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John Rutter is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Richard Rodney Bennett and Benjamin Britten. Those roots explain a lot about how John Rutter arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Voces8, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Henry Purcell, Gabriel Fauré and Benjamin Britten, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into John Tavener, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 19 connections around John Rutter, reaching back through Richard Rodney Bennett and forward to John Tavener. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sir John Milford Rutter is an English composer, conductor, editor, arranger, and record producer, mainly of choral music. He founded the Cambridge Singers who premiered and recorded many of his works for his own label Collegium Records. His compositions, extended pieces for choir and orchestra, such as Requiem and Magnificat, and many choral works including For the beauty of the earth, Christmas Carol and A Clare Benediction, are popular, especially in the UK and the United States. He is known for Christmas carols, in both arrangements of traditional melodies and new compositions, and Carols for Choirs anthology series compiled with David Willcocks.
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John Rutter connections
John Rutter grew out of Richard Rodney Bennett and Benjamin Britten, shares an orbit with Voces8, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Henry Purcell and Gabriel Fauré, went on to shape John Tavener. 19 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
Who influenced John Rutter
Sounds and acts that shaped John Rutter.
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- Henry Purcellartist
- Gabriel Fauréartist
- Benjamin Brittenartist
- Georg Friedrich Händelartist
- Robert Schumannartist
- Ludwig van Beethovenartist
- Igor Stravinskyartist
- Arvo Pärtartist
- Gustav Holstartist
- Maurice Ravelartist
- Aaron Coplandartist
- Karl Jenkinsartist
- Dmitri Shostakovichartist
- Samuel Barberartist
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