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Definition of Bouffes
1. bouffe [n] - See also: bouffe
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bouffes
Literary usage of Bouffes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Bookman (1903)
"But to the end of his life he continued writing opéras bouffes, and although his
mine of melody showed signs of exhaustion, still Madame Favart and La Fille ..."
2. Musical Sketches, Abroad and at Home by John Ella, John Belcher (1878)
"THEATRE LES bouffes. (700 SEATS.} A NEW species of comic opera is given here,
the music of which, composed by Offenbach, is much preferable to the general ..."
3. The Daughter of Peter the Great: A History of Russian Diplomacy and of the by Robert Nisbet Bain (1899)
"... Empress to Kiev—General character of Elizabeth's Court—Entertainments—Opera
bouffes—The Court Theatre—The masquerades or metamorphoses—Elizabeth in male ..."
4. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"His first real success, however, was ' La Béarnaise, ' a three- act operetta
given at the bouffes-Parisiens in Dec. 1885, and in the following October ..."
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