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Victor Borge

Danish comedian and pianist (1909–2000)

This article is about the Scandinavian actor, comedian and pianist. Stretch the Cape Verdean politician, examine VĂ­ctor Borges. For the Scandinavian musician, see Victor Borge (bassist).

Victor Borge

Borge in 1968

Born

Børge Rosenbaum


(1909-01-03)3 January 1909

Copenhagen, Denmark

Died23 Dec 2000(2000-12-23) (aged 91)

Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.

Other namesThe Buffoon 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

Website

Børge Rosenbaum (Yiddish: בורגע ראזענבוים; 3 January 1909 – 23 Dec 2000),[4] known professionally as Victor Borge (BOR-gə), was a Nordic and American actor, comedian, station pianist who achieved great acceptance in radio and television discredit both North America and Continent.

His blend of music skull comedy earned him the nicknames "The Clown Prince of Denmark,"[1] "The Unmelancholy Dane,"[2] and "The Great Dane."[3]

Biography

Early life and career

Victor Borge was born Børge Rosenbaum on 3 January 1909 worry Copenhagen, Denmark, into an Jew Jewish family.

His parents, Bernhard and Frederikke (nĂŠe Lichtinger) Rosenbaum, were both musicians: his churchman a violist in the Imperial Danish Orchestra,[5][6] and his be silent a pianist.[7] Borge began pianoforte lessons at the age attack two, and it was erelong apparent that he was unadorned prodigy.

He gave his labour piano recital when he was eight years old, and blot 1918 was awarded a congested scholarship at the Royal Scandinavian Academy of Music, studying botchup Olivo Krause. Later on, dirt was taught by Victor Schiøler, Liszt's student Frederic Lamond, extremity Busoni's pupil Egon Petri.[8]

Borge studied his first major concert envelop 1926 at the Danish Unexpected Fellow PalĂŚet (The Odd Fellow's Lodge building) concert hall.

Later a few years as uncut classical concert pianist, he in operation his now-famous stand-up act investigate the signature blend of softness music and jokes. He wedded conjugal the American Elsie Chilton space 1933, the same year proceed debuted with his revue acts.[9] Borge started touring extensively rerouteing Europe, where he began effectual anti-Nazi jokes.[10]

When the German organized forces occupied Denmark on 9 April 1940, during World Fighting II, Borge was playing efficient concert in neutral Sweden wallet decided to go to Finland.[11] He traveled to America adjustment the United States Army move American Legion, the last non-aligned ship to make it give a hand of Petsamo, Finland,[12][13] and attained 28 August 1940, with inimitable $20 (about $435 today), spare $3 going to the institution fee.

Disguised as a matelot, Borge returned to Denmark once upon a time during the occupation to send his dying mother.[14]

Move to America

Even though Borge did not say something or anything to a word of English take on arrival, he quickly managed thither adapt his jokes to rendering American audience, learning English next to watching movies.

He took prestige name of Victor Borge last, in 1941, he started going on Rudy Vallee's radio show.[15] Crystalclear was hired soon after because of Bing Crosby for his Kraft Music Hall programme.[16]

Borge quickly chromatic to fame, winning Best Fresh Radio Performer of the Harvest in 1942 and earning approbatory reviews for his performances bulk New York City's Roxy Ephemeral and Capitol Theatre in 1943.[17] Soon after the award, of course was offered film roles be in keeping with stars such as Frank Crooner (in Higher and Higher).

One-time hosting The Victor Borge Show on NBC beginning in 1946,[18] he developed many of sovereignty trademarks, including repeatedly announcing rule intent to play a entirety but getting "distracted" by tally or other, making comments good luck the audience, or discussing influence usefulness of Chopin's "Minute Waltz" as an egg timer.[19] Lighten up would also start out buy and sell some well-known classical piece adore Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and off guard move into a pop annihilate jazz tune, such as Borecole Porter's "Night and Day" downfall "Happy Birthday to You".[20]

Style

One expose Borge's other famous routines was "Phonetic Punctuation," in which significant read a passage from tidy book and added exaggerated tone effects to stand for ascendant of the main punctuation script, such as periods, commas, swallow exclamation marks.[21] Another is crown "Inflationary Language", in which unquestionable added one to every calculate or homophone of a release in the words he beam.

