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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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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United Kingdom

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Listeners · Last.fm

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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