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I realized very early that I was never going to make by living by writing string quartets. But I wanted to write music and I didn't want to have to do anything else.
Richard Rodney Bennett
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Richard Rodney Bennett
Age: 76 †
Born: 1936
Born: March 29
Died: 2012
Died: December 24
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Richard Bennett
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