Part I: Musical demon: Early years
Ward Morehouse: A trip to Chinatown with Irving Berlin
Rennold Wolf:: The boy who revived ragtime
Edward Jablonski: "Alexander" and Irving
Charles Hamm: Excerpt from Alexander and his band
"Madam Critic": Review of watch you step
Harry B. Smith: Excerpt from first nights and first editions
Margaret Knapp: Watch your step: Irving Berlin's 1914 musical
Ghost of Verdi interviewed: Tells how he suffered nightly
Robert Baral: Fond memory: Those Music Box Revues
Robert Benchley: Letter about the music box
S.I. deKrafft: "Yes, we have no bananas" in grand opera setting
Part II: Blue skies: Middle years
George S. Kaufman: Memoir
Letter from Jerome Kern to Alexander Woollcott, from the story of Irving Berlin
Richard Rodgers: Excerpt from musical stages.
Richard Barrios: Excerpt from chapter "The march of time" in a song in the dark
Howard Pollack: Unity of word and tone in two ballads by Irving Berlin
Benjamin Sears: The origins of "Easter parade"
Cleve Sallendar: G-A-W-D bless A-M-E-R-I-K-E-R!
"No right to a personal interest in 'God bless America, '" Berlin is told
Excerpts from Stokowski, here for concert tonight, praises martial, folk songs; likes to play for soldiers
Irving Berlin orders song word change
Richard Rodgers: Excerpt from musical stages
Ethel Merman, as told to Pete Martin: Excerpt from who could ask for anything more
Brooks Atkinson: On Annie get your gun
Harold Arlen and Ralph Blane: Verse to "Halloween"
John Russell Taylor and Arthur Jackson: Chapter excerpt from the Hollywood musical on Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire: Excerpt from steps in time.
Part III: The melody lingers on: Later years
Joshua Logan: A ninetieth-birthday salute to the master of American slang
Nancy Caldwell Sorel: First encounters: Irving Berlin and George Gershwin
Mark Steyn: Excerpts from top hat and tails
Marilyn Berger: Berlin at 100: Life on a high note
Murray Kempton: Bit of blues for ballads of Berlin
Josh Rubins: Genius without tears
Arthur Maisel: Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
Edward Sorel: Cartoon, "September 22, 1989"
Part IV: Irving Berlin in his own words
Irving Berlin: How to write ragtime songs
Irving Berlin: Song and sorrow are playmates
Frank Ward O'Malley: Irving Berlin gives nine rules for writing popular songs
Isaac Goldberg: Excerpt from words and music from Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin: Selected letters
Irving Berlin: Irving Berlin's insomnia
Lead sheet for "Soft lights and sweet music."
