/ Chorus/ Verse 2/ Chorus/ Instrumental Music/ Bridge/ Coda-Ending

Cheek To Cheek
Written by Berlin in 1934 Published by Irving Berlin Music Corp Popular Musical Film Top Hat 1935 Performed By Several Artists Fred Astaire Ella Fitzgerald Paul McCartney
Heaven, Im In Heaven

Cheek To Cheek
Your Hit Parade Grammy Hall Of Fame Nominated For An Academy Award 1936 72 Bar Length * A-A-B-C-A Structure Randy Kaplan Quote
Irving Berlin

Black Keys Transpositional Lever

LISTENING GUIDE Cheek to Cheek Fred Astaire Irving Berlin Composer/Lyricist

Listening Guide Cheek to Cheek
Introduction: Lively rhythm (allegro) presented as we get a feel for the song. Verse 1: Vocal begins. The dynamic is mezzo forte. Vocal ascends an octave with orchestra supporting the melody with a homophony texture. The strings are providing the harmony in the smooth conjunct feeling. Verse 2: Repeat of verse one (recapitulation). The words have changed but the music does not change. Chorus: Strophic from, quick beats, duple meter. The melody changes for the chorus. Chorus: Same as the previous one. Words are different. Verse 3: Variation in melody brings in a minor (development form) feel to the music. Verse 4: Recapitulation of verse one and two.

LISTENING GUIDE - Continued Cheek to Cheek Fred Astaire Irving Berlin Composer/Lyricist
Verse 1: Instrumental music plays verse one. Created by Berlin to be used for the dancing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Chorus: Instrumental music plays the chorus, keeping with the rhythm and melody. Verse 3: The instrumental music plays the verse in a minor tone. The development (form) changes. The variation of the verse brings in the orchestra once again emphasizing the volume. Verse 4: Strings in orchestra play final verse. Melody is played by the strings and supported with harmony by brass and percussion Coda: Orchestra ends with a four count up beat. Introduction/ Verse 1/ Verse 2/ Chorus/ Chorus/ Verse3/ Verse 4/ Instrumental Music/ Coda-Ending

Works Cited
www.songwritershalloffame.org Irving Berlin Composer Lyricist www.rnh.com (Rodgers and Hammerstein) Irving Berlin www.allmusic.com Irving Berlin www.biography.com Irving Berlin History www.imdb.com Irving Berlin Songs /Writer www.sing365.com Irving Berlin Composer www.songwritershalloffame.org White Christmas Irving Berlin www.rolingstone.com White Christmas www.cbsnews.com White Christmas www.voices.yahoo.com White Christmas www.allmusic.com White Christmas - Irving Berlin www.rhapsody.comm White Christmas Bing Crosby

Works Cited

http://www.benandbrad.com/alexander.html Ben and Brad In the Media Alexander's Ragtime Band at One Hundred. http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org Alexander's Ragtime Band http://www.npr.org Alexander's Ragtime Band : NPRom Alexanders Ragtime Band Louis Armstrong p://www.rhapsody.com Alexanders Ragtime Band Louis Armstrong http://www.rhapsody.com Alexanders Ragtime Band Louis Armstrong http://performingsongwriter.com/god-bless-america The story behind Irving Berlins God Bless America. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures God Bless America (Memory): American Treasures of the Congress. http://www.sharefaith.com/guide/Christian-Music God Bless America, the Song and the Story. http://www.treasuremagazine.com Treasures- Antiques to modern collecting. http://www.rhapsody.com God Bless America Kate Smith http://www.allmusic.com/composition/top-hat-white-tie-and-tails www.imbd.com www.rhapsody.com Top Hat, White Tie and Tails Fred Astaire Library of

Works Cited
http://www.jazzstandards.com/compositions-1/cheektocheek.htm Jazz Standards Songs and Instruments (Cheek to Cheek) http://www.allmusic.com Cheek to Cheek, song (from Top Hat)- Irving Berln www.grammy.org Cheek to Cheek, Irving Berlin www.rhapsody.com Cheek to Cheek Fred Astaire Various photo galleries on the Internet