title: Charles E. Henderson
text: # 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.
  