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Of German Jewish descent, Jacques Offenbach was born He was born Jacob Eberst in 1819, but his father changed the family name to Offenbach after he had left his home town Offenbach-am-Main and settled in Cologne. He taught himself cello and it remained his instrument of choice throughout his life. Known for most his career for light and humorous music (such as perennial favorite Orpheus in the Underworld and its can-can), he created the opera Tales of Hoffman to showcase his "serious" nature.

Resources in This Category

• Classical Archives: Jacques Offenbach

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/3100.html
  Biography and complete files offered in MIDI format.

• Jacques Offenbach

  http://www.quadrant.net/LaVie/noframes/lvp/offenbach.html
  Describes the events in his life and lists some of his works.

• Jacques Offenbach

  http://www.lessontutor.com/bf_offenbach.html
  Biography tracing his part in the founding of the operetta and light opera, and, by extension, musical theater. Includes link to Real Audio RAM file of Orpheus in the Underworld.

• Jacques Offenbach

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006220/
  Filmography at IMDb lists movies and television shows from the 1930s onward that used his music.

• Les Contes d'Hoffmann

  http://cbs.infoplease.com/ipea/A0153781.html
  Description of a play written about author and composer E.T.A. Hoffmann.

• The Jacques Offenbach Society

  http://www.offenbachsociety.org.uk/
  Includes news, links, information about the society, and Offenbach's stage works.

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