Robert Russell Bennett

  • Performer
  • Musician
  • Recording Staff

Personal Info

Birth Date: June 15, 1894
Birth Location: Kansas City, MO
Death Date: August 18, 1981
Death Location: no location entered yet
Cause of Death: liver cancer

Stage & Film

Staff & Creative

Camelot
Lincoln Center Revival (2023)
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  • Orchestrations
The New Yorkers
Encores! Production (2017)
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  • Original ”Night and Day” Orchestration (adapted for this production)
The King and I
National Tour (2016)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
Broadway Revival (2015)
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  • Orchestrations
Paint Your Wagon
Encores! Production (2015)
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  • Additional Orchestrations [uncredited]
Annie Get Your Gun
Lyric Stage Concert (2015)
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  • Orchestrations
Allegro
Off-Broadway Revival (2014)
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  • Original Orchestrations
Show Boat
New York Philharmonic Concert (2014)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
Lyric Opera of Chicago Production (2014)
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  • Orchestrations
My Fair Lady
Concert Staging (2014)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
Lyric Stage Production (2013)
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  • Orchestrations
Oklahoma!
Lyric Opera of Chicago Production (2013)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Houston Grand Opera Production (2013)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
Australian Production (2012)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
Carnegie Hall Concert (2012)
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  • Orchestrations
Pipe Dream
Encores! Concert (2012)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Chicago Lyric Opera Production (2012)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
UK Touring Revival (2011)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
UK Tour (2011)
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  • Orchestrations
Annie Get Your Gun
Glimmerglass Festival Production (2011)
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  • Orchestrations
Bells Are Ringing
Encores! Concert (2010)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Théâtre du Châtelet Production (2010)
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  • Orchestrations
Girl Crazy
Encores! Concert (2009)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
National Tour (2009)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
UK Tour (2009)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Carnegie Hall Concert (2008)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
Broadway Revival (2008)
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  • Orchestrations
Face the Music
Encores! Concert (2007)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
London Revival (2006)
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  • Orchestrations
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Encores! Concert (2005)
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  • Orchestrations (original)
Pardon My English
Encores! Concert (2004)
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  • Orchestrations
Oklahoma!
Broadway Production (2002)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
Royal National Theatre Production (2001)
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  • Original Orchestrations
Cinderella
New York Revival (2001)
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  • Original Orchestrations
Bloomer Girl
Encores! Concert (2001)
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  • Orchestrations (original)
South Pacific
Lincoln Center Concert (2000)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
London Production (2000)
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  • Orchestrations
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Encores! Concert (2000)
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  • Orchestrations (original)
The Sound of Music
Australian Tour (1999)
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  • Orchestrations (original)
Ziegfeld Follies of 1936
Encores! Concert (1999)
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  • Orchestrations (original)
Show Boat
London Production (1998)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Australian Production (1998)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
Broadway Revival (1998)
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  • Orchestrations (original)
Annie Get Your Gun
Lincoln Center Concert (1998)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
National Tour (1997)
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  • Orchestrations
Sweet Adeline
Encores! Concert (1997)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
Broadway Revival (1996)
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  • Orchestrations
Cinderella
New York City Opera Revival (1995)
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  • Orchestrations
Out of This World
Encores! Concert (1995)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Broadway Revival (1994)
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  • Orchestrations
Allegro
Encores! Concert (1994)
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  • Orchestrations
Cinderella
New York City Opera Production (1993)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Toronto Production (1993)
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  • Orchestrations
Gay Divorce
New York Concert (1993)
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  • Orchestrations
Annie Get Your Gun
Closed on the road (1993)
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  • Orchestrations
Fifty Million Frenchmen
Concert Revival (1991)
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  • Orchestrations
Carmen Jones
London Revival (1991)
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  • Orchestrations
Du Barry Was a Lady
Grant Park Concert Revival (1990)
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  • Additional Orchestrations
Show Boat
Paper Mill Playhouse Production (1989)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Houston Grand Opera Production (1989)
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  • Orchestrations (original)
South Pacific
London Revival (1988)
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  • Original Orchestrations
Let 'Em Eat Cake
New York Concert (1987)
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  • Orchestrations
No, No, Nanette
New York Concert (1986)
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  • Orchestrations
Sweet Adeline
New York Concert (1985)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
Pre-Broadway Production (1985)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Broadway Revival (1983)
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  • Orchestrations (original)
Gay Divorce
Goodspeed Production (1983)
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  • Orchestrations
Camelot
London Revival (1982)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Houston Grand Opera Tour (1982)
