Israel Beilin (later to become Irving Berlin) was born in abject poverty in Russia and didn’t arrive in America until 1893 when he was five years old. By the time he died, at the age of 101, he had written thousands of beautiful, often witty, songs inspiring the much younger George Gershwin to describe him as ‘the greatest songwriter who ever lived’. He wrote White Christmas for the film Holiday Inn, winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song; famously recorded by Bing Crosby, it became one of the most popular and best-selling songs of all time. Accredited Lecturer Pip Burley takes a closer look at the story behind White Christmas.
EXTRA CONTENT - CHRISTMAS QUIZ
We've asked Lizzie Darbyshire, Chair of the North East Area Support Team and recently retired Accredited Lecturer to create a special Christmas Quiz. You can open the Quiz here. For the Answers click here.
Given the lovely comments we've being receiving today, we thought we'd better add that Artvent isn't over yet!
We originally planned 24 items for Artvent but we found we had so much that we wished to share that we've extended it for another 7 days to 31st December.
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Comments
Brilliant presentation. Entertaining, smoothly delivered and full of info.
A beautifully conceived and delivered talk for Christmas Eve. Thank you
Lovely to listen to Pip Burley again and to hear about the wonderful genius of Irving Berlin.
Thank you for a truly excellent 'Advent Calendar'
Wonderful, a great finale to a lovely and very interesting artvent calender. Great idea, thank you Art Society. Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and very healthy New Year. Take care everyone.
What a wonderful way to finish this fascinating feature. I have so enjoyed every day and this last one was excellent. And wishing all those who have watched this a very Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy New Year
Wonderful interpretation of my old favorite holiday song, thanks.
The movie’s plot unfolds that a wish-come-true for a white Christmas allows a deserving person to keep his ski resort from going bankrupt thanks to a timely snowfall.
I think of all the businesses today losing yet another holiday season due to Covid and hope there is a brighter New Year 2022 for all.
A lovely contribution to the Artvent Calendar.
A fascinating story beautifully presented.
Thank you Arts Society for this lovely gift!
A really interesting talk on a wonderfully talented songwriter.
Beautifully delivered
A wonderful presentation of a fabulous song, which is quite moving, Thank you.