Intro to Course; Irving Berlin's Early Life; Career (1907-27)

Class Preparation

• In Broadway :The American Musical, read pp.1-12 and pp. 46-50.
• ​Handout of Class 1 slides
• Class 1 Selected Lyrics from Berlin's Popular Songs of 1907-25; various editions of the Ziegfeld Follies and Music Box Revues in the 1920s; and the shows Watch Your Step (1914), Stop! Look! Listen! (1915), and Yip Yip Yaphank (1918). The first of the YouTube playlists below features recordings of these songs.

YouTube Links & Playlists

 Playlists:

• Class 1 Featured Songs (lyrics on handout linked above)
• Class 1 Videos (shown during class)