Christian Seidenbusch

Christian Seidenbusch (born July 15, 1837 in Munich ; † March 15, 1898 ibid) was a Bavarian entertainer.

Life

Contemporary information describes him as a comedian, songwriter, composer and folk singer. He was a typesetter by training, but also mastered music typesetting. He received the suggestion to write his own songs and couplets at work: from the printers, in whose workshops music and humorous texts were reproduced for the folk singers.

Sitting at the source, as it were, he secretly printed his own works on the side and smuggled them under the outbound deliveries. He soon had his first successes with it. He gave up typesetting and became a folk singer who accompanied himself with his guitar. So he moved across the country, first through the inns and later in the singing halls, where he appeared as a humorist in black tails.

In a rhyming self-portrait, he introduced himself as follows:

"Schwarzbefrackter
Vielbelachter
In the tavern singing
To applause wrestling
G'sichter cutting
nonsense driving
smoke engulfing
Humor-bringing
" Here you go "stammering
coins einsammelnder
entertainment excitation zealous".

In Munich he first joined the Helmstädt singing company, then the comedian Landshammer, and finally in 1872 he joined Anderl Welsch , who was just putting together his troupe. With the comedians Jakob Geis and Max Königshöfer, he formed a comedian trio with whom he "triggered salmon volleys of the audience" in the Oberpollinger inn . Geis and Seidenbusch were considered the most popular Munich comedians at the time.

Seidenbusch was quite versatile. He not only contributed numerous lectures as the author to the ideas of the society of "Papa" Geis , but also sang as a bass player and even appeared as a female impersonator.

Every year he published "A bouquet of comical lectures", the last of which is number 22. They were published by Heinrich Bauderer at the Munich publishing house in the series "Münch'ner Blut", which can be viewed in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek .

Seidenbusch's objects, which he dealt with in couplets and individual lectures as well as in dramatic scenes, were taken from the everyday life of ordinary people: they played “in the third class waiting room”, in court, at the photographer's or at parties (such as congratulations on the name day) , among farmers, petty bourgeoisie and craftspeople. In the solo lectures, there were linguistic ideas (such as the transposition of the original Munich song from Alten Peter into other German dialects, or thoughts about "what rhymes"), studies of human characters ("One must be able to lie", "The good-natured") and current phenomena such as the velocipede or the "vegetarian" to wear. Seidenbusch also mastered comic types when he put “slipper knights”, straw widowers or, reflecting on his own status, traveling artists on stage.

Seidenbusch died at the age of 61 from complications from a facial rose .

When Seidenbusch died, the gramophone was just three years old. So it's no wonder that there are no recordings of his voice; at least none have been found so far. Only in his printed couplets and lectures has he remained alive for posterity.

Works (selection)

Lectures, couplets

• A bouquet of comical lectures (with music indication) ed. by Ch. L. Seidenbusch, f. Singing with a guitar. Munich, self-published
• A bouquet of humorous women's lectures , ed. by Ch. L. Seidenbusch. Freising; Datterer; Munich; in self-rel.
• Which rhymes: Couplet . Munich: Bauderer, approx. 1910. - [3] See Münch'ner Blut series , volume 195
• You have to be able to lie: prose couplet . Munich: Bauderer, approx. 1910. - [5] See series: Münch'ner Blut , Volume 204
• As long as old Peter ..: in various dialects, from Chr. Seidenbusch. Munich, Verlag Bauderer, 3 p. Series Münch'ner Blut , volume 234

Original scenes

• His farm . Original rural scene. Newly edited for 4 men and 2 women by Alois Hönle . Munich; Heinr. Bauderer; [1909]; 16 pp.
• The name day congratulations . Funny scene for 3 gentlemen. Munich; Huh Bauderer; [approx. 1910]; 8 p.
• After midnight . Funny duo scene for 1 man and 1 woman or for 2 men. Munich; Huh Bauderer; [approx. 1910]; 7 p.
• In waiting room III. Class . Funny duo scene for 2 men. Munich ; Huh Bauderer; [approx. 1910]; 8 p.
• The preliminary interrogation . Rural comic scene for 3 gentlemen. Munich ; Heinrich Bauderer; [approx. 1912]; 12 pp.
• A shamrock . Funny craftman scene for 3 men. Munich ; Heinrich Bauderer; [approx. 1912]; 16 pp.
• Subpoenaed . Funny farmer court scene for 3 gentlemen. Munich ; Huh Bauderer; [approx. 1912]; 12 pp.
• Who has the house key? or a late night conversation . Comical scene for 3 gentlemen by Chr. Seidenbusch. Munich; H. Bauderer; [approx. 1914]; 12 pp.

In her dissertation, Preis mentions other works by Seidenbusch; from it as examples:

a) Lectures (from: Münch'ner Blut Department A):

• The straw widower . Solo performance (No. 185)
• A traveling artist . Solo performance (No. 186)
• A man of the times . Kom.Soloscene (No. 187)
• The Muggendorfer Seppl in the city . Hum. Solo lecture (No. 192)
• City and country . Couplet (No. 193)
• The good-natured . Duet (No. 201)
• A slipper knight . Com.Intermezzo (No. 232)
• A street traveler . Com.Intermezzo (No. 233)

b) Scenes:

• A strange velocipede . Comical scene by Chr. Seidenbusch
• Heimath , original scene by Ch. Seidenbusch

from: Münch'ner Blut Department B:

