Bennett, Richard Rodney
Enlarge text Shrink text- His Sonatina for solo flute, c1955.
- Amazed and confused, 1981(Richard Bennett)
- Stravinsky, I. Symphonies of wind instruments etc. [SR] p1991:label (Richard Rodney Bennet, piano)
- Baker, 8th ed.(Bennett, Richard Rodney; b. Mar. 29, 1936, Broadstairs, Kent; English composer)
- music.us, July 27, 2012(Richard Bennett; b. Mar. 29, 1936, Broadstairs, Kent, England; composer of classical and film music; collaborated with Neil Diamond on the song Amazed and confused)
- Telegraph WWW site, Dec. 26, 2012(Sir Richard Rodney Bennett; b. Mar. 29, 1936, Broadstairs; d. Dec. 24, 2012; composer and pianist)
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (29 March 1936 – 24 December 2012) was an English composer and pianist. He was noted for his musical versatility, drawing from such sources as jazz, romanticism, and avant-garde; and for his use of twelve-tone technique and serialism. His body of work included over 200 concert works and 50 scores for film and television. He was also active in jazz, as a composer, a pianist, and an occasional vocalist. For his scoring work, Bennett was nominated for a total of 10 BAFTA Awards, winning once for Best Original Music for the film Murder on the Orient Express (1974). He was also nominated for three Academy Awards (Far from the Madding Crowd, 1967; Nicholas and Alexandra, 1971; and Murder on the Orient Express) and three Grammy Awards, among other accolades. He was the International Chair of Composition of the Royal Academy of Music, and was knighted in 1998.
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