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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"