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  • Orchestrations (original)
Camelot
International Tour (1982)
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  • Orchestrations
Camelot
Broadway Return Engagement (1981)
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  • Orchestrations
My Fair Lady
Broadway Revival (1981)
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  • Musical Arrangements
The Sound of Music
London Revival (1981)
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  • Orchestrations
Oklahoma!
London Revival (1980)
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  • Orchestrations
Camelot
National Tour (1980)
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  • Orchestrations
Camelot
Broadway Revival (1980)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
Jones Beach Theatre Production (1980)
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  • Orchestrations [uncredited]
My Fair Lady
London Revival (1979)
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  • Musical Arrangements
My Fair Lady
National Tour (1977)
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  • Musical Arrangements
Finian's Rainbow
Jones Beach Theatre Revival (1977)
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  • Orchestrations [uncredited]
My Fair Lady
Broadway Revival (1976)
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  • Musical Arrangements
Camelot
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Production (1975)
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  • Orchestrations
Rodgers and Hart
Original Broadway Production (1975)
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  • Orchestrations (additional)
The Sound of Music
California Tour (1972)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
Jones Beach Marine Theatre Production (1972)
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  • Orchestrations
The Grass Harp
Original Broadway Production (1971)
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  • Additional Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
Jones Beach Marine Theatre Production (1971)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
Jones Beach Marine Theatre Production (1970)
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  • Orchestrations
Coco
Original Broadway Production (1969)
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  • Additional Orchestrations [uncredited]
South Pacific
Jones Beach Marine Theatre Production (1969)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
Jones Beach Marine Theatre Production (1968)
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  • Orchestrations
My Fair Lady
City Center Revival (1968)
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  • Musical Arrangements
Mata Hari
Closed on the road (1967)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Production (1967)
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  • Orchestrations
Peg
Pre-Broadway Music Fair Tour (1967)
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  • Additional Orchestrations [uncredited]
South Pacific
Lincoln Center Revival (1967)
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  • Orchestrations
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Second National Tour (1967)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
City Center Revival (1967)
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  • Orchestrations
Annie Get Your Gun
Television Production (1967)
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  • Orchestrations
Annie Get Your Gun
Broadway Return Engagement (1966)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
National Tour (1966)
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  • Orchestrations (new)
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
First National Tour (1966)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Lincoln Center Revival (1966)
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  • Orchestrations
Annie Get Your Gun
Lincoln Center Production Tour (1966)
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  • Orchestrations
Annie Get Your Gun
Lincoln Center Revival (1966)
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  • Orchestrations
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Original Broadway Production (1965)
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  • Orchestrations
The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd
Original Broadway Production (1965)
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  • Additional Orchestrations [uncredited]
Camelot
London Production (1964)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
Lincoln Center Revival (1964)
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  • Orchestrations
My Fair Lady
City Center Revival (1964)
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  • Musical Arrangements
The Sound of Music
3rd National Tour (1963)
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  • Orchestrations
The Girl Who Came to Supper
Original Broadway Production (1963)
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  • Orchestrations
Jennie
Original Broadway Production (1963)
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  • Orchestrations
Camelot
2nd National Tour (1963)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
City Center Revival (1963)
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  • Orchestrations
Camelot
1st National Tour (1963)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
2nd National Tour (1962)
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  • Orchestrations
We Take the Town
Closed on the road (1962)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
London Production (1961)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
City Center Revival (1961)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
City Center Revival (1961)
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  • Orchestrations
The Happiest Girl in the World
Original Broadway Production (1961)
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  • Orchestrations
13 Daughters
Original Broadway Production (1961)
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  • Orchestrations (additional)
The Sound of Music
1st National Tour (1961)
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  • Orchestrations
Camelot
Original Broadway Production (1960)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
City Center Revival (1960)
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  • Orchestrations
Flower Drum Song
National Tour (1960)
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  • Orchestrations
Finian's Rainbow
City Center Revival (1960)
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  • Orchestrations
Flower Drum Song
London Production (1960)
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  • Orchestrations
Redhead
National Tour (1960)
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  • Orchestrations
The Sound of Music
Original Broadway Production (1959)
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  • Orchestrations
Bells Are Ringing
National Tour (1959)
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  • Orchestrations
Juno
Original Broadway Production (1959)
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  • Orchestrations
Redhead
Original Broadway Production (1959)
