George Forrest (author) George Forrest (author) George Forrest (born George Forrest Chichester Jr., July 31, 1915 – October 10, 1999) was a writer of music and lyrics for musical theatre best known for the show "Kismet", adapted from the works of Alexander Borodin. He was also known professionally at times as Chet Forrest. Throughout his career Forrest worked exclusively with the composer-lyricist Robert Wright. The pair had an affinity for adapting classical music themes and adding lyrics to these themes for Hollywood and the Broadway musical stage. Wright said that the music was usually a 50-50 "collaboration" between Wright & Forrest and the
Jonathan Little (composer) Little's selected verse, and all his published musical works. Selected recordings of his music are on deposit at the Australian National Film and Sound Archive, with many scores and recordings also held by the Australian Music Centre. Jonathan Little (composer) Jonathan David Little FRSA (born 1965 in Melbourne, Australia) is a contemporary classical composer, educator and author based in the UK and Australia. In 2008 his first CD was voted one of the top recordings of the year by US "Fanfare magazine" ("The Want List 2008"). He was subsequently featured in a news article in "Musical Opinion" in early 2009.