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Robert Russell Bennett was an American composer, arranger, and orchestrator of Broadway musicals and Hollywood film scores. He was born on June 15, 1894 in Kansas City, Kansas. He studied at the University of Kansas and the Institute of Musical Art in New York City. Bennett is best known for his work on the musicals Show Boat, Oklahoma!, and Carousel. He also wrote the music for the film scores of The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and The King and I. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his work on the score of The King and I. Bennett was a prolific composer and arranger, writing over 1,000 pieces of music. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970. He died on August 18, 1981 in New York City. At the time of his death, Robert Russell Bennett had an estimated net worth of $2 million.

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Occupation music_department,composer,soundtrack
Age 87 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 15 June 1894
Birthday 15 June
Birthplace Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Date of death 18 August, 1981
Died Place New York City, New York, USA
Nationality United States

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2008

Winner of a posthumous special Tony Award in 2008, for his body of work as an orchestrator.

1981

Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 64-65. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

1965

He orchestrated the original 1965 Broadway production of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever".

1957

Won a Special Tony Award in 1957, for his body of work as an orchestrator.

1956

His orchestration of "The March of the Siamese Children" for the stage version of "The King and I" was considered so excellent that it was the only one of his orchestrations for the stage production which was exactly duplicated for the 1956 film (although augmented for full orchestra).

1954

He was affiliated with NBC's Project Twenty (1954) since 1954.

1922

In World War I he conducted army bands, and in 1922 he became an arranger for Broadway musicals; his productions included "Rose-Marie", "Sunny", "The Band Wagon", "Of Thee I Sing", "The Cat and the Fiddle", "Face the Music", "Show Boat", "Oklahoma!", "Kiss Me, Kate", "South Pacific", "The King and I", "The Sound of Music", "My Fair Lady", and "Camelot".

1920

From the 1920s to about 1965, he was the most prominent and (many people say) the best orchestrator of Broadway shows. He not only orchestrated all of the Rodgers and Hammerstein shows except for "Carousel" and the little-known and not very successful "Me and Juliet", but also many of Jerome Kern's shows (including "Show Boat", for which he not only created the orchestrations for the 1927 Broadway original, the 1932 revival, and the 1936 film version, but also some new ones for the 1946 and 1966 revivals). He also orchestrated most of George Gershwin's, Irving Berlin's and Cole Porter's shows, in addition to which he orchestrated most of the original stage version of "My Fair Lady" as well as Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie", the film version of "Oklahoma!" and most of the music in the stage version of "Camelot".

1916

Composer, arranger, musician and conductor Robert Russell Bennett studied piano with his mother and other instruments with his bandmaster father, and also with Carl Busch and Nadia Boulanger (honorary DHL, Franklin & Marshall College and Guggenheim fellowships). He began conducting at 11, was organist at a Kansas City theatre and a violinist and violist with string ensembles. He came to New York in 1916 and joined G. Schirmer.