Basic+Chemistry

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by Tom Lehrer
an [|American] [|singer-songwriter], [|satirist], [|pianist], and [|mathematician]. He has lectured on [|mathematics] and [|musical theater]. Lehrer is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and 1960s. His work often parodies popular song forms, such as in "[|The Elements]", where he sets the names of the [|chemical elements] to the tune of the "[|Major-General's Song]" from [|Gilbert and Sullivan]'s //[|Pirates of Penzance]//.

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