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Irving Berlin Anthology

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Here's a complete listing of the 'anthology' contents:

A Couple Of Swells
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody
Alexander's Ragtime Band
All Alone
All By Myself
Always
Anything You Can Do
Be Careful, It's My Heart
Blue Skies
Change Partners
Cheek To Cheek
Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep
Doin' What Comes Natur'lly
Easter Parade
Everybody's Doin' It Now
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor
God Bless America
Happy Holiday
Heat Wave
How Deep Is The Ocean (How High Is The Sky)
I Got The Sun In The Morning
I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen
I Love A Piano
(I Wonder Why?) You're Just In Love
I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket
I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain?)
It's A Lovely Day Today
It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow
Lady Of The Evening
Let Me Sing And I'm Happy
Let Yourself Go
Let's Face The Music And Dance
Let's Have Another Cup Of Coffee
Let's Take An Old-Fashioned Walk
Mandy
Marie
My Defenses Are Down
Oh! How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning
Play A Simple Melody
Puttin' On The Ritz
Remember
Russian Lullaby
Say It Isn't So
Say It With Music
Soft Lights And Sweet Music
Steppin' Out With My Baby
Supper Time
The Girl That I Marry
The Piccolino
The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers On)
There's No Business Like Show Business
They Say It's Wonderful
This Is A Great Country
This Is The Army, Mr. Jones
Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
What'll I Do?
White Christmas
You Can't Get A Man With A Gun
You'd Be Surprised

Some of the songs I was looking for were not in this book. It would be great if the add would list the contents in full.

My mother is planning an Irving Berlin-themed Spring performance for her senior citizen choir (average age is 90!) and wanted an anthology to peruse in order to select the songs they will perform. She is over the moon about this book, which contains all of his important work. Perfect!

Can't complain about the number of songs included in this anthology, but the arrangements lacked originality. Most of the pieces give the melody to the piano (often in the left hand) so they can be played as piano solos. I'd rather have seen a piano accompaniment for a vocal soloist.