Birth and Life

Jacques Offenbach

composer

Date of birth 20. 6. 1819
Country of birth Germany

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Death

Date of death 5. 10. 1880
Cemetery Montmartre Cemetery, Paris, France
GPS coordinates of the cemetery 48.887908, 2.329863

Details:
Plot: Division 9

Summary from Wikipedia

Born in Cologne, Kingdom of Prussia, the son of a synagogue cantor, Offenbach showed early musical talent. At the age of 14, he was accepted as a student at the Paris Conservatoire; he found academic study unfulfilling and left after a year, but remained in Paris. From 1835 to 1855 he earned his living as a cellist, achieving international fame, and as a conductor. His ambition, however, was to compose comic pieces for the musical theatre. Finding the management of Paris's Opéra-Comique company uninterested in staging his works, in 1855 he leased a small theatre in the Champs-Élysées. There ...

Author of contribution: Janez, published 11. 11. 2015

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