Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 - 5 October 1880), composer and cellist, was one of the originators of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy. He was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th century, and many of his works remain in the repertory.
Offenbach was born in Cologne, Germany and was the son of Isaac Juda Eberst, a cantor, bookbinder, music teacher and composer. His father was living at a time when the Napoleonic edict required that Jews had to take inheritable family names. Read Full BioJacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 - 5 October 1880), composer and cellist, was one of the originators of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy. He was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th century, and many of his works remain in the repertory.
Offenbach was born in Cologne, Germany and was the son of Isaac Juda Eberst, a cantor, bookbinder, music teacher and composer. His father was living at a time when the Napoleonic edict required that Jews had to take inheritable family names. An itinerant violinist, he adopted the name Offenbach since he was already known to his audiences as a native of Offenbach am Main called "der Offenbacher". His son received the name "Jakob Offenbach" at birth, though he changed it to Jacques when he settled in France.
Offenbach moved to Paris in 1833 to study the cello. He found employment playing cello in the orchestra of the Opéra Comique, and wrote many pieces for the instrument. In 1844, he converted to Catholicism and married Herminie de Alcain. He returned to Germany with his wife and daughter in 1848 to avoid revolutionary violence in France, but returned a year later to become the musician most closely associated with the reign of Louis Napoleon (III). In 1850 he became conductor of the Theatre Français, but in 1855 rented his own theatre, the Bouffes Parisiens on the Rue de Monsigny, and began a successful career devoted largely to operetta and opéras comiques until his death.
His most popular works are still performed regularly today. His best-known operettas in the English-speaking world are Orpheus in the Underworld, La vie parisienne, La belle Hélène, La Périchole, The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. Gaîté Parisienne is an often heard ballet score which is a pastiche of Offenbach melodies arranged and garishly orchestrated by Manuel Rosenthal in 1938.
Offenbach's final opera, The Tales of Hoffmann, was more serious than his other works, perhaps reflecting the eternal wish of the clown to be taken seriously. It was still unfinished at his death in 1880, but was completed by his friend Ernest Guiraud and premiered in 1881.
Offenbach is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France.
Offenbach was born in Cologne, Germany and was the son of Isaac Juda Eberst, a cantor, bookbinder, music teacher and composer. His father was living at a time when the Napoleonic edict required that Jews had to take inheritable family names. Read Full BioJacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 - 5 October 1880), composer and cellist, was one of the originators of the operetta form, a precursor of the modern musical comedy. He was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th century, and many of his works remain in the repertory.
Offenbach was born in Cologne, Germany and was the son of Isaac Juda Eberst, a cantor, bookbinder, music teacher and composer. His father was living at a time when the Napoleonic edict required that Jews had to take inheritable family names. An itinerant violinist, he adopted the name Offenbach since he was already known to his audiences as a native of Offenbach am Main called "der Offenbacher". His son received the name "Jakob Offenbach" at birth, though he changed it to Jacques when he settled in France.
Offenbach moved to Paris in 1833 to study the cello. He found employment playing cello in the orchestra of the Opéra Comique, and wrote many pieces for the instrument. In 1844, he converted to Catholicism and married Herminie de Alcain. He returned to Germany with his wife and daughter in 1848 to avoid revolutionary violence in France, but returned a year later to become the musician most closely associated with the reign of Louis Napoleon (III). In 1850 he became conductor of the Theatre Français, but in 1855 rented his own theatre, the Bouffes Parisiens on the Rue de Monsigny, and began a successful career devoted largely to operetta and opéras comiques until his death.
His most popular works are still performed regularly today. His best-known operettas in the English-speaking world are Orpheus in the Underworld, La vie parisienne, La belle Hélène, La Périchole, The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein. Gaîté Parisienne is an often heard ballet score which is a pastiche of Offenbach melodies arranged and garishly orchestrated by Manuel Rosenthal in 1938.
Offenbach's final opera, The Tales of Hoffmann, was more serious than his other works, perhaps reflecting the eternal wish of the clown to be taken seriously. It was still unfinished at his death in 1880, but was completed by his friend Ernest Guiraud and premiered in 1881.
