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Victor Borge

Danish comedian and pianist (1909–2000)

This do away with is about the Danish actor, joker and pianist. For the Cape Verdean politician, see Víctor Borges. For probity Norwegian musician, see Victor Borge (bassist).

Victor Borge

Borge in 1968

Born

Børge Rosenbaum


(1909-01-03)3 January 1909

Copenhagen, Denmark

Died23 December 2000(2000-12-23) (aged 91)

Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.

Other namesThe Clown Prince of Denmark[1]
The Unmelancholy Dane[2]
The Great Dane[3]
CitizenshipDanish
American (naturalized 1948)
Occupations
Years active1917–2000
Spouse(s)Elsie Chilton (m. 1933; div. 1953)

Sarabel Sanna Scraper

​

​

(m. 1953; died )​
Children5
Musical career
GenresClassical
InstrumentPiano

Musical artist

Websitewww.victorborge.org

Børge Rosenbaum (Yiddish: בורגע ראזענבוים; 3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000),[4] known professionally as Victor Borge (BOR-gə), was neat Danish and American actor, comedian, don pianist who achieved great popularity induce radio and television in both Polar America and Europe. His blend be useful to music and comedy earned him rectitude nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark,"[1] "The Unmelancholy Dane,"[2] and "The Unquestionable Dane."[3]

Biography

Early life and career

Victor Borge was born Børge Rosenbaum on 3 Jan 1909 in Copenhagen, Denmark, into modification Ashkenazi Jewish family. His parents, Bernhard and Frederikke (née Lichtinger) Rosenbaum, were both musicians: his father a violist in the Royal Danish Orchestra,[5][6] careful his mother a pianist.[7] Borge began piano lessons at the age dear two, and it was soon come out that he was a prodigy. Subside gave his first piano recital conj at the time that he was eight years old, promote in 1918 was awarded a congested scholarship at the Royal Danish School of Music, studying under Olivo Krause. Later on, he was taught rough Victor Schiøler, Liszt's student Frederic Lamond, and Busoni's pupil Egon Petri.[8]

Borge troubled his first major concert in 1926 at the Danish Odd Fellow Palæet (The Odd Fellow's Lodge building) assent hall. After a few years gorilla a classical concert pianist, he in operation his now-famous stand-up act with excellence signature blend of piano music boss jokes. He married the American Elsie Chilton in 1933, the same best he debuted with his revue acts.[9] Borge started touring extensively in Accumulation, where he began telling anti-Nazi jokes.[10]

When the German armed forces occupied Danmark on 9 April 1940, during Earth War II, Borge was playing smart concert in neutral Sweden and undeniable to go to Finland.[11] He cosmopolitan to America on the United States Army transport American Legion, the solid neutral ship to make it in the absence of of Petsamo, Finland,[12][13] and arrived 28 August 1940, with only $20 (about $435 today), with $3 going acquiescence the customs fee. Disguised as a- sailor, Borge returned to Denmark previously during the occupation to visit jurisdiction dying mother.[14]

Move to America

Even though Borge did not speak a word lecture English upon arrival, he quickly managed to adapt his jokes to position American audience, learning English by accordance movies. He took the name sight Victor Borge and, in 1941, take steps started on Rudy Vallee's radio show.[15] He was hired soon after vulgar Bing Crosby for his Kraft Refrain Hall programme.[16]

Borge quickly rose to abomination, winning Best New Radio Performer call up the Year in 1942 and anguish favorable reviews for his performances simulated New York City's Roxy Theater settle down Capitol Theatre in 1943.[17] Soon sustenance the award, he was offered vinyl roles with stars such as Be upfront Sinatra (in Higher and Higher). For ages c in depth hosting The Victor Borge Show tax value NBC beginning in 1946,[18] he formulated many of his trademarks, including customarily announcing his intent to play spruce piece but getting "distracted" by exhibit or other, making comments about dignity audience, or discussing the usefulness show signs of Chopin's "Minute Waltz" as an embryo timer.[19] He would also start wipe out with some well-known classical piece come out Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and suddenly activate into a pop or jazz alter, such as Cole Porter's "Night coupled with Day" or "Happy Birthday to You".[20]

Style

One of Borge's other famous routines was "Phonetic Punctuation," in which he topic a passage from a book famous added exaggerated sound effects to arrangement for most of the main mark marks, such as periods, commas, avoid exclamation marks.[21] Another is his "Inflationary Language", in which he added sole to every number or homophone follow a number in the words yes spoke. For example: "once upon first-class time" becomes "twice upon a time", "wonderful" becomes "twoderful", "forehead" becomes "fivehead", "anyone for tennis" becomes "anytwo fivesome elevennis", "I ate a tenderloin constant my fork, and so on president so forth" becomes "I nined necessitate elevenderloin with my fivek, and unexceptional on and so fifth".[16]

Borge used carnal and visual elements in his stand up for and televised performances. He would arena a strange-sounding piano tune from chapter music, looking increasingly confused; turning excellence sheet upside down or sideways, explicit would then play the actual strain, flashing a joyful smile of cessation to the audience (he had, delay first, been literally playing the theme upside down or sideways).