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  • Orchestrations
Cinderella
Original London Production (1958)
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  • Orchestrations
Flower Drum Song
Original Broadway Production (1958)
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  • Orchestrations
My Fair Lady
London Production (1958)
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  • Musical Arrangements
Annie Get Your Gun
City Center Revival (1958)
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  • Orchestrations
Bells Are Ringing
London Production (1957)
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  • Orchestrations
New Girl in Town
Original Broadway Production (1957)
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  • Orchestrations
My Fair Lady
National Tour (1957)
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  • Musical Arrangements
Ziegfeld Follies of 1957
Original Broadway Production (1957)
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  • Orchestrations
Bells Are Ringing
Original Broadway Production (1956)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
Film Version (1956)
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  • Orchestrations
Carmen Jones
City Center Revival (1956)
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  • Music Adaptation
Kiss Me, Kate
City Center Revival (1956)
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  • Orchestrations [uncredited]
The King and I
City Center Revival (1956)
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  • Orchestrations
My Fair Lady
Original Broadway Production (1956)
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  • Musical Arrangements
Pipe Dream
Original Broadway Production (1955)
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  • Orchestrations
Finian's Rainbow
City Center Revival (1955)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
City Center Revival (1955)
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  • Orchestrations
Oklahoma!
Film Version (1955)
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  • Musical Arrangements
Show Boat
New York City Opera Revival (Return Engagement) (1954)
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  • Orchestrations
By the Beautiful Sea
Original Broadway Production (1954)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
New York City Opera Revival (1954)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
National Tour (1954)
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  • Orchestrations
The King and I
London Production (1953)
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  • Orchestrations
Oklahoma!
Broadway Revival (1953)
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  • Orchestrations
Three Wishes for Jamie
Original Broadway Production (1952)
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  • Orchestrations
Paris '90
Broadway Production (1952)
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  • Orchestrations
Kiss Me, Kate
Return Engagement (Broadway) (1952)
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  • Orchestrations
Paint Your Wagon
Original Broadway Production (1951)
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  • Additional Orchestrations [uncredited]
South Pacific
London Production (1951)
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  • Orchestrations
Music in the Air
Broadway Revival (1951)
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  • Orchestrations
Oklahoma!
Broadway Return Engagement (1951)
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  • Orchestrations
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Original Broadway Production (1951)
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  • Musical Arrangements
The King and I
Original Broadway Production (1951)
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  • Orchestrations
Kiss Me, Kate
London Production (1951)
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  • Orchestrations
Out of This World
Original Broadway Production (1950)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
National Tour (1950)
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  • Orchestrations
Great to Be Alive
Original Broadway Production (1950)
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  • Orchestrations
Texas, Li'l Darlin'
Original Broadway Production (1949)
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  • Orchestrations
Miss Liberty
Original Broadway Production (1949)
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  • Orchestrations (additional) [uncredited]
Kiss Me, Kate
National Tour (1949)
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  • Orchestrations
South Pacific
Original Broadway Production (1949)
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  • Orchestrations
Kiss Me, Kate
Original Broadway Production (1948)
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  • Orchestrations
Allegro
National Tour (1948)
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  • Orchestrations
Finian's Rainbow
National Tour (1948)
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  • Orchestrations
Heaven on Earth
Original Broadway Production (1948)
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  • Musical Arrangements
Show Boat
Return Engagement (1948)
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  • Orchestrations
Inside U. S. A.
Original Broadway Production (1948)
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  • Orchestrations
Allegro
Original Broadway Production (1947)
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  • Orchestrations
Annie Get Your Gun
National Tour (1947)
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  • Orchestrations
Annie Get Your Gun
London Production (1947)
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  • Orchestrations
Oklahoma!
London Production (1947)
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  • Orchestrations
Sweethearts
Broadway Revival (1947)
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  • Musical Arrangements
Finian's Rainbow
Original Broadway Production (1947)
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  • Orchestrations
Bloomer Girl
Return Engagement (1947)
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  • Orchestrations
If the Shoe Fits
Original Broadway Production (1946)
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  • Orchestrations
Around the World
Original Broadway Production (1946)
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  • Orchestrations
Annie Get Your Gun
Original Broadway Production (1946)
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  • Orchestrations
Carmen Jones
Return Engagement (1945)
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  • New Orchestral Arrangements
Carmen Jones
Return Engagement (1946)
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  • New Orchestral Arrangements
Show Boat
Broadway Revival (1946)
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  • Orchestrations
Carousel
Original Broadway Production (1945)
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  • Orchestrations (uncredited)
Bloomer Girl
Original Broadway Production (1944)
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  • Music Arrangements
Dream With Music
Original Broadway Production (1944)