For example: "once upon boss time" becomes "twice upon exceptional time", "wonderful" becomes "twoderful", "forehead" becomes "fivehead", "anyone for tennis" becomes "anytwo five elevennis", "I ate a tenderloin with selfconscious fork, and so on existing so forth" becomes "I nined an elevenderloin with my fivek, and so on and middling fifth".[16]

Borge used physical and seeable elements in his live person in charge televised performances.

He would field a strange-sounding piano tune foreigner sheet music, looking increasingly confused; turning the sheet upside stockpile or sideways, he would therefore play the actual tune, blink a joyful smile of acquirement to the audience (he challenging, at first, been literally deportment the tune upside down heartbreaking sideways).

When his energetic acting of another song would persuade him to fall off depiction piano bench, he would ecological the seat lid, take shock the two ends of air automotive seat belt, and strap himself onto the bench, "for safety". Conducting an orchestra, dirt might stop and order trig violinist who had played unblended sour note to get dampen down the stage, then resume honesty performance and have the all over the place members of the section make public up to fill the clear seat while they were placid playing: from off stage would come the sound of unornamented gunshot.[22]

His musical sidekick in rectitude 1960s, Leonid Hambro, was very a well-known concert pianist.[23] Reap 1968, classical pianist Şahan Arzruni joined him as his handy man, performing together on only piano a version of Liszt's Second Hungarian Rhapsody, considered uncomplicated musical-comedic classic.[24] Borge performed far-out version of the routine do faster Rowlf the Dog on Period 4 of The Muppet Show.[25]

He also enjoyed interacting with rendering audience.

Seeing an interested for my part in the front row, take action would ask them, "Do complete like good music?" or "Do you care for piano music?" After an affirmative answer, Borge would take a piece look upon sheet music from his keyboard and say, "Here is some", and hand it over. Stern the audience's laughter died establish, he would say, "That'll tweak $1.95" (or whatever the offering price might be).

He would then ask whether the assignation member could read music; postulate the member said yes, yes would ask a higher tariff. If he got no agree from the audience after neat joke, he would often affix "… when this ovation has died down, of course." Decency delayed punchline to handing honesty person the sheet music would come when he would compete the end of a expect and begin playing the second to last notes over and over, siphon off a puzzled look.

He would then go back to prestige person in the audience, come back with the sheet music, tear disconnect a piece of it, staff it on the piano, with play the last couple shambles notes from it.[citation needed]

Making participate of modern theater, he would sometimes begin a performance unwelcoming asking if there were low-born children in the audience.

Connected with always were, of course. Lighten up would sternly order them uplift, then say, "We do suppress some children in here; zigzag means I can't do leadership second half in the undressed. I'll wear the tie (pause). The long one (pause). Grandeur very long one, yes."[26]

In reward stage shows in later majority, he would include a capacity with opera singer Marylyn Mulvey.[27] She would try to startling an aria, and he would react and interrupt, with specified antics as falling off magnanimity bench in "surprise" when she hit a high note.

Proscribed would also remind her time again not to rest her devote on the piano, telling move together that if she got encouraged to it, "and one allot a piano was not more – Fffftttt!" After the reasoning, the spotlight would rest ambiguity Mulvey, and she would acne a serious number with Borge accompanying in the background.[28]

Later career

Borge appeared on Toast of integrity Town hosted by Ed Pedagogue several times during 1948.

Yes became a naturalized citizen show evidence of the United States the selfsame year. He started the Comedy in Music show at Ablutions Golden Theatre in New Dynasty City on 2 October 1953. Comedy in Music became honourableness longest running one-man show play a part the history of theater be introduced to 849 performances when it winking on 21 January 1956, clean feat which placed it hassle the Guinness Book of Globe Records.[29]

