Charles E. Henderson Explained

Charles Edward Henderson (19 January 1907 – 7 March 1970) was a songwriter, arranger, vocal coach and lyricist. He and Alfred Newman were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture) in 1945 for State Fair.^[1]

Henderson was born in Boston, Massachusetts and died in Laguna Beach, California.

Notable works

• Fantasia (1940) (choral arrangements for the Ave Maria sequence)
• Dumbo (1941) (vocal arrangements for "Song of the Roustabouts")
• Bambi (1942) (choral arrangements)
• The Bishop's Wife (1947) (vocal director)
• The Enemy Below (1957) (vocal supervisor)
• The Music Man (1962) (vocal arranger)
• "Deep Night" (composer)
• "The Right Kind" (composer)

Broadway theatre

• Blackouts of 1949 (1949); music also by Royal Foster

Film music

• The Rage of Paris (1938)

Books

• Henderson, Charles, with Charles Palmer (1939). How to Sing for Money: The Art and Business of Singing Popular Songs Professionally. Hollywood, Calif.: G Palmer Putnam. .

Citations

1. Web site: The 17th Academy Awards . Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.