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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.
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...
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.
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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.
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- Broadstairs, Kent, England, UK
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- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Dec 27, 2012 · Richard Rodney Bennett, a British-born composer for film, ballet, opera and the concert hall, died Christmas Eve in New York. He was 76.
Dec 28, 2012 · British composer, pianist and arranger Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, who was nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City at age 76. His publisher Novello & Co. said in a...
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Dec 27, 2012 · Tributes from the music and film worlds have been paid to composer Sir Richard Rodney Bennett who died aged 76 on Christmas Eve. He produced more than 200 concert pieces, ballets and operas but...
