“Elizabeth Lutyens was the first professional composer that I ever knew. I sent someextremely infantile pieces that I I'd written and got marvellous encouragement andinterest from her... she's certainly the English composer who's influenced me themost.” FirstsPiecesWrittenEncouragementComposerMarvellousInfantile Author:Richard Rodney Bennett
“I am proud to be able to claim that, from the age of nineteen, I've managed to earna living entirely as a composer.” AgeAbleProudClaimsComposerNineteen Author:Richard Rodney Bennett
“I just scribbled away and eventually a C-major chord was there. I didn't ever decide I was going to be a composer. It was like being tall. It's what I was. It's what I did.” MajorsTallComposerChords Author:Richard Rodney Bennett
