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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) | ||
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