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Major works of Irving Berlin

Songwriter Irving Berlin is a giant in the American pop music industry. He wrote more than 900 songs, 19 musicals, and soundtracked 18 movies in his lifetime.

He has composed songs for many dramas, musical comedies and films, including The Golden Gun (1946) and The Merry Lady (1950). He wrote many popular songs, among them "Blue Sky," "A Good Girl Is Like a Sweet Melody," "Easter Parade," "Silver Christmas" and "God Bless America."

Berlin was born in Mogilev Oblast, Russia. The Berlin family settled in New York in the early 1890s, and he spent his youth on New York's Lower East Side. He worked as a musical entertainer, and in 1909 he began writing lyrics for songs to be published by a publishing house. He had no formal musical education.

Every Christmas, in addition to "Silent Night" and "Christmas Bells", I believe everyone has heard the song "White Christmas":

I dreamed of a white Christmas

Just like the ones I used to know

The trees twinkled and the children listened

to the sound of sleighs in the snow.

I Dream of a White Christmas

With every Christmas card I send,

May your days be bright and cheerful.

May your Christmas be white every year.

Perhaps many people don’t know that the author of this song is called Irving Berlin, and perhaps even fewer people know that Irving Berlin, who lived 101 years old, wrote as many as 1,500 songs, including The famous "CheekTo Cheek", "Always", "Remember", "Blue Skies", "How Deep Is The Ocean?", " "GodBless America" ??and "There's No Business Like Show Business" etc.

The tunes written by Irving Berlin were popular in the United States for nearly 80 years in the 20th century. He was 30 years old. Already a legend, he later composed scores for 19 Bai Lao Hui revues and 18 Hollywood films. This self-taught music giant wrote his first famous song "Alexander's Jazz Band" in 1911. Alexander's Ragtime Band), "This song made Irving Berlin's musical career forever intertwined with American music" - violinist Isaac Stern said. He also said: "American music is on his piano. "Born under." In 1966, Irving Berlin wrote his last song "Old Fashioned Wedding" for the musical "Annie Get Your Gun." During his 55 years of life, Irving Berlin's creations continued Unparalleled, listen more deeply, and are familiar to everyone: these songs have penetrated into families across the United States and warmed everyone's heart.