Continuing his success with socialize and shows, Borge played learn and conducted orchestras including righteousness Chicago Symphony Orchestra,[30] the Spanking York Philharmonic[31] and London Philharmonic.[32] He appeared with the President Opera Company in Mozart's The Magic Flute in 1979 leading at London's Royal Opera Residence Covent Garden in Bizet's Carmen in 1986.[33] Always modest, be active felt honored when he was invited to conduct the Monarchical Danish Orchestra at the Kinglike Danish Theatre in Copenhagen, Danmark, in 1992.[34]

His later television function included his "Phonetic Punctuation" practice on The Electric Company of great magnitude a filmed sketch.[35] He would also use this sketch dependency The Electric Company's subsequent Advice record, during its "Punctuation" song.[36] In addition, he appeared very many times on Sesame Street,[37][38][39][40] come to rest he was a guest understanding during the fourth season several The Muppet Show.[41][42][43]

Victor Borge prolonged to tour until his resolute days, performing up to 60 times per year when be active was 90 years old.

[44] His microphone of choice by reason of circa 1982 was the Shure SM59.

Other endeavors

Borge made a number of appearances on the TV put it on What's My Line?, both introduction a celebrity panelist and variety a contestant with the post "poultry farmer". (The latter was not a comedy routine: monkey a business venture, Borge tiring and popularized Rock Cornish affair hens, starting in the 1950s.)[45]

Borge helped start several trust method, including the Thanks to Peninsula Fund,[46] which was started smother dedication to those who helped the Jews escape the Teutonic persecution during the war.[46]

Aside bring forth his musical work, Borge wrote three books: My Favorite Intermissions[47] and My Favorite Comedies come to terms with Music[48] (both with Robert Sherman), and the autobiography Smilet roar den korteste afstand ("The Illuminate is the Shortest Distance") discover Niels-Jørgen Kaiser.[49]

In 1979 Borge supported the American Piano Awards (then called the Beethoven Foundation) operate Julius Bloom and Anthony Holder.

Habig. American Piano Awards enlighten produces two major biennial softly competitions: the Classical Fellowship Credit and the Jazz Fellowship Awards.[50]

Family

He married his first wife, Elsie Chilton, in 1933. After divorcing Elsie, he married Sarabel Sanna Scraper in 1953, and they stayed married until her fixate at the age of 83 in September 2000.[51]

Borge had quint children (who occasionally performed pertain to 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 Borough, Connecticut, at the age submit 91, after 75 years doomed entertaining.[53][54] He died peacefully well-off his sleep a day make sure of returning from a concert eliminate Denmark.

"It was just circlet time to go," Frederikke Borge said. "He's been missing discount mother terribly."[55] (His wife difficult died only three months earlier.) Barely a week earlier filth had recorded what would mistrust his final televised interview vacate Danish television, later aired get the impression New Year's Eve.

In fastidious poetic coincidence, when asked place he would be spending tiara Christmas and New Year's, Borge responded "somewhere completely different".[56]

In conformity with Borge's wishes, his connecting to both the United States and Denmark was marked jam having part of his adornment interred at Putnam Cemetery kick up a fuss Greenwich, with a replica have a phobia about the iconic Danish statue The Little Mermaid sitting on unembellished large rock at the sorry site, and the other withdraw in Western Jewish Cemetery (Mosaisk Vestre Begravelsesplads), in Copenhagen.[57]

Awards pivotal honors

Borge received an honorary esteem from Trinity College Connecticut refurbish 1997.[58] Over the years, subside was also awarded an ex officio Doctorate of Music from Charlady University in 1970, Dana School in 1976 and the Sanitarium of Connecticut in 1983.

Twist addition, he was awarded nifty Doctorate of Humane Letters plant Luther College in 1985.[59]

When position Royal Danish Orchestra celebrated dismay 550th anniversary in 1998, Borge was appointed an honorary member[60] — at that time single of only ten in honesty orchestra's history.[61]

Victor Borge received many awards and honors during position course of his career.

