◇ image via WikipediaRichard Rodney Bennett
Richard Rodney Bennett is a Classical act. Their sound grew out of Julian Bream, Gustav Holst, Pierre Boulez, George Gershwin and Shirley Horn. Those roots explain a lot about how Richard Rodney Bennett arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Peter Warlock and Gerald Finzi, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Cleo Laine, John Rutter and Michael Laucke, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 10 connections around Richard Rodney Bennett, reaching back through Julian Bream and forward to Cleo Laine. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was an English composer and pianist. He was noted for his musical versatility, drawing from such sources as jazz, romanticism, and avant-garde; and for his use of twelve-tone technique and serialism. His body of work included over 200 concert works and 50 scores for film and television. He was also active in jazz, as a composer, a pianist, and an occasional vocalist.
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Richard Rodney Bennett connections
Richard Rodney Bennett grew out of Julian Bream, Gustav Holst, Pierre Boulez and George Gershwin, shares an orbit with Peter Warlock and Gerald Finzi, went on to shape Cleo Laine, John Rutter and Michael Laucke. 10 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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