Charles E. Henderson
# Charles E. Henderson

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.

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. OCLC 896876.

## Citations

* ↑ "The 17th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
