Richard Dyer-Bennet

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Richard Dyer-Bennet (October 6, 1913, Leicester, England - December 14, 1991, Monterey, Massachusetts) was an English-born American folk singer (or his own preferred term, "minstrel"), recording artist, and voice teacher. Dyer-Bennet studied voice with Gertrude Wheeler Beckman and Sven Scholander, and from the first made his living singing. During his peak performance years, he gave 50 concerts a year. He recorded extensively for many labels, and eventually founded his own, Dyer-Bennet Records, and recorded in his own living room. The albums he recorded on his own label have been re-released on CD by Smithsonian Folkways. A biography - Richard Dyer-Bennet: The Last Minstrel - by Paul O Jenkins will be published in December 2009 by the University Press of Mississippi. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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Richard Dyer-Bennet #1

Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 10

Richard Dyer-Bennet #2

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Richard Dyer-Bennet with Young People in Mind

Richard Dyer-Bennet #5

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Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 3

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Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 4

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Richard Dyer-Bennet, Volume 7: Beethoven Scottish and Irish Songs

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Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 13

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Richard Dyer-Bennet 10

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Greensleeves

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Mark Twain's "1601"

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