Composer of the Week: Irving Berlin

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Episode 5. The Song Is Ended

Donald Macleod looks at Berlin's final projects, including the Broadway musical Mr President,...

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Episode 4. God Bless America

Donald Macleod looks at Berlin's work in the period prior to the Second World War, when he...

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Episode 3. Nothing but Blue Skies from Now On

Donald Macleod explores Berlin's experiences in Hollywood in the mid-1930s, where he wrote...

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Episode 2. Always

During the First World War Berlin was drafted into the army and stationed at Camp Upton in Long...

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Episode 1. Alexander's Ragtime Band

Donald Macleod looks at the first successes as a composer of hit songs enjoyed by Irving Berlin...

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