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Jay Wright Forrester was an American electrical engineer and computer scientist who spent his career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is best known for his invention of magnetic-core memory, which became the standard form of random-access memory for early digital computers in the 195...
Song of Norway is a 1944 operetta adapted by Robert Wright and George Forrest, who arranged the music of Edvard Grieg into a theatrical score with new lyrics. The book dramatizes episodes from the Norwegian composer's early life and musical career. The original Broadway production opened at the Impe...
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Major commercial success and attractive Grieg adaptations sustain recognition, while critics often fault its sentimental fictionalization, uneven book, and derivative score.
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