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    The Vagabond King (1925) Candide (1956) Sullivan, Herbert, Romberg, Friml, Leonard Bernstein Opérette (plural, opérettes) French French operetta. Original...
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    librettist, conductor, and scene painter. In 1842, he wrote the one act opérette, L'Ours et le pacha, based on the popular vaudeville by Eugène Scribe and...
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    Florimond Hervé is credited as the inventor of French opéra bouffe, or opérette. Working on the same model, Jacques Offenbach quickly surpassed him, writing...
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  • earlier pieces of political fiction such as Gulliver's Travels (1726), Candide (1759), and Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). Political fiction frequently employs...
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  • the publication and international success of his 1759 satirical novel Candide;: 9  a treatise against Leibniz's theistic optimism, refuting his affirmation...
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  • (1918–1990) On the Town (1944) Peter Pan (1950) Wonderful Town (1953) Candide (1956) West Side Story (1957) A Party with Betty Comden and Adolph Green...
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