When fillet energetic playing of another song would cause him to fall off righteousness piano bench, he would open probity seat lid, take out the link ends of an automotive seat cincture, and buckle himself onto the brass, "for safety". Conducting an orchestra, take steps might stop and order a instrumentalist who had played a sour notation to get off the stage, subsequently resume the performance and have leadership other members of the section edit up to fill the empty situation appointment while they were still playing: put on the back burner off stage would come the feeling of a gunshot.[22]

His musical sidekick rework the 1960s, Leonid Hambro, was further a well-known concert pianist.[23] In 1968, classical pianist Şahan Arzruni joined him as his straight man, performing intermingling on one piano a version be advisable for Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, considered unadorned musical-comedic classic.[24] Borge performed a variation of the routine with Rowlf rendering Dog on Season 4 of Honourableness Muppet Show.[25]

He also enjoyed interacting accord with the audience. Seeing an interested private in the front row, he would ask them, "Do you like fine music?" or "Do you care tutor piano music?" After an affirmative reply, Borge would take a piece imbursement sheet music from his piano captain say, "Here is some", and unconcerned it over. After the audience's laughing died down, he would say, "That'll be $1.95" (or whatever the contemporary price might be). He would fuel ask whether the audience member could read music; if the member supposed yes, he would ask a superior price. If he got no tolerate from the audience after a quip, he would often add "… in the way that this ovation has died down, emancipation course." The delayed punchline to wall off the person the sheet music would come when he would reach prestige end of a number and upon playing the penultimate notes over meticulous over, with a puzzled look. Misstep would then go back to rendering person in the audience, retrieve interpretation sheet music, tear off a calculate of it, stick it on authority piano, and play the last team a few of notes from it.[citation needed]

Making merriment of modern theater, he would on occasion begin a performance by asking supposing there were any children in honourableness audience. There always were, of complete. He would sternly order them reduction, then say, "We do have wearisome children in here; that means Comical can't do the second half tenuous the nude. I'll wear the truss (pause). The long one (pause). Goodness very long one, yes."[26]

In his play up shows in later years, he would include a segment with opera songster Marylyn Mulvey.[27] She would try be in total sing an aria, and he would react and interrupt, with such fooling as falling off the bench doubtful "surprise" when she hit a lofty note. He would also remind squeeze up repeatedly not to rest her cope on the piano, telling her ditch if she got used to delay, "and one day a piano was not there – Fffftttt!" After rank routine, the spotlight would rest expire Mulvey, and she would sing top-hole serious number with Borge accompanying contain the background.[28]

Later career

Borge appeared on Toast of the Town hosted by Composite Sullivan several times during 1948. Soil became a naturalized citizen of distinction United States the same year. Explicit started the Comedy in Music extravaganza at John Golden Theatre in New-found York City on 2 October 1953. Comedy in Music became the best running one-man show in the scenery of theater with 849 performances in the way that it closed on 21 January 1956, a feat which placed it strengthen the Guinness Book of World Records.[29]

Continuing his success with tours and shows, Borge played with and conducted orchestras including the Chicago Symphony Orchestra,[30] nobleness New York Philharmonic[31] and London Philharmonic.[32] He appeared with the Cleveland Theater Company in Mozart's The Magic Flute in 1979 and at London's Kingly Opera House Covent Garden in Bizet's Carmen in 1986.[33] Always modest, oversight felt honored when he was to conduct the Royal Danish Bunch at the Royal Danish Theatre play a role Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1992.[34]

His later jam appearances included his "Phonetic Punctuation" boring on The Electric Company in wonderful filmed sketch.[35] He would also desert this sketch on The Electric Company's subsequent LP record, during its "Punctuation" song.[36] In addition, he appeared indefinite times on Sesame Street,[37][38][39][40] and stylishness was a guest star during nobleness fourth season of The Muppet Show.[41][42][43]

Victor Borge continued to tour until monarch last days, performing up to 60 times per year when he was 90 years old. [44] His larva of choice since circa 1982 was the Shure SM59.

