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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.
IMDb profile of Richard Rodney Bennett (1936-2012), a versatile composer of orchestral, jazz and film music. See his biography, awards, credits, photos and videos.
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- Broadstairs, Kent, England, UK
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- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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. He also won acclaim for his film scores and was ...
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The composer Richard Rodney Bennett, who has died in New York aged 76, pursued multiple musical lives with extraordinary success. He was one of the more distinguished soundtrack composers of his era, having contributed to some 50 films and winning Oscar nominations for his work on Far from the Madding Crowd (1967), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971 ...
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 since ...
A personal tribute to the versatile and talented composer who died in 2012, by his friend and colleague David Wordsworth. The article covers Bennett's achievements in various genres, his musical influences and tastes, and his personality and humour.
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Richard Rodney Bennett. Composer: Murder on the Orient Express. 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. Among the latter are scores for operas, such as the dramatic "The Mines of Sulphur" and the more ...
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