Irving Berlin´s life in connection with the american dream

1. Foreword When I heard the song "White Christmas" and discerned that this song is performed by so many famous artists I questioned myself who wrote that apparently timeless song. When I got the answer that it was Irving Berlin who wrote and composed this song I gleaned that he was one of the most successful songwirters in America and had dominated the music professesion for more than thirty years. In the following pages I want …

…write American music.They are ashamed of it as if it were a country relative. So they write imitation European music which doesn´t mean anything, I am doing something they all refuse to do: I´m writing American music." When he became a citizen of the United States he said that it was the most connoting event in his life and this reflects his strong feelings towards America.