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The Song Is Ended

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Lyric by Fritz Lohner-Beda
Music by Irving Berlin (1927)

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The song is ended
But the melody lingers on
You and the song are gone
But the melody lingers on

The night was splendid
And the melody seemed to say
"Summer will pass away
Take your happiness while you may"

There 'neath the light of the moon
We sang a love song that ended too soon

The moon descended
And I found with the break of dawn
You and the song had gone
But the melody lingers on.



Irving Berlin, writer of both music and lyrics, with over 1500 songs to his credit, was considered the embodiment of American music. When asked what place Berlin has in American music, Jerome Kern answered, "Irving Berlin has no place in American music; he IS American music." In one case, however, the lyric was not his. Fritz Loehner-Beda, a famous Austrian composer, lyricist, librettist and writer, put words to Berlin's melody in 1927. Beda was very sought after in Vienna and wrote several librettos for Franz Lehar's operettas. In 1938 Beda was arrested and sent to Buchenwald, later transferred to Auschwitz. Lehar's operettas continued to be played and in 1940 Beda was listed in the Nazi's Encyclopedia of Jews in Music as having written songs for Lehar but no mention as a librettist. He hoped for intercession from Lehar but none came. He became ill, couldn't work and was murdered by the Nazis in 1942 at age 59. Today, sadly, his name is nearly forgotten.

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from No Strings, released August 22, 2014

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No Strings is a Mother/Son duo recording a wide variety of original songs, jazz standards, rock/pop/country/folk songs + spoken word presentations.

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