At this stage, he worked largely as a singer, lending his rich baritone voice to performances of various pieces, including Handel’s “Invocation To Music” and “So Fahr Ich Hin,” a motet by Heinrich Schütz.
It was at Western Reserve where he met his wife-to-be, Ethel Mann, a gifted flutist who would go on to play with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra.
That same year, Goldman won a scholarship to attend a conducting workshop at The Berkshire School Of Music, located in Tanglewood Massachusetts.
While at Tanglewood, Goldman worked alongside several of his heroes, including Ernest Bloch, Aaron Copland, and Paul Hindemith.
His work in Hollywood ran the gamut of genres, ranging from cowboy movies -- The Old Spanish Trail, (starring Roy Rogers), Wild Heritage, The Bells Of San Angelo, Down Laredo Way—to dramas.
Goldman’s most famous score was written for the Film noir classic, Lady In The Lake, which starred Robert Montgomery as detective Philip Marlowe.
Despite living in a town which lacked the color and spirit of Cleveland, Goldman continued to compose a multitude songs and cantatas.
The speakers on the program included film stars Myrna Loy, Edward G. Robinson, Vincent Price, Melvyn Douglas and Glenn Ford.
Despite immense physical pain, he continued to sit at the piano for hours on end, determined to complete what would be his most ambitious composition to date.
Like his mentors Ernest Bloch and Aaron Copland, Goldman is regarded as a man who created a new form in the world of Yiddish Music.