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Sir Richard Rodney Bennett CBE (29 March 1936 – 24 December 2012) was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012.
Richard Rodney Bennett was an eclectic composer of serious orchestral works, jazz songs and music for stage and screen. Of the former, his most famous compositions include a First Symphony, a piano concerto and four string quartets.
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett (born March 29, 1936, Broadstairs, Kent, England—died December 24, 2012, New York, New York, U.S.) was a prolific and highly versatile British composer and pianist known for his innovative approach to 12-tone and serial composition—particularly in his concert works.
Dec 30, 2012 · Richard Rodney Bennett, the British composer who in a long, distinguished career moved with ease among classical concert music, jazz and film, died on Dec. 24 in New York, where he had lived...
Then on Christmas Eve, Richard Rodney Bennett died in hospital in New York after a short illness.
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett. Composer. 29 March 2936 to 24 December 2012. A ten time BAFTA nominee, Bennett won the award for Murder On The Orient Express (1974) with his other film scores including Billy Liar (1963), Far From The Madding Crowd (1967), Billion Dollar Brain (1967), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971), Lady Caroline Lamb (1973) and Four ...
Jan 4, 2013 · Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, who died last week at the age of 76, was one of Britain's leading film and television composers for most of the last 50 years.
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