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Jacques Offenbach

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Composer

The Resume

    (June 20, 1819-October 4, 1880)
    Birth name was Jacob Eberst
    Resided in Paris
    Wrote ‘Orpheus in the Underworld (1858),’ ‘La Belle Hélène (1864),’ ‘La Vie Parisienne (1866)’ and ‘Tales of Hoffman (1880)’

Why he might be annoying:

    He was a child prodigy.
    He played a lot of practical jokes on co-workers.
    He pissed his money away.
    He wore fur.
    Richard Wagner called his music ‘a dung heap.’

Why he might not be annoying:

    He is considered the greatest composer of operettas.
    He was a gifted cellist.
    He had to put up with prejudice from French audiences because he was German and Jewish.
    He died before finishing his masterpiece, ‘Tales of Hoffman.’
    He wrote the famous ‘Can-Can’ song.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 21.43% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 22 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 22 Votes: 77.27% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 120 Votes: 55.83% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 60 Votes: 63.33% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 21 Votes: 61.90% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 48 Votes: 47.92% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 54.05% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 32 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 37 Votes: 54.05% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 98 Votes: 63.27% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 117 Votes: 49.57% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 90 Votes: 47.78% Annoying