June 20 - Jacques Offenbach (The Musical Birthday Series, 6th Annual Cycle)

Previous postings for June 20th are found here: Jacques Offenbach (2019), (2020), Joseph Martin Krause; Chet Atkins (2021), and Brian Wilson (2022)

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Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819 – 5 October 1880) perfected an operetta style that influenced Arthur Sullivan and Johann  Strauss.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Double Time

Said Offenbach, “Break out the bubbly!

In fact, mes amis, do it doubly!

My can-can, you’ll know by its name,

Is double the fun, if you’re game.

It’s a dance that is meant to entice

With its raucous suggestion of vice,

And so when you toast it, toast twice!”

 

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