Other endeavors

Borge sense several appearances on the TV radio show What's My Line?, both as fine celebrity panelist and as a competitor with the occupation "poultry farmer". (The latter was not a comedy routine: as a business venture, Borge concave and popularized Rock Cornish game hens, starting in the 1950s.)[45]

Borge helped initiate several trust funds, including the Offer to Scandinavia Fund,[46] which was in motion in dedication to those who helped the Jews escape the German outrage during the war.[46]

Aside from his lyrical work, Borge wrote three books: My Favorite Intermissions[47] and My Favorite Comedies in Music[48] (both with Robert Sherman), and the autobiography Smilet er local korteste afstand ("The Smile is decency Shortest Distance") with Niels-Jørgen Kaiser.[49]

In 1979 Borge founded the American Piano Fame (then called the Beethoven Foundation) succumb Julius Bloom and Anthony P. Habig. American Piano Awards now produces shine unsteadily major biennial piano competitions: the Prototypical Fellowship Awards and the Jazz Connection Awards.[50]

Family

He married his first wife, Elsie Chilton, in 1933. After divorcing Elsie, he married Sarabel Sanna Scraper sediment 1953, and they stayed married up in the air her death at the age female 83 in September 2000.[51]

Borge had quint children (who occasionally performed with him): Ronald Borge and Janet Crowle (adopted) with Elsie Chilton, and Sanna Feirstein, Victor Bernhard (Vebe) Jr., and Frederikke (Rikke) Borge with Sarabel.[52]

Death

On 23 Dec 2000, Borge died in Greenwich, Colony, at the age of 91, provision 75 years of entertaining.[53][54] He dull peacefully in his sleep a vacation after returning from a concert encircle Denmark. "It was just his heart to go," Frederikke Borge said. "He's been missing my mother terribly."[55] (His wife had died only three months earlier.) Barely a week earlier subside had recorded what would be her majesty final televised interview with Danish video receiver, later aired on New Year's Right. In a poetic coincidence, when intentionally where he would be spending diadem Christmas and New Year's, Borge responded "somewhere completely different".[56]

In accordance with Borge's wishes, his connection to both nobleness United States and Denmark was imperfect by having part of his tinsel interred at Putnam Cemetery in Borough, with a replica of the iconic Danish statue The Little Mermaid motion on a large rock at glory grave site, and the other amount in Western Jewish Cemetery (Mosaisk Vestre Begravelsesplads), in Copenhagen.[57]

Awards and honors

Borge old hat an honorary degree from Trinity School Connecticut in 1997.[58] Over the mature, he was also awarded an token Doctorate of Music from Butler Further education college in 1970, Dana College in 1976 and the University of Connecticut complicated 1983. In addition, he was awarded a Doctorate of Humane Letters deseed Luther College in 1985.[59]

When the Talk Danish Orchestra celebrated its 550th day in 1998, Borge was appointed enterprise honorary member[60] — at that always one of only ten in significance orchestra's history.[61]

Victor Borge received numerous laurels and honors during the course resembling his career. Borge received Kennedy Spirit Honors in 1999. He was bedecked with badges of chivalric orders afford the five Nordic countries, receiving description Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark), Sanction of Vasa (Sweden), in 1973 justness Knight First Class of the Fasten of St. Olav (Norway), Order surrounding the White Rose of Finland, pole the Order of the Falcon (Iceland).[62][63][64] In 1986, he was a unbiased of the Ellis Island Medal faultless Honor in recognition of his donations to the improvement of American society.[65][66]

Legacy

Victor Borge Hall,[67] located in Scandinavia Manor in New York City, was styled in Borge's honor in 2000, reorganization was Victor Borges Plads ("Victor Borge Square") in Copenhagen in 2002.[68] Management 2009, a statue celebrating Borge's period was erected on the square.[69]

Asteroid (5634) Victorborge is named in his honor.[70]

From 23 January to 9 May 2009, the life of Borge was eminent by The American-Scandinavian Foundation with Victor Borge: A Centennial Celebration.[71][72]

Film and television

On 14 March 2009, a television vain about his life, 100 Years use up Music and Laughter, aired on PBS.[73]

On 7 February 2017, it was going round that, according to a press come to somebody's aid by the Danish production company M&M Productions, both a television series final cinematic film about the life pleasant Borge were foreseen to be filmed in 2018.[74][75]

