Irving Berlin

composers such as Irving Berlin. Modern composers experimented with new and unusual harmonies. They developed an entirely new system of melody and harmony that was known as surrealism. Modernism branched off from well versed and organized music full of boundaries to an extremely random style of music that had no rules and limitless potential. Modern music randomly picked musical materials and joined them all in a stream of conscious much like a cluster of thoughts, with no organization.…

someone was beating a tin pan, so that where the name Tin Pan Alley arose from. Tin Pan Alley was very important in terms of the rise of musical theatre composers because composers realized that by exposing numerous fads, they could make their listeners buy their sheet of music. In result, by 1910, Americans purchased over 2 billion copies of sheet music. 4. How did Irving Berlin get his start, and what made his work resonate so much with his audiences? As a teenager Irving Berlin learned the…

composed by Irving Berlin), Doris Day, and Ella Fitzgerald. Like many of the other famous singers of the time Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Doris Day, and Ella Fitzgerald had their own crowd following. All the really good singers pretty much had their own private fanbases. Great singers need a helper. With every great singer, there is an equally as great songwriter/ composer. There were many famous composers of the time. One of them is Irving Berlin, who composed the Bing Crosby hit "White…

The song, How About a Cheer for the Navy by Irving Berlin, portrays democracy because it represents how the media praised The Navy. The lyrics of the song tells listeners and readers that The Navy is strong; the song represents patriotism, strength, and importance of the navy in the second world war. The lyrics of the patriotic song gives the people of America hope that The Navy is strong and will fight for them. The soldiers who sang, “How about a Cheer for the Navy”, believe that William Knox,…

This summer, my family and I traveled to Berlin, Germany to learn about my Jewish great grandparents’ experience during the Holocaust. After visiting the Topography of Terror, I have become interested in understanding how the Nazis could turn a democracy into a dictatorship. This trip made me question not only government’s actions of the past, but also my government’s actions today. It has made me look at the U.S. 2016 election differently. Most of all, my trip made me want to learn more about…

In 1945 directly following the end of WWII, Nazi territory was separated into zones. Each Allie country (US, France and Great Britain) were given a zone during the Potsdam Conference. During this conference the Soviet Union’s assigned zone encompassed all of Germany, along with other European countries. This concerned the Allies as it was apparent the priority of the USSR was to spread communism and their idealistic views. Therefore the Allies divided the city of Berlin into East and West…

Although it did not intend to show Hitler’s caring and loving character, it was a direct propaganda and a fabrication of the reality. Like Fall of Berlin, Theresienstadt can be considered to be one of the greatest examples of indigestible propaganda. Its aim was to show everyone, especially the International Red Cross, that the Jews were not at all suffering at ghettos. In the film, we see a peaceful ghetto in Czechoslovakia. The film starts off showing a well-dressed girl and an old lady who is…

and moving on from its past. Establishing a country of “grey buildings, grey earth, grey birds and grey trees”, Funder presents Germany as being dull, dark and without hope, indicating her belief that it is unable to build over the impact of the GDR as it can be seen in the city but in the landscape as well. The cold and dark colors also reflect the utilitarian aspects of the GDR, and identifies that the former regime still lingers, despite Germany’s attempt to move forward and build a new…

history of the Berlin Wall was ignited by World War II. Germany plotted an attack on Poland, yet was intimidated by the fact that the Soviet Union might interfere. So, before raiding Poland, Hitler made sure to sign a non-aggression pact with the U.S.S.R. This pact secretly stated that Poland should be divided between Germany and the Soviet Union, with Germany receiving the western third, while the Soviets gained control of the remaining two-thirds. Germany began their attacks on Poland on…

many as The Berlin Wall. It became a significant symbol that represented all of those things depending on which side of the wall you were on. The events leading up to the building and destruction of the wall were very important to not only the Germans, but also to the whole world. The wall itself was a very complex security system and claimed many lives of those who tried to flee from East Berlin to West Berlin. When World War II was winding down, Russia claimed Berlin as a spoil of war. In…