Otto Büchstein
Apocryphal Austrian playwright. m. Birgit von Sachsen-Rampton. Wrote the justifiably under-appreciated operettas der Glücklich Widersprüchlichmensch (“The jolly contrarian”), Die Warteschleifenmusikopfer (“The hold-music victim”) and 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.
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.