Robert Russell Bennett
Robert Bennett (born June 15, 1894 in Kansas City , Missouri , † August 18, 1981 in New York City ) was an American composer.
Life
Robert Russell Bennett received his training from Carl Busch from 1908 . On trips to Europe he took lessons from Nadia Boulanger . In 1928 he received a Guggenheim grant . From 1930 he worked for the Hollywood film studios and from 1941 as Kapellmeister of various radio and television orchestras. In 1957 and 2008 he received a special Tony Award for his services to the Broadway musical. For the music to Oklahoma! he was awarded an Oscar in 1956 . He had previously received a nomination in 1939.
He composed six operas and one operetta , symphonies, film music, a guitar concerto and a concerto for violin, piano and orchestra, chamber music works, an organ sonata and choral works.
Works (selection)
- Endymion , opera ballet after Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle , 1927
- Sights and Sounds , An Orchestral Entertainment, Suite, 1928
- Abraham Lincoln , A Likeness in Symphony Form, 1929
- Maria Malibran , Opera, 1935
- Pacific Liner , soundtrack, 1938
- Next Time I Marry , soundtrack, 1938
- Intermezzo , film music, 1939
- The Enchanted Kiss , radio opera based on O. Henry , 1945
literature
- George J. Ferencz: Robert Russell Bennett: A Bio-Bibliography . Greenwood Press, New York 1990, ISBN 0-313-26472-4 .
Web links
- Works by Robert Russell Bennett in the catalog of the German National Library
- Robert Russell Bennett in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography, catalog raisonné and bibliography in: Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive note of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Bennett, Robert Russell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Russell Bennett, Robert; Russell-Bennett, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 15, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kansas City , Missouri, United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | 18th August 1981 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York, United States |