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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 ''[[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.  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 ''[[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.  If you know anything about it, please get in touch!


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*''[[Der Glücklich Widersprüchlichmensch]]
*''[[Der Glücklich Widersprüchlichmensch]]
*''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]]
*''[[Die Eroberung der Form durch Substanz]]