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Jacques Offenbach

Also known as Jacques Offenback, Jakob Eberscht, Jaques Offenbach

German-born French composer (1819–1880)

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Jacques Offenbach was a German-born French composer who lived from 1819 to 1880 and became a major figure in 19th-century music. He is remembered for creating works that blended popular entertainment with musical sophistication, helping to shape the musical culture of his era.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1819
Died: 1880
Works: 66

Top works

Financier et le Savetier
6 Duos, Op. 49
Rose de Saint-Flour
Grand Duchess of Gerolstein
Haine, Drame en Cinq Actes. Musique de J. Offenbach

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Film & TV

Sound · Cologne, Germany

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: France
Active from: 1819
Active to: 1880

art songsballetclassicalcomposerfrench composeropera

Discography

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Listeners: 369,013
Total plays: 1,911,802

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5 total works indexed

Global Cancer Statistics 2020: GLOBOCAN Estimates of Incidence and Mortality Worldwide for 36 Cancers in 185 Countries
· 2021 · cited 77,912x
Global cancer statistics 2018: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
· 2018 · cited 53,558x
Global cancer statistics
· 2011 · cited 23,166x
Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
· 2014 · cited 21,550x
Global cancer statistics 2022: GLOBOCAN estimates of incidence and mortality worldwide for 36 cancers in 185 countries
· 2024 · cited 18,806x

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Wikidata facts

Image: Jacques Offenbach by Félix Nadar (restored).jpg

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Commons category: Jacques Offenbach
date of birth: 1819-06-21
date of death: 1880-10-05
name in native language: Jacques Offenbach
start of work period: 1849-00-00
end of work period: 1880-00-00
Commons Creator page: Jacques Offenbach
P8168: Lee Unkrich
P12674: Lutterbach
P12749: Menahem Pressler
nickname: Offre-un-bock

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Jacques Offenbach, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein. Chronicle of the Gazette of Holland [Music Noted]: zarzuela bufa in 3 acts

La Gran Duquesa de Gerolstein.. Célebre coro de las cartas [Música notada]

Le fifre enchanté. N. 7 [Música notada] : opérette en un acte

Le fifre enchanté. N. 4, Couplets de Rigobert [Música notada] : opérette en un acte

The Grand Duchess of Gerolstien [sic].. Song of General Bum Bum [Music Noted]

La Gran Duquesa de Gérolstein.. Brindis de la Duquesa [Música notada]

Las georgianas. Dúo de la coraza, cantado en el 2º acto por la Sta. Bernal y el Sr. Rodríguez [Música notada] : zarzuela bufa en 3 actos

La jolie parfumeuse [Música notada] : opéra-comique en 3 actes de Crémieux et Blum

Pomme d'api [Música notada] : opérette en un acte de L. Halévy et W. Busnach

Les deux aveugles [Música notada] : bouffonnerie musicale

La Gran Duquesa de Gérolstein.. Coro de las cartas [Música notada]

Parisian life. Song of Colonel’s Widow [Noted Music]: zarzuela bufa in 3 acts

Barba azul [Manuscrito] :]ópera bufa en cuatro actos. Emp.: La luz los campos dora (h. 5v) ... Fin.: un gran viudo y un gran pez! (h. 122)

La Gran Duquesa de Gérolstein. Canción del sable [Música notada] : zarzuela bufa en 3 actos

The theft of Elena. Apple song [Music noticed]: zarzuela bufa in 3 acts

El robo de Elena. Entreacto vals [Música notada] : zarzuela bufa en 3 actos

La Gran Duquesa de Gérolstein. Canción militar [Música notada] : zarzuela bufa en 3 actos

The Grand Duchess of Gérolstein. Rondó [Music Noted]: zarzuela bufa in 3 acts

Canción del general Bum Bum [Música notada] : Pif, paf, puf : en la zarzuela La gran duquesa de Gérolstein

Mesdames de la Halle [Música notada] :]opérette bouffe en un acte

La diva [Música notada]: zarzuela en un acto y dos cuadros

Pierrette et Jacquot [Música notada]: opérette en un acte de J. Noriac et Ph. Gille

Le Roi Carotte. Polka des singes [Música notada] : opéra-bouffe-féerie

Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarole (Oh, night of love); (act III)/Offenbach

Hoffmann’s stories: Fantasy/(Offenbach)

Barcarole from “Hoffmann’s stories”/[J. Offenbach]

Drinking song a. “Hoffmann’s stories”/(Offenbach)

Mirror aria from “Hoffmann’s stories”/von Offenbach

HoffHoffmann’s Tales "[Hoffmann’s Tales]: Spiegelarie/(Offenbach)

Duet Dzhul “etty i Gofmana: "Les Contes d” Hoffmann"/J. Offenbach

Ha, as in my soul: from “Hoffmann’s stories”/Jacques Offenbach - J. Hopp

Barcarole/[(Nice night, you love night) Duet Giuletta - Nikolausse from the opera] “Hoffmann’s stories”/[Music: Jacques Offenbach. Text: Jules Barbier and Michael Carré]

Hoffmann’s stories: Recitative and romance of Hoffmann/(Offenbach)

Puppet-aria: from “Hoffmann’s stories”/(J. Offenbach)

Contes d 'Hoffmann: “Les oiseaux dans la charmille”/(Offenbach)

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Article

Offenbach by Nadar (c. 1870s) Jacques Offenbach (/ˈɒfənbɑːx/; 20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Franz von Suppé, Johann Strauss II and Arthur Sullivan. His best-known works were continually revived during the 20th century, and many of his operettas continue to be staged in the 21st. The Tales of Hoffmann remains part of the standard opera repertory.

Born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia, the son of a synagogue cantor, Offenbach showed early musical talent. At the age of 14, he was accepted as a student at the Paris Conservatoire; he found academic study unfulfilling and left after a year, but remained in Paris. From 1835 to 1855 he earned his living as a cellist, achieving international fame, and as a conductor. His ambition, however, was to compose comic pieces for the musical theatre. Finding the management of Paris's Opéra-Comique company uninterested in staging his works, in 1855 he leased a small theatre in the Champs-Élysées. There, during the next three years, he presented a series of more than two dozen of his own small-scale pieces, many of which became popular.