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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. The CD ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 1'' includes a biographical essay written by Dyer-Bennet's daughter, Bonnie, which highlights his progressive politics and his battle with a debilitating stroke in later life (he taught himself to play harp one-handed so that he could continue to perform and teach). A biography - ''Richard Dyer-Bennet: The Last Minstrel'' - by Paul O Jenkins was published in December 2009 by the University Press of Mississippi. The book chronicles Dyer-Bennet's eventful life and includes a foreword by his daughter. ==Discography== ;Dyer-Bennet Records releases * 1949: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet: Twentieth Century Minstrel (Decca DLP 5046)'' * 1955: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 1'' * 1956: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 2'' * 1956: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 3'' * 1957: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 4'' * 1958: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 5: Requests'' * 1958: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 6: Songs With Young People in Mind'' * 1958: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 7: Beethoven Scottish and Irish Songs'' * 1959: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 8: Gems of Minstrelsy'' * 1960: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 9'' * 1962: ''Mark Twain's 1601'' * 1962: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 10'' * 1962: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 11: Stephen Foster Songs'' * 1964: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 12: Songs of Ships, Seafaring Men, Watery Graves...and One Edible Rat'' * 1964: ''Richard Dyer-Bennet 13: Stories and Songs for Children and Their Parents'' ;Folkways Records releases * 1967: ''The Asch Recordings, 1939 to 1945 - Vol. 2'' (Folkways Records) * All the Dyer-Bennet Records releases have been re-released by Smithsonian Folkways. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Dyer-Bennet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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