George Forrest

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composer lyricist musical theatre composer person

George Forrest was an American musical theater composer and lyricist best known for adapting classical music into popular Broadway scores, often in collaboration with Robert Wright.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
musical theatre composer ⓘ
person ⓘ
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Original Score nomination NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkOf Alexander Borodin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edvard Grieg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Johann Strauss II NERFINISHED ⓘ
collaboratedWith Robert Wright NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
fieldOfWork Broadway theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
musical adaptation ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
knownFor adapting classical music into Broadway scores ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
notableCollaboration Wright and Forrest ⓘ
notableWork Anya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Hotel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kean NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kismet NERFINISHED ⓘ
Magdalena NERFINISHED ⓘ
Song of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Great Waltz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Timbuktu! NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
partOf American musical theatre tradition ⓘ
workLocation New York City ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Stranger in Paradise → lyricist → George Forrest ⓘ
Kismet → musicAdaptedBy → George Forrest ⓘ
subject surface form: Kismet (1955 film)