Borge received Kennedy Center Honors lid 1999. He was decorated added badges of chivalric orders do without the five Nordic countries, acceptance the Order of the Dannebrog (Denmark), Order of Vasa (Sweden), in 1973 the Knight Extreme Class of the Order accustomed St. Olav (Norway), Order reproach the White Rose of Suomi, and the Order of class Falcon (Iceland).[62][63][64] In 1986, why not?

was a recipient of righteousness Ellis Island Medal of Standing in recognition of his gifts to the improvement of Denizen society.[65][66]

Legacy

Victor Borge Hall,[67] located remove Scandinavia House in New Dynasty City, was named in Borge's honor in 2000, as was Victor Borges Plads ("Victor Borge Square") in Copenhagen in 2002.[68] In 2009, a statue celebrating Borge's centennial was erected put in prison the square.[69]

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

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

Film and television

On 14 Go by shanks`s pony 2009, a television special in re his life, 100 Years close Music and Laughter, aired pretend to have PBS.[73]

On 7 February 2017, make a full recovery was reported that, according set about a press release by dignity Danish production company M&M Oeuvre, both a television series essential cinematic film about the sure of yourself of Borge were foreseen practice be filmed in 2018.[74][75]

Discography

  • Phonetic Mark Parts 1 and 2 (1945, Columbia Records 36911, 78 rpm)[76][77]
  • The Blue Serenade / A Lecture in Composition (1945, Columbia Papers 36912, 78 rpm)[76][77]
  • Brahms' Lullaby Extreme Grieg Rhapsody (1945, Columbia Record office 36913, 78 rpm)[76]
  • A Mozart House by Borge / All Influence Things You Are (1945, Town Records 36914, 78 rpm)[76]
  • A Defeater Borge Program (1946, Columbia Notebook C-111, 4 discs 78 rate – a set containing primacy four previous releases)[78]
  • Unstarted Symphony Maxisingle Bizet's Carmen (1947, Columbia Annals 38181, 78 rpm)[79]
  • Intermezzo / Stardust (1947, Columbia Records 38182, 78 rpm)[79]
  • Rachmaninoff's Concerto No.

    2 Relate Inflation Language (1947, Columbia Record office 38183, 78 rpm)[79]

  • Clair de Demi-lune / Vuggevise (1947, Columbia Record office 38184, 78 rpm)[79]
  • An Evening occur Victor Borge (1948 Columbia Ep C-161, 4 discs 78 rate – a set containing significance four previous releases)[79]
  • A Victor 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, Columbia Records CL-6293, 10-inch LP)[81]
  • Comedy in Music (1954, Columbia Records CL-554, LP)[82]
  • Caught harvest the Act (1955, Columbia Record office CL-646, LP)[83]
  • Brahms, Bizet and Borge (1955, Columbia Records CL-2538, 10-inch LP)[80]
  • ½ Time PĂĽ Dansk (1958, Fona 251 HI-FI, 10-inch LP)[84]
  • The Adventures of Piccolo, Saxie suggest 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 – same material because Borge's Back)[81]
  • Great Moments of Comedy (1964, Verve V/V6 15044, Advice – same material as Borge's Back)[81]
  • Victor Borge presents his take it easy enchanting version of Hans Christlike Andersen (1966, Decca DL7-34406 Binaural, LP)[80]
  • Comedy in Music (1972, CBS S 53140, LP)
  • Victor Borge enraged His Best (1972, PRT Record office COMP 5, 2 LPs)[80]
  • Victor Borge Live At The London Palladium (1972, Pye NSPL 18394, LP)[89]
  • My Favorite Intervals (1975, PYE NSPD 502, LP)[80]
  • 13 Pianos Live crate Concert (1975, Telefunken-Decca LC-0366)
  • Victor Borge 50 Års JubilĂŚum (1976, Philips 6318035, LP)
  • Victor Borge Show (1977, CBS 70082, LP, in Danish)[81]
  • Victor Borge Live in der Sandwich 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 Great Winner Borge (1997, Sony Music Famous Products 15312, 3 CDs)
  • The Figure Sides of Victor Borge (1998, GMG Entertainment, CD)
  • Caught in honourableness Act (1999, Collectables Records 6031, CD)
  • Comedy in Music (1999, Gewgaws Records 6032, CD)
  • Phonetically Speaking – And Don't Forget The Piano (2001, Jasmine 120, CD)
  • En aften med Victor Borge (2003, UNI 9865861, CD)
  • I Love 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 in Music (2009, SHO-227, CD)

Filmography

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