Bennett, Richard Rodney

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Name (Latin)
Bennett, Richard Rodney
Other forms of name
Bennet, Richard Rodney
Bennett, Richard, 1936-2012
Date of birth
1936-03-29
Date of death
2012-12-24
Place of birth
Broadstairs (England)
Place of death
New York (N.Y.)
Place of residence/headquarters
New York (N.Y.) (1979 - 2012)
Occupation
Composers
Pianists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 61731028
Wikidata: Q959863
Library of congress: n 81022276
HAI10: 000041262
Sources of Information
  • 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)
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Wikipedia description:

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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