Lang, Morris Arnold “Arnie”
(*1931)
LANG, MORRIS ARNOLD “ARNIE” (2 Feb 1931, New York, New York). Percussionist and associate timpanist with the New York Philharmonic since 1955, Arnie Lang started lessons around age 10 with an amateur drummer who was a butcher by trade. Graduating from New York’s Music and Art High School, he received a bachelor’s degree from the Juilliard School in 1953, and his professional teachers included Saul Goodman , Morris Goldenberg , and Billy Gladstone . Between 1950 and 1955, Lang worked at Radio…