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Born in Broadstairs, Kent, England, Richard Rodney Bennett studied at the Royal Academy of Music with Howard Ferguson and Lennox Berkeley. During this time, he attended some of the Darmstadt summer courses, where he was exposed to serialism. He later spent two years in Paris as a student of the arch-serialist Pierre Boulez. Broadstairs is a town in Kent, England, with a population of about 22. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... The Royal Academy of Music is a music school in London, England and one of the leading music institutions in the world. ... Howard Ferguson (October 21, 1908–October 31, 1999) was a British composer and musicologist. ... Sir Lennox Berkeley (May 12, 1903 - December 26, 1989) was a British composer. ... Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hessen in Germany. ... In the European classical music theory, serialism is a set of methods for composing and analyzing works of music based on structuring those works around the parameterization of parts of music: that is, ordering pitch, dynamics, instrumentation, rhythm, and on occasion other elements into a row or series in which... The Eiffel Tower, the tallest structure in Paris, is an international symbol of the city. ... Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez (IPA: /pjɛʁ.buˈlɛz/) (born March 26, 1925) is a conductor and composer of classical music. ...

Despite this early foray into modernist techniques, Bennett's tastes are catholic, and he has written in a wide range of styles, being particularly fond of jazz. Early on, he found success by writing music for feature films, although he considered this to be subordinate to his concert music. Nevertheless, he has continued to write music for films and television; among his best-known scores are the Doctor Who story The Aztecs' (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1975), Enchanted April (1992) and Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994). Despite this eclecticism, Bennett's music rarely involves crossover of styles. This article focuses on the cultural movement labeled modernism or the modern movement. See also: Modernism (Roman Catholicism) or Modernist Christianity; Modernismo for specific art movement(s) in Spain and Catalonia. ... Jazz is an original American musical art form originating around the early 1920s in New Orleans, rooted in Western music technique and theory, and is marked by the profound cultural contributions of African Americans. ... Doctor Who is a long-running British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC about a mysterious time-travelling adventurer known only as The Doctor, who explores time and space with his companions, fighting evil. ... The Aztecs is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in 4 weekly parts from May 23 to June 13, 1964. ... For the Nintendo 64 emulator, see 1964 (Emulator). ... Murder on the Orient Express (Collins, London, 1934) also called Murder on the Calais Coach (Dodd Mead, New York, 1934) is a 1934 novel by Agatha Christie, made into a 1974 movie entitled The book was first published in Saturday Evening Post, from July 1 to September 30, 1933. ... Enchanted April is a film based on the 1922 novel The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim. ... Four Weddings and a Funeral is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. ...

Bennett taught at the Royal Academy of Music between 1963 and 1965, and the Peabody Institute in Baltimore, United States from 1970 to 1971, and was later International Chair of Composition at the Royal Academy of Music between 1994 and the year 2000. He received a CBE in 1977, and was knighted in 1999. Peabody Institute, c. ... A view of the Baltimore skyline from the water taxi. ... Look up chair in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand... The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ...

Selected works

• Morning Music, wind band
• Trumpet Concerto, trumpet and wind orchestra
• Elegy for Davis
• Reflections on a Sixteenth Century Tune, string orchestra or double wind quintet (1999)

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Operas

• The Ledge - 1961
• The Mines of Sulphur - 1965
• A Penny for a Song - 1967
• Victory - 1970

References

• Timothy Reynish, "British Wind Music", paper presented to the 2005 CBDNA National Conference