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Known to operate ''sub nom'' [[Jolly Contrarian]], on whom he based his first {{tag|opera}}. It is understood that his character [[Don Iolio Contrario]] from ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza|Form and Substance]]'' is also loosely autobiographical. | Known to operate ''sub nom'' [[Jolly Contrarian]], on whom he based his first {{tag|opera}}. It is understood that his character [[Don Iolio Contrario]] from ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza|Form and Substance]]'' is also loosely autobiographical. | ||
Wrote the justifiably under-appreciated operettas ''[[der Glücklich Widersprüchlichmensch]]'' (“The [[Jolly Contrarian]]”), ''[[Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer]]'' (“The hold-music victim”), ''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]]'' (“[[The Victory of Form over Substance|The victory of form over substance]]”) (more usually known, and performed, in Italian as ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]'') and {{br| | Wrote the justifiably under-appreciated operettas ''[[der Glücklich Widersprüchlichmensch]]'' (“The [[Jolly Contrarian]]”), ''[[Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer]]'' (“The hold-music victim”), ''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]]'' (“[[The Victory of Form over Substance|The victory of form over substance]]”) (more usually known, and performed, in Italian as ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]'') and {{br|Talentdämmerung}} (“The Battle For Talent”). There is a theory that the harrowing final scene of that opera, involving a [[Crisp-packet blowing across St Mark’s square|crisp packet blowing across St Mark’s square]], was formative on the young William Shakespeare. | ||
A rumoured final opera, the unfinished ''[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]]'' (the “[[The Swiss Milquetoast|Swiss Milquetoast]]”), supposedly commissioned by a mysterious patron as [[Büchstein]] lay dying in a hospital bed in [[Mandalay]], afflicted with dengue fever<ref>Or possibly malaria.</ref>, is believed now to be lost forever. The identity of the mysterious patron has never been uncovered — [[Büchstein]]’s facility for prevarication is well known, and he may well have just made it up — but one popular theory is that it was {{jerrold}}. If you know anything about it, please get in touch! | A rumoured final opera, the unfinished ''[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]]'' (the “[[The Swiss Milquetoast|Swiss Milquetoast]]”), supposedly commissioned by a mysterious patron as [[Büchstein]] lay dying in a hospital bed in [[Mandalay]], afflicted with dengue fever<ref>Or possibly malaria.</ref>, is believed now to be lost forever. The identity of the mysterious patron has never been uncovered — [[Büchstein]]’s facility for prevarication is well known, and he may well have just made it up — but one popular theory is that it was {{jerrold}}. If you know anything about it, please get in touch! | ||
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*''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]] | *''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]] | ||
*''[[Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer]]'', (Op. 27, No. 2) | *''[[Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer]]'', (Op. 27, No. 2) | ||
*''[[ | *''[[Talentdämmerung]]'' | ||
*''[[Ser Jaramey Slizzard]]'' (fragment) | *''[[Ser Jaramey Slizzard]]'' (fragment) | ||
*''[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]]'' (unfinished) | *''[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]]'' (unfinished) | ||
{{ref}} | {{ref}} | ||
{{c|Fictional heroes}} | {{c|Fictional heroes}} | ||
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The complete works of Otto Büchstein
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Apocryphal Austrian playwright. m. Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton. Headstrong daughter called Antagonista Contrariana. Wrote a widely ignored philosophical tract, Discourse on Intercourse, which posited that the most fundamental essence of human nature was to form a committee. Convenimus ergo es — literally, “We are meeting, therefore you exist”.
Known to operate sub nom Jolly Contrarian, on whom he based his first opera. It is understood that his character Don Iolio Contrario from Form and Substance is also loosely autobiographical.
Wrote the justifiably under-appreciated operettas der Glücklich Widersprüchlichmensch (“The Jolly Contrarian”), Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer (“The hold-music victim”), Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz (“The victory of form over substance”) (more usually known, and performed, in Italian as La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza) and Talentdämmerung (“The Battle For Talent”). There is a theory that the harrowing final scene of that opera, involving a crisp packet blowing across St Mark’s square, was formative on the young William Shakespeare.
A rumoured final opera, the unfinished Die Schweizer Heulsuse (the “Swiss Milquetoast”), supposedly commissioned by a mysterious patron as Büchstein lay dying in a hospital bed in Mandalay, afflicted with dengue fever[1], is believed now to be lost forever. The identity of the mysterious patron has never been uncovered — Büchstein’s facility for prevarication is well known, and he may well have just made it up — but one popular theory is that it was Sir Jerrold Baxter-Morley, K.C.. If you know anything about it, please get in touch!
See also
- Otto’s razor
- Der Glücklich Widersprüchlichmensch
- Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz
- Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer, (Op. 27, No. 2)
- Talentdämmerung
- Ser Jaramey Slizzard (fragment)
- Die Schweizer Heulsuse (unfinished)
References
- ↑ Or possibly malaria.