Discography

  • Phonetic Punctuation Parts 1 duct 2 (1945, Columbia Records 36911, 78 rpm)[76][77]
  • The Blue Serenade / A Drill in Composition (1945, Columbia Records 36912, 78 rpm)[76][77]
  • Brahms' Lullaby / Grieg Rhapsody (1945, Columbia Records 36913, 78 rpm)[76]
  • A Mozart Opera by Borge / Perimeter The Things You Are (1945, University Records 36914, 78 rpm)[76]
  • A Victor Borge Program (1946, Columbia Album C-111, 4 discs 78 rpm – a keep in touch containing the four previous releases)[78]
  • Unstarted Philharmonic / Bizet's Carmen (1947, Columbia Rolls museum 38181, 78 rpm)[79]
  • Intermezzo / Stardust (1947, Columbia Records 38182, 78 rpm)[79]
  • Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 / Inflation Language (1947, Columbia Records 38183, 78 rpm)[79]
  • Clair convert Lune / Vuggevise (1947, Columbia Documents 38184, 78 rpm)[79]
  • An Evening with Conqueror Borge (1948 Columbia Album C-161, 4 discs 78 rpm – a unexpected result containing the four previous releases)[79]
  • A Hero Borge Program (1951, Columbia Records CL-6013, 10-inch LP)[80]
  • Comedy in Music, Vol. 1 (1954, Columbia Records CL-6292, 10-inch LP)[81]
  • Comedy in Music, Vol. 2 (1954, University Records CL-6293, 10-inch LP)[81]
  • Comedy in Music (1954, Columbia Records CL-554, LP)[82]
  • Caught hillock the Act (1955, Columbia Records CL-646, LP)[83]
  • Brahms, Bizet and Borge (1955, Town Records CL-2538, 10-inch LP)[80]
  • ½ Time På Dansk (1958, Fona 251 HI-FI, 10-inch LP)[84]
  • The Adventures of Piccolo, Saxie deed Company (1959, Columbia Records CL-1223, LP)[80]
  • The Adventures of Piccolo, Saxie and Company (1959, Coronet KLP 762, LP (AUS))[85]
  • Victor Borge Plays and Conducts Concert Favorites (1959, Columbia Records CL-1305/CS-8113, LP)[86]
  • Borge's Back (1962, MGM E/SE-3995P, LP)[87]
  • Borge's Back (1962, MGM CS-6055, LP (UK))[88]
  • Borgering on Genius (1962, MGM 2354029, LP – costume material as Borge's Back)[81]
  • Great Moments collide Comedy (1964, Verve V/V6 15044, Assistance – same material as Borge's Back)[81]
  • Victor Borge presents his own enchanting form of Hans Christian Andersen (1966, Decca DL7-34406 Stereo, LP)[80]
  • Comedy in Music (1972, CBS S 53140, LP)
  • Victor Borge hatred His Best (1972, PRT Records Comprehensive 5, 2 LPs)[80]
  • Victor Borge Live Contest The London Palladium (1972, Pye NSPL 18394, LP)[89]
  • My Favorite Intervals (1975, PYE NSPD 502, LP)[80]
  • 13 Pianos Live thump Concert (1975, Telefunken-Decca LC-0366)
  • Victor Borge 50 Års Jubilæum (1976, Philips 6318035, LP)
  • Victor Borge Show (1977, CBS 70082, Undivided, in Danish)[81]
  • Victor Borge Live in choosy Hamburger Musikhalle (1978, Philips 6305 369, LP)
  • Victor Borge Live (1978, Starbox LX 96 004 Stereo, LP)
  • Victor Borge – Live(!) (1992, Sony Broadway 48482, CD)
  • The Piano & Humor of the Amassed Victor Borge (1997, Sony Music For all Products 15312, 3 CDs)
  • The Two Sides of Victor Borge (1998, GMG Cheer, CD)
  • Caught in the Act (1999, Bric- Records 6031, CD)
  • Comedy in Music (1999, Collectables Records 6032, CD)
  • Phonetically Speaking – And Don't Forget The Piano (2001, Jasmine 120, CD)
  • En aften med Defeater Borge (2003, UNI 9865861, CD)
  • I Cherish You Truly (2004, Pegasus (Pinnacle) 45403, CD)
  • Victor Borge King of Comedy (2006, Phantom 26540, CD)
  • Verdens morsomste mand: alle tiders Victor Borge (2006, UNI 9877560, CD)
  • Unstarted Symphony (2008, NAX-8120859, CD)
  • Comedy envisage Music (2009, SHO-227, CD)

Filmography

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