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{{a|myth|}}[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]] (the “[[The Swiss Milquetoast|Swiss Milquetoast]]”) is the legendary, possibly apocryphal, unfinished last {{tag|opera}} of [[Otto Büchstein]], composed on his deathbed in an opium den in [[Mandalay]], delirious with malaria<ref>Other reports have it as [[dengue fever]]</ref>. | {{a|myth|}}[[Die Schweizer Heulsuse]] (the “[[The Swiss Milquetoast|Swiss Milquetoast]]”) is the legendary, possibly apocryphal, unfinished last {{tag|opera}} of [[Otto Büchstein]], composed on his deathbed in an opium den in [[Mandalay]], delirious with malaria<ref>Other reports have it as [[dengue fever]]</ref>. Mainly famous for a misquote in Gräfin Schümli Pflümli’s final aria, ''Der Teufel steckt im Detail. Gott ist in den Lücken.''<ref>''The Devil is in the detail. God is in the gaps''.</ref> | ||
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