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Robert Russell Bennett

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Also known as Russell Bennett

American composer, arranger (1894-1981)

Person · Open Library

Born
15 Jun 1894
Died
18 Aug 1981
Works
11

Top works

  • Instrumentally Speaking
  • Broadway Sound
  • Clarinet quartet (1941)
  • Violin concerto in A major
  • Instrumentally speaking

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom

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Listeners
3,045
Total plays
25,961

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Robert Russell Bennett (June 15, 1894 – August 18, 1981) was an American composer and arranger, best known for his orchestration of many well-known Broadway musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers. Robert Russell Bennett was born in 1894 to a very musical family in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, George Bennett, played violin in the Kansas City Symphony and trumpet at the Grand Opera House, while his mother, May, worke

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Robert
Family name
Bennett
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Kansas City
Place of death
New York City
Occupation
music arranger
Languages spoken
English language
Student of
Nadia Boulanger
Field of work
scoring
Instrument
piano
Record label
RCA Victor
Image
Robert Russell Bennett (1970).jpg
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date of birth
1894-06-15
date of death
1981-08-18
cause of death
liver cancer
manner of death
natural causes
name in native language
Robert Russell Bennett
Commons category
Robert Russell Bennett
place of burial
Green-Wood Cemetery
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