Definition of Irving Berlin

1. Noun. United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989).

Exact synonyms: Berlin, Israel Baline
Generic synonyms: Ballad Maker, Songster, Songwriter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irving Berlin

Irrawaddy
Irrawaddy River
Irredentist
Irredentists
Irtish
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Irtysh
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Irukandji
Irukandjis
Irula
Irusha
Irvine
Irving
Irving Berlin (current term)
Irving Langmuir
Irvingia
Irvingia gabonensis
Irvingian
Irvingism
Irvingite
Irvingites
Irwin
Is element
Isa.
Isaac
Isaac's syndrome
Isaac Asimov
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Literary usage of Irving Berlin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hail Columbia!: Random Impressions of a Conservative English Radical by Walter Lionel George (1921)
"... dress for tea, dress for dinner; to pass from the midday band, inspired by Irving Berlin, and delightful, to the orchestra of the afternoon, ..."

2. The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"... MISCELLANEOUS QUARTERMASTER UNDERTAKINGS SERGEANT Irving Berlin, one of the fountain sources of American jazz music, found a special job cut out for him ..."

3. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1921)
""ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" Fourteenth annual production; music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, Dave Stamper, Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney and Victor ..."

4. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"There is a quality to his music which has been brought nearer the psycho-state of a nervous crowd by Irving Berlin, with nis jazz noises and his syncopated ..."

5. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1917)
"... entire drapery department on parade, all in an endless stream of pictures turned out by the scenic trust to interfere with the tunes of Irving Berlin. ..."

6. Hail Columbia!: Random Impressions of a Conservative English Radical by Walter Lionel George (1921)
"... dress for tea, dress for dinner; to pass from the midday band, inspired by Irving Berlin, and delightful, to the orchestra of the afternoon, ..."

7. The Armies of Industry: Our Nation's Manufacture of Munitions for a World in by Benedict Crowell, Robert Forrest Wilson (1921)
"... MISCELLANEOUS QUARTERMASTER UNDERTAKINGS SERGEANT Irving Berlin, one of the fountain sources of American jazz music, found a special job cut out for him ..."

8. The Best Plays by Burns Mantle, Louis Kronenberger (1921)
""ZIEGFELD FOLLIES" Fourteenth annual production; music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, Dave Stamper, Gene Buck, Joseph McCarthy, Harry Tierney and Victor ..."

9. The Cambridge History of American Literature by William Peterfield Trent (1921)
"There is a quality to his music which has been brought nearer the psycho-state of a nervous crowd by Irving Berlin, with nis jazz noises and his syncopated ..."

10. Theatre Arts by Society of Arts and Crafts, Detroit (1917)
"... entire drapery department on parade, all in an endless stream of pictures turned out by the scenic trust to interfere with the tunes of Irving Berlin. ..."

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