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• •Though he was born in 1888 in Russia, he came to be synonymous with the music of his adopted homeland. In a career that spanned half a century, he penned some of the most recognizable and enduring songs of all time. Jerome Kern may have said it best: "Irving Berlin has no place in American music--he is American music." Incredibly, the composer ofics like "Cheek to Cheek," God Bless America" and