Offenbach is buried in the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris, France.
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Orpheus in the Underworld: Can-Can
Jacques Offenbach Lyrics
We have lyrics for these tracks by Jacques Offenbach:
Barcarolle Belle nuit, nuit d'amour, Souris nos ivresses, Nuit plus dou…
Belle Nuit O Nuit D'amour Le temps fuit et sans retour Emporte nos tendresses, Loin de…
The lyrics can frequently be found in the comments below or by filtering for lyric videos.
Barcarolle Belle nuit, nuit d'amour, Souris nos ivresses, Nuit plus dou…
Belle Nuit O Nuit D'amour Le temps fuit et sans retour Emporte nos tendresses, Loin de…
The lyrics can frequently be found in the comments below or by filtering for lyric videos.
Cloud Strife
"Christmas, Christmas time is here
And Christmas songs you love to hear
Thoughts of joy and hope and cheer
But mostly shopping, shopping, shopping
Christmas, Christmas time is here
The sleigh bells and the red-nosed deer
Songs and songs we love to hear
All played a thousand times each year
Heard this same song twenty times
And it's only Halloween (Joy to the world, jingle bells, jingle bells)
(I saw three ships come sailing in on Christmas day on Christmas day)
Christmas, Christmas time is here (Hark the herald angels sing)
And Christmas songs you love to hear (Joy to the world)
Thoughts of joy and hope and cheer
But mostly shopping, shopping, shopping
Christmas season
Starting sooner every year
It's October
Stores with plastic Christmas trees
Ransack the mall
Shop until you lose your mind
Spike the eggnog
Sit back and watch Rudolph, Frosty, Tiny Tim
And Scrooge, the Grinch, or Charlie Brown
It's time
Hey
It's time to do the Christmas can-can
If you can't, can't dance, well, that's okay (not going to do the kick line)
All you need is a tree, some lights, about a thousand presents
Wrap them up and pray for snow, oh
Run to your closet
Find your Christmas sweater
Screaming carols all the way (fa-la-la-la-la-la-la)
Maine all the way to California, it's the Christmas can-can
Halloween to Christmas day
It's the most wonderful time of year
We're running mad with Christmas cheer
Hey, what's troubling you, my friend?
It's not fair if you're Jewish, Jewish (not fair if you're Jewish, Jewish)
Dreidel, Dreidel, Dreidel
I made it out of clay
You realize that Christmas ain't the only holiday, oye
Hey, he's right who made these laws?
Look! Wait, here comes Santa Claus
Santa Claus, Santa Claus, Santa Claus, Santa Claus
(Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa, Santa) (Guys? Guys!)
Hey, Santa do the can-can
Help them if you can-can join in the parade
(I'm gonna go grab some Chinese food)
All you need is a tree, some lights, about a thousand presents
Wrap them up and pray for snow, ho
Run to your closet find your Christmas sweater
Screaming carols all the way (fa-la-la-la-la-la-la)
France all the way to Indiana
It's the Christmas can-can
That's the end
Wait for our ending
We should share this holiday
Hava Nagila, Happy Hanukkah to you
A Happy Hanukkah to you, a Happy Hanukkah to you
A Merry Christmas, Hanukkah and also Kwanzaa
Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and Merry Kwanzaa too"
xxAnaconta
you have no soul if you dont get excited when hearing this
Mikasa Ackerman
@V0ltzYT I see one at the far back (playing an instrument) in another video of this but is different perspectives.
Ozymandias
It comes for a time.
Phillipy Rhodes
Makes me goosebumps
DARKCRIXALIS
I'm excited 😁😆 ❤️❤️
Prithvi Mandalapu
This gets the inner kid within you
Madison Danton
When the conductor realizes the crowd is an instrument.
William Jones
The clapping ruined this piece.
Wayan Suandana
And he'll do his greatest job 😜😜 He is not only conducting his instruments, he also conducts the crowd 😅😅
Danny Kim
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