Richard Dyer-Bennet

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Richard Dyer-Bennet (October 6, 1913 - December 14, 1991) was a Folk-singer (or his own preferred term, "minstrel") and voice teacher.

He 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.

There's a much more extensive biographical sketch online at http://richard.dyer-bennet.net