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This sheet music is for a humorous song in the style of a polka, an example of the popular music that Warsaw composer Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld was famous for.
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Adolf Gustaw Sonnenfeld
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Warsaw, Russian Empire (Warsaw, Poland)
Date:
ca. 1870
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Advertisement for an October 20, 1918, Yiddish production of Komishe nakht, a French comedy by José Sanz Pérez, adapted into Yiddish by M. Oyerbakh.
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Salon Casa Suiza
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date:
1912
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La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein is an opéra bouffe (French comic opera), composed by Jacques Offenbach when his career was at its height. It premiered in 1867 and had performances at the Paris…
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Jacques Offenbach
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Paris, France
Date:
1867
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Interlocutors: Massimiano, Santino, and VeridicoSantino:What, does it seem to you, is a comedy, who was its first author, what is its purpose, is it rendered in verse or in…
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Judah Sommo
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Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1565
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Tales of Hoffmann, an opéra fantastique, is the final work of composer Jacques Offenbach, who died four months before its premiere in Paris in 1881. At the time of Offenbach’s death, the opera was…
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Jacques Offenbach
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Paris, France
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1880–1881
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A whole world of railways appeared in our time
They carry their passengers—poor men and rich.
Admire the wonder, but bear this in mind:
It’s really a parable, meant just for you.
It is we who are…
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Elyokum Tsunzer
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Vilna, Russian Empire (Vilnius, Lithuania)
Date:
1875
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I do not believe in free love.
There is legal marriage, an institution based on ideas and pretenses.
A legally married wife you can divorce, but where will you run away from free love?
As for…
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Moyshe Nadir
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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1915