books.google.com - Without any formal training in music composition or even the ability to notate melodies on a musical staff, Irving Berlin took a knack for music and turned it into the most successful songwriting career in American history. Berlin was the first Tin Pan Alley songwriter to go "uptown" to Broadway with...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Irving_Berlin_Reader.html?id=8cLokukPumIC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Irving Berlin Reader