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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.

Richard Dyer-Bennet at home in Massachusetts


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.

Discography

  • 1956: Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 3 (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1957: Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 4 (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1958: Richard Dyer-Bennet, Volume 7: Beethoven Scottish and Irish Songs (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1959: Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 8 (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1960: Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 9 (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1962: Mark Twain's "1601" (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1962: Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 10 (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1962: Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 11 (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1964: Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 12 (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1964: Richard Dyer-Bennet, Vol. 13 (Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 1967: The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1945 - Vol. 2 (Folkways Records)
  • 1997: Richard Dyer-Bennet #1 (Smithsonian Folkways)
  • 2000: Richard Dyer-Bennet #6 with Young People in Mind (Smithsonian Folkways)(Also as #6 from Dyer-Bennet Records)
  • 2001: Richard Dyer-Bennet #2 (Smithsonian Folkways)
  • 2001: Richard Dyer-Bennet #5 (Smithsonian Folkways)


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