Offenbach

[ aw-fuhn-bahk, of-uhn-; French aw-fen-bak; German awf-uhn-bahkh ]

noun

1. Jacques [zhahk], 1819–80, French composer.
2. a city in S Hesse, in central Germany, on the Main River, near Frankfurt.

Offenbach

¹

/ ɔfɛnbak; ˈɒfənˌbɑːk /

noun

1. OffenbachJacques18191880MFrenchGermanMUSIC: composer Jacques (ʒɑk). 1819–80, German-born French composer of many operettas, including Orpheus in the Underworld (1858), and of the opera The Tales of Hoffmann (1881)

Offenbach

²

/ ˈɔfənbax /

noun

1. a city in central Germany, on the River Main in Hesse opposite Frankfurt am Main: leather-goods industry. Pop: 119 208 (2003 est)

Example Sentences

They read good books instead of bad ones, they prefer a beautiful picture to a showy one, and Beethoven to Offenbach.

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Close to my hotel there was a roofless theatre crammed with people, where they were giving Offenbach.

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The tiresome article on Offenbach goes to the extremest limits about his comic spirit.

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A detail to note is that the orchestra was conducted by Offenbach.

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Truly, to them, as to the Sabreur of Offenbach, nothing is sacred.

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