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'''Jacques Offenbach''' (1819-1880) was a French composer of nearly 100 light operas, notably  "Orphée aux enfers" ("[[Orpheus]] in the Underworld"), "La Perichole", and "La Belle Hélène." A serious opera, unfinished at his death, "Les contes d'Hoffmann" (“The Tales of Hoffmann” - 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.''

The [[United States]] [[Marine]] Hymn ("From the halls of Montezuma...") is based on an Offenbach tune, the Galop from ''La Belle Hélène.''

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