Billy Goldenberg(1936-2020)
- Composer
- Music Department
- Actor
Composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and songwriter, the son of
Morris Goldenberg. He was educated at Columbia College (BA), where he
composed and arranged the Columbia Varsity Shows, and also Camp
Tamiment. He took private music studies with Hall Overton and he wrote
incidental music for the Broadway revue "An Evening With
Mike Nichols &
Elaine May", and arranged dance music
for "Greenwillow", "110 in the Shade", and "High Spirits". His chief
musical collaborator was songwriter (and author) Larry Alexander. He
joined ASCAP in 1961, and his popular-song compositions include
"Shouldn't There Be Lightning?"; and "Take You For Granted". His
classical compositions include "Brass Quintet"; "Woodwind Quintet"; and
"String Quartet".
