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{{infobox person
|name=Jonathan Firstenberg
|image=
|birth_date={{birth year and age|1949}}
|birth_place=[[Brooklyn]]
|occupation=Television, composer, music supervisor
|spouse=Natalie Hillman
}}
'''Jonathan Firstenberg''' is an American television composer, [[music supervisor]], producer and consultant.

==Biography==
Jonathan Firstenberg was born in 1949 in [[Brooklyn]], and grew up on [[Long Island]], in [[Floral Park, New York|Floral Park]] and [[Woodbury, Nassau County, New York|Woodbury]].<ref name="Taxi">{{cite web|url=http://www.taxi.com/transmitter/0602/headlineB0602.html |title=Universal Music Production Library interview with Jonathan Firstenberg|publisher=Universal music (copy derived from Taxi.com) |date=February 2006 |accessdate=2008-06-18}}</ref> Inspired by his parents,<ref name="Taxi"/> Firstenberg studied different varieties of music in his youth, and started playing rock and orchestral music with a [[violin]] and a [[guitar]].<ref name="Taxi"/> When he graduated from college, Firstenberg started his career in music by taking a job with [[Hansen Music|Hansen Music Publishing]], in New York City.<ref name="Taxi"/>

He is married to Natalie Vicki (Hillman) Firstenberg, a transpersonal therapist and minister, specializing in healing through relationships, especially couples' counseling, and those who are longing to deepen their creative expression.

In 2005, Firstenberg auditioned and was recruited to lead the [[Universal Music Production|Universal Production Music Library]], a division of [[Universal Music Publishing Group]], as [[creative director]].<ref name="Taxi"/> In this role, he is responsible for carrying out the vision and mission of Universal Music Publishing Group, CEO David Renzer and Scott James, Sr. V.P. Licensing for Film and Television and New Technologies.<ref name="Taxi"/> Firstenberg stated in an interview that he hopes to inspire composers, songwriters, producers, musicians and vocalists to invest in their music efforts by placing some of their works into the library system.<ref name="Taxi"/>

{{quote|I would say the best way to spend your time and money is to do ten things a day to get your music out there. Make ten phone calls a day. They might be nothing, or you might get lucky, but if you persist with the networking and getting your music out there, it does happen. It does happen. The fact is, if the music is good, it will rise to the top. It will make an appearance some place. Because there are people always looking for good music.|Jonathan Firstenberg, summarizing the most important things about posting your music to a [[wikt:network|network]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.globalgraffiti.com/ggraffiti/get_smart/interviews/firstenberg.htm |title=Interview with Jonathan Firstenberg |publisher=Global Graffiti.com |accessdate=2008-06-18}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>}}

==Credits==
*''[[Cats, Cops and Stuff]]'' (1990)
*''[[Born to be Mild]]'' (1990)
*''[[The Long Kiss Goodnight]]'' (1996)
*''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''
*''[[Guiding Light]]''
*''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''
*''[[Capitol (TV series)|Capitol]]''
*''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
*''[[All My Children]]''
*''[[General Hospital]]''

==Awards and nominations==
[[Daytime Emmy Award]]s:

*Won, 1993, Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]" (shared with [[Dominic Messinger]] and [[Rick Rhodes]])
*Won, 1996, Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Drama Series for: "[[Guiding Light]]" (shared with [[Robyn Cutler]], [[Michael Licari]], [[Rick Rhodes]], [[Ron Cohen]], [[John Henry Kreitler]], [[Wes Boatman]], [[Danny Lawrence]], [[John E. Young]], [[David Grant (composer)|David Grant]], [[Barry De Vorzon]], [[Richard Hazard]], [[Edward Dzubak]], and [[Alan Bellink]])

==Sources==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|1680706|Jonathan Firstenberg}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080612080410/http://emusician.com/tutorials/emusic_reel_money/ Reel Money - A real-world guide to getting music into film and TV soundtracks.]

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[[Category:21st-century American male musicians]]

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