GSMT - Irving Berlin: From Penniless Immigrant to America’s Songwriter with Author Paul Kaplan

Описание: This lecture, an engaging overview of Irving Berlin's life and his improbable rise to become a musical legend, also features Live Musical Accompaniment including violinist, Gregory Singer.

Paul Kaplan's recently published book, "Irving Berlin: From Penniless Immigrant to America’s Songwriter" summarizes Irving Berlin's (originally Israel Baline) life and unlikely rise to become one of America's most prolific, popular and acclaimed songwriters.

Mr. Kaplan describes Irving Berlin's hardscrabble journey from leaving home as a young teenager to working as a song "busker" and his discovery of his innate talent for writing songs -- with no musical education. Paul Kaplan will also detail the evolvement of the changing music industry: from the thriving music sheet business of Tin Pan Alley to the advent of Ragtime to the start of the American musical, all of which Berlin heavily influenced. Irving Berlin also helped advance the soundtrack for feature films, developing songs for the films of the Marx Brothers, Astaire and Rodgers, Ethel Merman, and many more.

In addition, Mr. Kaplan explores why God Bless America was considered an alternative to the national anthem, yet was also controversial and why White Christmas soared to the top of the charts.
Mr. Kaplan will provide clips from a variety of songs, shows, and films that Berlin composed, sharing original recordings and historic photos. In addition there will be a live musical accompaniment of a few renowned Irving Berlin songs.

Paul Kaplan writes under 3 series: Cultural Guides, Social History & Biographies, and Business Technology Marketing with 7 published books from History Press, Pelican, and Quill Driver Books. He has given over 70 talks globally for numerous venues.

He has been featured on CBS Miami, PBS, New York Press, Amsterdam New York, Princeton Magazine and many radio shows. Mr. Kaplan has worked in content marketing for 20+ years for financial and technology companies.

For more information on Mr. Kaplan please visit: http://paulkaplanauthor.com/

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