Puttin' on the Ritz
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Product ID: HL2 04626022
By Irving Berlin
Publisher:
Hal Leonard
Arranger:
FULL SCORE 1 12
VIOLIN 1 8 2
VIOLIN 2 8 2
VIOLIN 3 (VIOLA T.C.) 4 2
VIOLA 4 2
CELLO 4 2
STRING BASS 4 2
PERCUSSION 1 2
PIANO 1 4
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Series:
Pop Specials for Strings
Genre:
Film, Swing
Line Up:
String Orchestra
Level: 3-4
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About this item
The title derives from the slang expression "putting on the Ritz," meaning to dress very fashionably. The expression was inspired by the opulent Ritz Hotel.
Irving Berlin wrote it in May 1927. It was the first song in film to be sung by an interracial ensemble.
Instrumentation
FULL SCORE 1 12
VIOLIN 1 8 2
VIOLIN 2 8 2
VIOLIN 3 (VIOLA T.C.) 4 2
VIOLA 4 2
CELLO 4 2
STRING BASS 4 2
PERCUSSION 1 2
PIANO 1 4
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Composer
Irving Berlin (1888-1989)
Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist of Jewish heritage, widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history.
His first hit song, "Alexander's Ragtime Band", became world famous. The song sparked an international dance craze in places as far away as Berlin's native Russia, which also "flung itself into the ragtime beat with an abandon bordering on mania." Over the years he was known for writing music and lyrics in the American vernacular: uncomplicated, simple and direct, with his aim being to "reach the heart of the average American" whom he saw as the "real soul of the country."
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