Irving Berlin - note on files



The starting point for books about Irving Berlin was The New Grove

Dictionary of American Music.  Other sources grew out of bibliographies

from works cited in the Amerigrove.



BNCMP  Entries in this file were taken from Bergreen.  It is likely that

there are more works by Berlin; however, this list is by far the most

comprehensive currently available in print.  For information on songs not

listed, perhaps Hal Leonard Corporation of Milwaulkie, Wisconsin, which now

owns the rights to Irving Berlin's works, could be of service.



BLNWRI  Berlin did not publish much written prose.  Selections in this

file consist of published letters, statements, etc.  in the New York Times.

Citations were taken from the New York Times Index, 1918-1948.  Again,

there is a possibility that Berlin may have left behind some writings;

howver, none of the published books on Irving Berlin, or general resources

list any.



BLNDIS  No dissertations were listed in the Comprehensive Dissertation

Indicies.  No unpublished writings about Irving Berlin or his works were

included in bibliographies of general resources or published writings about

Irving Berlin. 1 dissertation listed.



BLNDSC  Several of the entries in the Selected Discography were found in

Phonolog Reporter, San Diego:  Trade Service, 1992.  The quarterly journal,

Spectrum, of Stereophile, Inc., Sante Fe, New Mexico, was another source

for entries in the Selected Discography.   Entries of specific recordings

were taken from the AMMUSIC database in the Music Listening Center at the

University of North Carolina at Greensboro.  Books which are listed include

discographies of Berlin's works.  This is a selected discography.  Further

listings might be found by searching the recordings of important stars of

Berlin's productions, or by searcing the specific works by title.



BLNARL  Many of the entries listed were found in the the Music Index of

Periodical Literature, 1948-1991.  Some entries were taken from the

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1910-1948.  A large number of the

entries were taken from the New York Times Index, 1910-1948.  Regretably

there is not an index which includes music articles in Variety Magazine

prior to 1948.  This list is as comprehensive as the published indicies

allow.  With access to early publications of Variety Magazine, more

articles would be found.



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