Music: Romantic: Jacques Offenbach?!
Question: Music: Romantic: Jacques Offenbach!?
What are some five INTERESTING facts about Jacques Offenbach and his piece, CANCAN!?
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Jacob Offenbach (born June 20, 1819, Cologne—died Oct!. 5, 1880, Paris, France) German-born French composer!. Son of a cantor, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire but had to leave for lack of funds!. He first wrote theatre music as conductor of the Théatre-Fran?ais (from 1850); in 1855 he opened his own theatre, Bouffes-Parisiens, for which he wrote many celebrated one-act works!. He began writing longer operettas and had a string of hits, including Orpheus in the Underworld (1858), La Belle Hélène (1864), La Vie Parisienne (1866), and The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein (1867)!. Offenbach is credited with writing in a fluent, elegant style and with a highly developed sense of both characterization and satire!. He spent his last three years on his only grand opera, The Tales of Hoffmann, which remained unfinished at his death and was first produced in 1881!.
cancan , a lively French dance marked chiefly by high kicking!. It was developed in Paris in the 1830s and became a popular social dance there!. By the mid-19th cent!. it was incorporated into dance revues and stage productions!. Jacques Offenbach wrote the best-known cancan music!. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec made celebrated paintings and lithographs of famous cancan dancers!.
* Offenbach’s first major operatic success!.
* Parody of baroque Opera and the Orpheus Myth, by using dialog and set pieces infused with satire!.
* The the most famous piece from this opera is the 4th act Cancan, Ce bal est original
* Orphée started as a 2 act opera, but was revised by Offenbach in 1874 to be 4 acts with a bit broader dialog!.
* Offenbach, with this operetta, helped inspire and pave the way for later operetta composers such as Sir Arthur Sullivan and Franz Lehár!.
* The Greek legend of Orpheus inspired operas by several composers, including Monteverdi’s l’Orfeo and Gluck’s Orfeo et Euridice!.
Orpheus In The Underworld Written by Jacques Offenbach in 1819, and is probably most famous for its Can-Can sceneWww@Enter-QA@Com
cancan , a lively French dance marked chiefly by high kicking!. It was developed in Paris in the 1830s and became a popular social dance there!. By the mid-19th cent!. it was incorporated into dance revues and stage productions!. Jacques Offenbach wrote the best-known cancan music!. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec made celebrated paintings and lithographs of famous cancan dancers!.
* Offenbach’s first major operatic success!.
* Parody of baroque Opera and the Orpheus Myth, by using dialog and set pieces infused with satire!.
* The the most famous piece from this opera is the 4th act Cancan, Ce bal est original
* Orphée started as a 2 act opera, but was revised by Offenbach in 1874 to be 4 acts with a bit broader dialog!.
* Offenbach, with this operetta, helped inspire and pave the way for later operetta composers such as Sir Arthur Sullivan and Franz Lehár!.
* The Greek legend of Orpheus inspired operas by several composers, including Monteverdi’s l’Orfeo and Gluck’s Orfeo et Euridice!.
Orpheus In The Underworld Written by Jacques Offenbach in 1819, and is probably most famous for its Can-Can sceneWww@Enter-QA@Com