Composer
Richard Carpenter
American pop musician
b. 1946
19 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1946
- Birthplace
- Yale – New Haven Hospital
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Richard Lynn Carpenter (born October 15, 1946) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer, who formed half of the sibling duo the Carpenters alongside his younger sister Karen. He had numerous roles in the Carpenters, including record producer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and songwriter, and he also sang harmony vocals with Karen.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- conductor; singer; songwriter; jazz musician; pianist; record producer; composer; musician
- Recorded memberships
- The Carpenters
- Genres
- popular music
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 35546215
- ISNI
- 0000000080894278
- GND ID
- 119253798
- Library of Congress ID
- n89635213
- MusicBrainz ID
- 412faa8b-0bf2-490a-aaea-45185504f2b2
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, Voice, Piano, Accordion, Vocal
- Genres represented
- pop
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merry Christmas, Darling | See work details |
1 more instruments
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| Yesterday Once More | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Walkin' - E-flat Lead Sheet | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Goodbye To Love | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Only Yesterday | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Because We Are In Love | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Karen's Theme | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Druscilla Penny | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| One Love | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Saturday | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I Need To Be In Love | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Those Good Old Dreams | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Flat Baroque | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| An Old Fashioned Christmas | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| O Holy Night | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Walkin' - B-flat Lead Sheet | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Walkin' - Piano Accompaniment | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Walkin' - C Lead Sheet - BC | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Old Fashioned Christmas, An | See work details |
| View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 35546215. Portrait: Robert LeRoy Knudsen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.