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All Music Guide: Irving Berlin 
Biography by William Ruhlmann, partial discography, list of some outstanding songs, bibliography. Extensive links to related lyricists, composers, and performers.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=B41967ul0h0ja
Berlin, Irving 
Brief musical biography with comments on his successes from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio.
http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=981
Everything2: Irving Berlin 
Biographical profile, a bit of trivia, and links to related topics.
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=486644
For Everyman, by Everyman 
Article by David Schiff hints that Irving Berlin's real genius lay in his versatility and ability to crystallize national identity from an immigrant's perpective. [The Atlantic Monthly Magazine]
http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/96mar/everyman/everyman.htm
God Bless America 
Part of the exhibition "American Treasures of the Library of Congress." The manuscripts, lyric sheets, and printer's proofs for this beloved song were a gift to the library from Irving Berlin's daughters. Photograph of manuscript score and proo
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/trm019.html
Groucho and Irving Berlin 
Excerpts from "The Groucho Letters." Correspondence between Groucho Marx and Irving Berlin.
http://www.geocities.com/~jbenz/berlin.html
IMDb: Irving Berlin 
Mini-biography, trivia, quotes. Filmography as a composer, writer, actor, and lyricist. Awards and nominations for his work in films.
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0000927/
Irving Berlin on Film 
A look at the life and work of the legendary songwriter, by Alan Vanneman. [Bright Lights Film Journal]
http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/30/irvingberlin1.html
Irving Berlin: American Troubadour 
Ann Sears reviews Edward Jablonski's 1999 biographical book on the prolific composer. [American Music]
http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m2298/3_17/62052930/p1/article.jhtml
Irving Berlin: Early Songs, 1907-1914 
Details on this three-volume edition, now out of print, of collected sheet music, edited by Charles Hamm. [Embellishments]
http://www.areditions.com/rr/embellish/1997_03/berlin.html
Irving Berlin: In and Out of Tune 
Article builds on Laurence Bergreen's "As Thousands Cheer," a biography of Berlin. [Macleans]
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/biology/lewis/crosby/berlin.htm
Irving Berlin: Music and Myth 
Interview of Berlin's biographer Laurence Bergreen. [People Weekly]
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/pennvalley/biology/lewis/crosby/Berlin2.htm
Irving Berlin: This Is the Army 
Detailed four-part article about the making of Berlin's patriotic all-soldier musical. Includes several photographs. Based on a lecture by Laurence Bergreen. [Prologue]
http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/summer_1996_irving_berlin_1.html
Isaiah Berlin / Irving Berlin 
Anecdote about Winston Churchill's wartime grilling of Irving Berlin, whom he mistook for political philosopher Isaiah Berlin. As told by Isaiah Berlin.
http://berlin.wolf.ox.ac.uk/tribute/2berlins.htm
Music by the Great Irving Berlin 
Short biography, portrait. Description of six Berlin tunes, with scan of sheet music cover for each. Four MIDI files. Link to gallery with four more covers and three MIDI files. [ParlorSongs]
http://parlorsongs.com/issues/1998-11/nov98feature.asp
Red, Hot & Blue: Irving Berlin, 1888-1989 
Brief biography from an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution saluting the American musical. Includes a portrait of Berlin as a young man.
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/rh&b/berlin.htm
Rediscovering Irving Berlin 
Book review considers three biographies of the often misunderstood songwriter. By Phillip D. Atteberry.
http://www.pitt.edu/~atteberr/jazz/articles/IrvingBerlin.html
Solid!: Irving Berlin 
Biography, selected compositions, and filmography of the famous songwriter.
http://www.parabrisas.com/d_berlini.html
Spartacus: Irving Berlin 
Brief biography, for kids. Includes portrait.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAberlinI.htm
The Irving Berlin MIDI Song Tribute 
Singalong pages with lyrics, MIDI files, and photos of sheet music covers for several of Berlin's songs in the public domain.
http://www.melodylane.net/standards8.html
Todd's Irving Berlin Page 
Extensive personal collection of lyrics for Berlin's songs.
http://www.thepeaches.com/music/composers/berlin/
What'll I Do 
Guitar tablature for the Irving Berlin song.
http://www.olga.net/dynamic/browse.php?printer=1&local=main/b/berlin_irving/whatll_i_do.tab
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