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Robert Russell Bennett

1894 - 1981

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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 and Hollywood musicals by other composers such as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, and Richard Rodgers. In 1957 and 2008, Bennett received special Tony Awards recognizing his orchestrations for Broadway shows. Early in his career, he was often billed as Russell Bennett. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Russell Bennett is the 1,352nd most popular composer (down from 1,349th in 2019), the 11,049th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,302nd in 2019) and the 117th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Robert Russell Bennett ranks 1,352 out of 1,451. Before her are Edmund Rubbra, Earl Scruggs, Jocelyn Pook, Pritam, Anne Dudley, and Lou Harrison. After her are Vladimír Godár, George Bruns, Monty Norman, Abel Korzeniowski, George Fenton, and Jerry Herman.

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Among people born in 1894, Robert Russell Bennett ranks 254. Before her are ZaSu Pitts, Lois Wilson, Jacob Opdahl, Alfred Probst, Søren Petersen, and Anatoly Blagonravov. After her are Beatrice Lillie, Jan Peka, Arthur Fiedler, Jean Gachet, Warren William, and H. V. Evatt. Among people deceased in 1981, Robert Russell Bennett ranks 271. Before her are Humberto Tomasina, Vittorio Tamagnini, Adele Astaire, Clemente Yerovi, Carl Knowles, and Alexey Okladnikov. After her are Zoltán Huszárik, Malcolm MacDonald, Boris Sagal, David Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter, Douglas Lowe, and Yip Harburg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Russell Bennett ranks 11,051 out of 20,380. Before her are Rob Kardashian (1987), Herbert H. Lehman (1878), Leroy Carr (1905), Joe Fulks (1921), Barbara Crampton (1958), and Abigail Breslin (1996). After her are Lewis Black (1948), Cobi Jones (1970), Susan Seidelman (1952), Nicholas Gilman (1755), Karen Morley (1909), and Nick Stahl (1979).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Robert Russell Bennett ranks 117. Before her are David Del Tredici (1937), Mark Mancina (1957), Joel Goldsmith (1957), Norman Dello Joio (1913), Earl Scruggs (1924), and Lou Harrison (1917). After her are George Bruns (1914), Jerry Herman (1931), Roy Harris (1898), Eubie Blake (2), George Perle (1915), and Angus MacLise (1938).

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