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  • Orchestrations
Lady in the Dark
Film Version (1944)
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  • Orchestrations
Carmen Jones
Original Broadway Production (1943)
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  • Orchestrations
Oklahoma!
National Tour (1943)
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  • Orchestrations
Bright Lights of 1944
Original Broadway Production (1943)
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  • Music Arrangements
Oklahoma!
Original Broadway Production (1943)
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  • Orchestrations
Something for the Boys
Original Broadway Production (1943)
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  • Orchestrations
Count Me In
Original Broadway Production (1942)
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  • Orchestrations
Panama Hattie
National Tour (1942)
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  • Orchestrations
Best Foot Forward
Original Broadway Production (1941)
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  • Orchestrations (Overture)
Boys and Girls Together
National Tour (1941)
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  • Arrangements (additional)
Du Barry Was a Lady
National Tour (1940)
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  • Additional Arrangements
Panama Hattie
Original Broadway Production (1940)
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  • Orchestrations
Boys and Girls Together
Original Broadway Production (1940)
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  • Arrangements (additional)
Louisiana Purchase
Original Broadway Production (1940)
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  • Orchestral Arrangements
Du Barry Was a Lady
Original Broadway Production (1939)
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  • Additional Arrangements
Very Warm for May
Original Broadway Production (1939)
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  • Orchestrations
May Wine
Original Broadway Production (1935)
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  • Orchestrations (additional)
Anything Goes
National Tour (1935)
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  • Orchestral Arrangements
Jubilee
Original Broadway Production (1935)
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  • Orchestrations
At Home Abroad
Original Broadway Production (1935)
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  • Orchestrations
Revenge With Music
Original Broadway Production (1934)
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  • Orchestrations
Anything Goes
Original Broadway Production (1934)
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  • Orchestral Arrangements
The Great Waltz
Broadway Production (1934)
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  • Orchestrations
Life Begins at 8:40
Original Broadway Production (1934)
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  • Orchestrations (additional)
Roberta
Original Broadway Production (1933)
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  • Orchestrations
Nymph Errant
Original London Production (1933)
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  • Orchestrations
Gay Divorce
National Tour (1933)
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  • Orchestrations
Music in the Air
London Production (1933)
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  • Orchestrations
Of Thee I Sing
Broadway Return Engagement (1933)
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  • Orchestrations
Face the Music
Broadway Return Engagement (1933)
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  • Orchestrations
Pardon My English
Original Broadway Production (1933)
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  • Orchestral Arrangements
Gay Divorce
Original Broadway Production (1932)
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  • Orchestrations
Take a Chance
Original Broadway Production (1932)
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  • Orchestrations
Music in the Air
Original Broadway Production (1932)
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  • Orchestrations
Flying Colors
Original Broadway Production (1932)
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  • Orchestrations
Of Thee I Sing
National Tour (1932)
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  • Orchestrations
Face the Music
Original Broadway Production (1932)
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  • Orchestrations
Of Thee I Sing
Original Broadway Production (1931)
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  • Orchestrations
The Laugh Parade
Original Broadway Production (1931)
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  • Orchestrations
The Cat and the Fiddle
Original Broadway Production (1931)
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  • Orchestrations
The Band Wagon
Original Broadway Production (1931)
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  • Entire Orchestral Arrangements
America's Sweetheart
Original Broadway Production (1931)
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  • Orchestral Arrangements
Sweet Adeline
Original Broadway Production (1929)
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  • Orchestrations [uncredited]
Show Boat
National Tour (1929)
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  • Orchestrations
Show Boat
Original Broadway Production (1927)
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  • Orchestrations
Lady, Be Good!
National Tour (1925)
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  • Orchestrations
The City Chap
Original Broadway Production (1925)
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  • Orchestrations
Sunny
Original Broadway Production (1925)
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  • Music Arrangements
Lady, Be Good!
Original Broadway Production (1924)
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  • Orchestrations
Rose-Marie
Original Broadway Production (1924)
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  • Orchestrations
Lollipop
Original Broadway Production (1924)
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  • Orchestrations
Wildflower
Original Broadway Production (1923)
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  • Orchestrations
Daffy Dill
Original Broadway Production (1922)
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  • Orchestrations

Commercial Audio

Performance

Show Boat
Compilation (1960)
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  • Cast

Staff & Creative

Porgy and Bess
Studio Cast (1950)
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  • Conductor
Oklahoma!
Studio Cast (1950)
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  • Conductor

Writing

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  • Music

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Personal Info

Birth Date: June 15, 1894
Birth Location: Kansas City, MO
Death Date: August 18, 1981
Death Location: no location entered yet
Cause of Death: liver cancer

Other Names

  • Russell Bennett

Marriage & Family

Spouses/Partners

  • Louise Merrill (Wife)
    12/16/1919 - 08/18/1981; his death; 1 child

Family

  • Jean Bennett (Daughter)

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