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'''Jacques Offenbach''' (1819-1880) was a French composer of light operas, notably ''The Tales of [[E. T. A. Hoffmann|Hoffmann]],'' ''[[Orpheus]] in the Underworld,'' ''La Perichole,'' and ''La Belle [[Helen of Troy|Hélène]]." A 1938 ballet, ''Gaîté Parisienne,'' based on Offenbach's music, was and has remained popular.

Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) was a French composer of nearly 100 light operas, notably "[[Orpheus]] in the Underworld", "La Perichole", and "La Belle Hélène." A serious opera, unfinished at his death, “The Tales of Hoffman” (completed by Guirard) is his most regularly performed and recorded work.

His most familiar tune is probably the [http://www.danshep.net/cancan.mid Can-Can] from ''Orpheus in the Underworld.''

His most familiar tune is probably the [http://www.danshep.net/cancan.mid Can-Can] from ''Orpheus in the Underworld.''