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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]]''). 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. | 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]]''). 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 | 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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