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The Bravest Hussar is an operetta
Operetta
Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...

 by Hungarian
Hungary
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 composer Victor Jacobi
Victor Jacobi
Victor Jacobi, Jakobi Viktor was a Hungarian operetta composer.He studied at Zeneakadémia in Budapest at the same time as the noted Hungarian composers Imre Kálmán and Albert Szirmai...

. As his second operetta was not considered to be a big success. It premiered on 30 December 1905 in Magyar Színház (Hungarian Theater) in Budapest
Budapest
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. The libretto is from Ferenc Martos.

Sources

  • Gänzl, Kurt (2001). "Jacobi, Viktor". The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre. Schirmer, p. 1005. ISBN 0028649702
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