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Mark Trent Goldberg (born February 16, 1956, died May 18, 2005) was executive director of the Ira and Leonore Gershwin Trusts and managed the Gershwin Archive. He worked, for 22 years, with Michael Strunsky, the trustee of the estate established by the late Leonore Strunsky Gershwin, which holds and manages the copyrights of her late husband, the lyricist, Ira Gershwin. Mark also managed the Gershwin Archive along with the Library of Congress. In 1999, he restored the material for the City Center Encores production of the 1936 Ziegfeld Follies. The American singer, pianist, music revivalist, Michael Feinstein, introduced the Gershwins to Mark. Michael Tilson Thomas, the conductor of the San Francisco Symphony for 25 years, collaborated with Mark on the Symphony’s Spring Festival, which featured the music of the Gershwins.