Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (eig. Israel Isidore Baline) (* 11. May 1888 Temun, today's white Russia; † 22. September 1989 in New York) was an US-American composer of Russian origin, which as a son of a Jewish Kantors one bore.

lives

In order to escape the anti-Semitic Pogromen in the Zarenreich, parents with their seven children emigrated into the USA.

After the early death of his father the children had to earn living costs. Irving was taken from the school and earned as newspaper and a messenger boy to be firstMoney. With 14 it tore from at home and worked as “Singing Waiter” in a New Yorker Café. Berlin taught itself to piano plays, and there it after hearing played, took it for the sake of simplicity only the black keys, and in such a waycomposed it in F sharp major.

With the Song „rising up time volume “it arrived to Alexander's at world fame. The former road boy was to be become on the best way, a well-known composer and that, although nor it could to read piano play neither notes correctly. It composed its melodies, andothers will label the notes for it. The Orchestrierung settled then trained Arrangeure. Because it could play only the black keys on the piano, in addition, in other kinds of clay/tone to compose, left themselves he wanted its piano changes, so that he by means of a leverthe pitch to adjust could.

To 12. May 1910 it became in the Munn Lodge No. 190 in New York town center as Freimaurer initiates, to 26. May to associates carried and at the 3. June to the master raised. To 12. December 1935 it became there lifelong member.The 32.Degree of the A.A.S.R. (New jersey) he got to 23. December 1910. In the Mecca Shrine Temple it became to 30. January 1911 initiated and became there in December 1936 lifelong member. Approximately around 1912 it wrote in co-operation with E. Ray Goetza Song with freimaurerischem purchase:Hiram ′ s volume.

1920 it opened with „the music box “its own theatre and dedicated themselves finally also to the work for the Tonfilm. With the hit spread in many million records „White Christmas “from the Bing Crosby - film „Holiday Inn “succeededit thereby a special throw. Still before the Second World War its song became „God Bless America “the unofficial hymn of the USA. Berlin achieved its largest success 1946 with the musical „Annie GET Your Gun “over the US-American Kunstschützin Annie Oakley.

IrvingBerlin died to 22. September 1989 at the age of 101 years at the consequences of a cardiac infarct.

2002 fell back even star the Trek - universe to music of Irving Berlin, as one in 10. Cinema adventure star Trek: Nemesis DATA a song of it on thatWedding of Troi and Riker to sing left.

it belonged to 2005 the “Top 13 DEAD Celebrities” from the Forbes magazine.

works

• Alexander's rising up time volume 1911
• Yip, Yip, Yaphank
• The Cocoanuts 1925 (piece of stage) /1929 (film)
• The jazz Singers 1926
• Puttin' on The cut 1930
• When Iyou Blue
• Skies Top
• draws has 1935
• Follow the fleet 1936
• God Bless America 1939
• Holiday Inn („White Christmas “) to 1942
• This is the Army
• Annie GET Your Gun 1946
• Easter parade 1948
• call ME, Madam 1950

famous songs

• There's NO Business likeShowbusiness
• Cheek ton cheek
• Let's face the music and thanks
• Puttin' on the cut
• They say it's wonderful