G. was born in Bucharest, Rumania.

His father was a Hebrew teacher.

He was the first choirmaster in Goldfaden's troupe with whom he toured across Rumania and Russia.

In Goldfaden's troupe Goldenberg married the prima donna Liza Einhorn, but after that she went across to the Rumanian stage, and G. went away to Budapest. There he became a cantor, and due to the change in his religious beliefs, he got a divorce from his wife.

G. later was a cantor in various bath locations (spas), such as Karlsbad and Marienbad, and in 1927 he passed away.
 

M. E. from Itskil Goldenberg, S. Tabatshnikov and Zilberbush

Sh. E. from Ivan Abramson.

B. Gorin -- "History of Yiddish Theatre", Vol. I, p. 209.