Ronald Binge (15 July 1910 – 6 September 1979) was a British composer and arranger of light music. He arranged many of Mantovani's most famous pieces before composing his own music, which included Elizabethan Serenade and Sailing By. Biography Binge was born in a working-class neighbourhood in Derby, Derbyshire, in the English Midlands. In his childhood he was a chorister at Saint Andrews Church (Church of England), London Road, Derby – 'the railwaymen's church' (demolished 1970). Binge was educated at the Derby School of Music, where he studied the organ. Early in his career he was a cinema organist, and later worked in summer orchestras in British seaside resorts (including Blackpool and Great Yarmouth), for which he learned to play the piano accordion. Binge's skill as a cinema organist was put to good use, and he played the organ in Mantovani's first band, the Tipica Orchestra. During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Air Force, during which time he was much in demand organising
Ronald Binge (15 de julio de 1910 – 6 de septiembre de 1979) fue un compositor británico y arreglista de música ligera. Arregló muchas de las piezas más famosas de Mantovani antes de componer su propia música, que incluyó Elizabethan Serenade y Sailing By. Biografía Binge nació en un barrio de la clase obrera en Derby, Derbyshire, en las Midlands inglesas. En su infancia fue corista en la Iglesia de San Andrés (Iglesia de Inglaterra), Londres Road, Derby – 'la iglesia de los ferrocarriles' (destruida en 1970). Binge fue educado en la Escuela de Música de Derby, donde estudió el órgano. A principios de su carrera fue un organista de cine, y más tarde trabajó en orquestas de verano en los resorts marítimos británicos (incluyendo Blackpool y Great Yarmouth), para lo cual aprendió a tocar el acordeón de piano.