Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach · Arts & Literature
German-born French composer, son of a synagogue cantor and founder of the operetta genre (Orpheus in the Underworld, The Tales of Hoffmann).
1819, Cologne, Germany — 1880, Paris, France
Germany · France
Jacques Offenbach is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — German-born French composer, son of a synagogue cantor and founder of the operetta genre (Orpheus in the Underworld, The Tales of Hoffmann).
Jacques Offenbach, a German-born composer who made his career in France, is regarded as the founder of the operetta and a master of comic musical theatre, with works such as Orpheus in the Underworld and the opera The Tales of Hoffmann. His melodies, including the famous 'Infernal Galop' (the can-can), remain widely known. He was the son of a synagogue cantor and born into a Jewish family; he later converted to Roman Catholicism at the time of his marriage.
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German-born French composer, son of a synagogue cantor and founder of the operetta genre (Orpheus in the Underworld, The Tales of Hoffmann).
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Offenbach
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