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	Known to operate ''sub nom'' [[Jolly Contrarian]], on whom he based his first 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 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”) and ''[[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]]''. A rumoured final opera, the unfinished ''[[Das Grösste Heulsuse in Zürich]]'' (the ~~“Greatest Crybaby in Zurich”~~), supposedly commissioned by a mysterious patron as [[Büchstein]] lay dying in a hospital bed in [[Mandalay]], afflicted with [[Dengue Fever]], is believed now to be lost forever. If you know anything about it, please get in touch!		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\|The victory of form over substance]]”) (more usually known, and performed, in Italian as ''[[La Vittoria della Forma sulla Sostanza]]''. A rumoured final opera, the unfinished ''[[Das Grösste Heulsuse in Zürich]]'' (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]], is believed now to be lost forever. If you know anything about it, please get in touch!