[audiobook] Es mi tipo. Un libro sobre fuentes tipograacute;ficas (Spanish Edition) by Simon Garfield at Arts-Photography

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From patriotic "God Bless America" to wistful "White Christmas;" Irving Berlins songs have long accompanied Americans as they fall in love; go to war; and come home for the holidays. Irving Berlins American Musical Theater is the first book to fully consider this songwriters immeasurable influence on the American stage. Award-winning music historian Jeffrey Magee chronicles Berlins legendary theatrical career; providing a rich background to some of the great composers most enduring songs; from "Theres No Business Like Show Business" to "Puttin on the Ritz." Magee shows how Berlins early experience singing for pennies made an impression on the young man; who kept hold of that sensibility throughout his career and transformed it into one of the defining attributes of Broadway shows. Magee also looks at darker aspects of Berlins life; examining the anti-Semitism that Berlin faced and his struggle with depression. Informative; provocative; and full of colorful details; this book will delight song and theater aficionados alike as well as anyone interested in the story of a man whose life and work expressed so well the American dream.