• 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...
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  • Robert or Bob Bennett may refer to: Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981), American composer Bobby Bennett (The Famous Flames) (1938–2013), member of James...
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    All three overtures were arranged by the show's orchestrator, Robert Russell Bennett, who orchestrated most of Kern's later shows.[citation needed] "Cotton...
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    1954. Excerpts from the music soundtrack, by Richard Rodgers and Robert Russell Bennett, were re-recorded for record albums. The original TV broadcasts...
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    were considered for the role of Jud before Rod Steiger was cast. Robert Russell Bennett expanded his Broadway orchestrations, Jay Blackton conducted, and...
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  • Hammerstein), Mielziner did the stage design, Trude Rittmann and Robert Russell Bennett prepared the orchestration, and Elizabeth Montgomery of Motley Theatre...
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  • 1964), French singer Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981), American composer and arranger Robert Blake, (1933–2023), American actor Robert Ghanem (1942–2019)...
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    Hart and Hammerstein was orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Rodgers composed twelve themes, which Bennett used in preparing the orchestra score for...
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  • original 1960 production, directed by Moss Hart with orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang, ran on Broadway for 873 performances, winning...
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  • was nominated for an Academy Award, and music credit was given to Robert Russell Bennett, Max Steiner, Heinz Provost and Christian Sinding. It was on a preliminary...
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    1: Gabriel Yared (3) 1: John Addison (2) 1: Luis Bacalov (2) 1: Robert Russell Bennett (2) 1: Hauschka (2) 1: Jay Blackton (2) 1: John Corigliano (2) 1:...
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  • musical with music by Georges Bizet (orchestrated for Broadway by Robert Russell Bennett) and lyrics and book by Oscar Hammerstein II which was performed...
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    been frequently heard in the concert hall, one suite fashioned by Robert Russell Bennett, Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture is relatively popular. Catfish...
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  • Richard Rodney Bennett (1936–2012), English composer Rick Bennett (politician) (born 1963), American politician Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981), American...
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    was written by Ernst and Hubert Marischka, with orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett. Although the pet name of the empress was always spelled "Sisi"...
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  • also enlisted the services of the show's original orchestrator, Robert Russell Bennett, and its original conductor, Victor Baravalle, as the film's musical...
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  • catchy settings of the tunes, principally among them Broadway's Robert Russell Bennett and future MGM stalwart Conrad Salinger. As usual, Astaire created...
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    not orchestrate his musicals. Anything Goes was orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett and Hans Spialek. Now at the height of his success, Porter was able...
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    Winninger, Sammy White, conductor Victor Baravalle, orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, and, as Magnolia, Irene Dunne, who believed that Whale was the...
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    music was adopted into the works of various composers, including Robert Russell Bennett, John Philip Sousa, Claude Debussy and Louis Moreau Gottschalk....
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  • brain tumor that was shortly to kill him, and Shilkret (as well as Robert Russell Bennett) contributed by assisting with orchestration on some of the numbers...
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  • Special Academy Award, and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Robert Russell Bennett† won a competitive Emmy Award, a competitive Oscar, and two Special...
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  • Symphonic Songs for Band (category Compositions by Robert Russell Bennett)
    Composed in 1957, Symphonic Songs for Band is one of Robert Russell Bennett's most famous compositions for wind band. The work was commissioned for the...
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  • Suite of Old American Dances (category Compositions by Robert Russell Bennett)
    Suite of Old American Dances is a 1949 concert band work by Robert Russell Bennett. Chappell Music published the condensed score and parts in 1952. This...
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  • Seventh Symphony, his early Overture in G minor, two arrangements by Robert Russell Bennett, and Dmitri Shostakovich's Symphony No. 1 in April 1968. Command...
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    musical assistants, principally Frank Saddler (until 1921) and Robert Russell Bennett (from 1923). In response to the commission, Kern oversaw an arrangement...
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  • Laurence O'Keefe James Stewart Bennett Dogs (1983) Mark Bennett The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1991) Robert Russell Bennett (1894–1981) Great to Be Alive...
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    Testament. Audio from The Coming of Christ, with orchestrations by Robert Russell Bennett was released by Decca Records in 1960 to popular acclaim. He replaced...
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  • direct after hearing only two songs. The experienced orchestrators Robert Russell Bennett and Philip J. Lang were entrusted with the arrangements, and the...
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  • Ambrosian Chorus and soloists, original 1939 orchestration by Robert Russell Bennett. EMI Records Ltd. 1992 Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen & Mulgrew Miller...
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