Author: Robert Russell Bennett
Alternate names: Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981.; Bennett, Robert Russell; בנט, רוברט ראסל, 1894-1981; Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-; Bennett, R. J.; 羅伯特·拉塞爾·貝內特; 拉塞尔·班尼特; 罗伯特·拉塞尔·本尼特; 拉塞爾·班尼特; R.(Russell) Bennett; رابرت راسل بنت; ロバート・ラッセル・ベネット; روبرت راسيل بينيت; רוברט ראסל בנט; 罗伯特·拉塞尔·贝内特; Robert Bennett; Роберт Расселл Беннетт; Bennett, Robert Russell, 1894-1981; BENNETT ROBERT RUSSELL
Born: 15 Jun 1894
Died: 18 Aug 1981
Bio: Robert Russell Bennett (born June 15, 1894, Kansas City, Mo., U.S.—died Aug. 19, 1981, New York City, N.Y.) was an American composer, conductor, and Broadway orchestrator. He studied music in Berlin, London, and Paris. Beginning in the 1920s, he scored some 300 Broadway musicals over 40 years, including the works of Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, and Frederick Loewe, and such hit shows as Show Boat, Anything Goes, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific, My Fair Lady, and The Sound of Music.-Britannica