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The Man Who Invented the Broadway Sound

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George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers and Cole Porter wrote the tunes, but for 40 years and 300 Broadway shows Robert Russell Bennett arranged those tunes for the theatre, and in doing so, created the sound of the golden age of the musical.
Jeremy Sams looks at the man behind the scenes.

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Presenter:
Jeremy Sams
Producer:
Dave Batchelor
Source: Radio Times

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