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Irving Berlin
American composer
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Also known as: Israel Baline
Irving Berlin
Category:
Arts & Culture
- Born:
- May 11, 1888 Belarus
- Died:
- September 22, 1989 (aged 101) New York City New York
- Awards And Honors:
- Grammy Award Academy Award (1943)
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Irving Berlin, original name Israel Baline, (born May 11, 1888, Mogilyov, Russia [now in Belarus]—died Sept. 22, 1989, New York, N.Y., U.S.), American composer who played a leading role in the evolution of the popular song from the early ragtime and jazz eras through the golden age of musicals. His easy mastery of a wide range of song styles, for both stage and motion pictures, made him perhaps the greatest and most enduring of American songwriters. Israel was born to the family of a Jewish cantor that immigrated to New York City in 1893. His father died when the boy ...(100 of 420 words)