• Subscribed . Comical scene by Chr. L. Seidenbusch (No. 28)
• Kaspar, Melchior and Balthasar . Comical scene by Chr.Seidenbusch (No. 29)
• Two advertisements . Comical scene, arranged by Chr.Seidenbusch (No. 30)
• The vegetarians . Comical scene by Ch. L. Seidenbusch (No. 31)
• To America . Comical scene by Chr.Seidenbusch (No. 32)
• The suitor . Comical scene for 2 men and 1 lady by Ch. L. Seidenbusch (No. 33)
• An election meeting in Dummersdorf . Comical scene for 4 gentlemen by Chr.Seidenbusch (No. 41)
• Bad news . Comical scene for 4 gentlemen by Chr.Seidenbusch (No. 47)
• The hollow alley . Comical scene with singing for 4 gentlemen by Chr.Seidenbusch, edited by A. Hönle (No. 48)
• The parish meeting or the beautification club . Rural-comic scene for 4 gentlemen by Chr.Seidenbusch (No. 98)
• Hans and Hiasl at the photographer . Comical scene for 2 gentlemen by Chr.Seidenbusch (No. 143)

Web links

• Christian Seidenbusch at volkssaengerei.de
• Christian Seidenbusch in the BMLO

literature

• Werner Ebnet: You lived in Munich: biographies from eight centuries . Allitera Verlag, Munich, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86906-744-5 , p. 558.
• Berthold Leimbach: Sound documents of cabaret and their interpreters 1898 - 1945 . Göttingen, self-published, 1991; unpaginated
• Claudia Preis: Folk singing in Munich 1870-1930. On the production of entertainment culture in the city ( PDF; 869 kB) . Dissertation, Munich, 2010
• Alfons Schweiggert : "Münchner Blut" - Alfons Schweiggert reports on the renaissance of the couplet , in: Bayerische Staatszeitung No. 24 - Umschau - Friday, June 11, 2004. couplet-ag.de
• Wolfgang Till, Sabine Sünwoldt, Florian Dering (Eds.): Karl Valentin - Volkssänger? Dadaist? Book trade edition of the catalog for the exhibition on Karl Valentin's 100th birthday in the Munich City Museum. Munich: Schirmer / Mosel 1982. ISBN 3-88814-106-0 . Length 360 pages
• Susanne von Goessel: Munich folk singer - entertainment for everyone . In: Till, Wolfgang et al. (Ed.): Karl Valentin - folk singer? Dadaist? Pp. 26-49.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ so in the BMLO
2. ↑ so at volkssaengerei.de
3. ↑ cf. Advertisement “Small Rosengarten-Saal, this Sunday the comedian and singer society Welsch, Königshöfer, Seidenbusch, Eckher, Landshammer and Holz will perform. Beginning of 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. Entree 6kr. “In: Latest news from the field of politics, Verlag Wolf, 1873, p. 18
4. ↑ on the ban on costumes, which only allowed folk singers to appear in black tailcoats, cf. Von Goessel pp. 35–37 and Preis p. 40 based on the autobiography of Jakob Geis (1905), p. 24
5. ↑ from: "A bouquet of comical lectures", 22nd volume, Munich 1895, p. 31 f., Reproduced by Von Goessel p. 30 and by volkssaengerei.de
6. ↑ Carl Helmstädt, d. 1913, was an actor at the Isarvorstadt-Theater in Müllerstrasse, took over an independent Singspiel troupe in 1864 and became its leader a year later. Seidenbusch and Königshöfer belonged to her, cf. From Goessel p. 32
7. ↑ Ebnet p. 558; he is quoted in the “life novel of a worker woman ...” by Marie Wegrainer , published by Delphin-Verlag, 1914, on p. 64: “There we want to hear the best comedians in Munich, Königshöfer, Welsch, Leierer and Landshammer. You entered: the stairs opposite the house entrance were packed with people ... "
8. ↑ a photograph with Geis and Seidenbusch from 1885 is shown in Von Goessel p. 32 and in volkssaengerei.de
9. ↑ cf. Georg Heim : Cheerful stories - Chapter 6: The first time in court: “Great hilarity in the auditorium. The judge rejected his performance from the audience and remarked: "A courtroom is not a theater, and if you want to laugh you have to go to Geis & Seidenbusch in Oberpollinger." (That was the place where Geis & Seidenbusch are the most popular Munich comedians every evening Trigger salmon volleys of the audience) ". A program of the Singspielhalle in the "Hotel and Restaurant Ober-Pollinger" from 1891/92, on which the 'Komische Scene' 'Berliner, Wiener und Münchner' and the 'Komische Scene mit Gesang' 'Prinz Cachemir' by (and with!) Christian Seidenbusch is pictured at Von Goessel p. 34
10. ↑ cf. Von Goessel p. 35, price p. 80; The South German folk singers have this subject in common with the Upper Saxon gentlemen's singing societies, where there were excellent female actors: think of Sascha von Günther , who performed with the Dresden Victoria singers, of Fritz Thurm-Silvare in the company of Emil Winter-Tymian , or lastly to Rudolf Mälzer , who appeared in the first houses during the 1920s and made gramophone recordings in comical female roles (as “Die Butterpietsch'n” or “Die Schmidt'n”).
11. ↑ cf. Alfons Schweiggert: "Münchner Blut" - Alfons Schweiggert reports on the renaissance of the couplet , in: Bayerische Staatszeitung No. 24 - Umschau - Friday, June 11, 2004 .: "The couplets [...] also found their way into Munich folk singing quickly and supplemented the already existing folk and morality singing. The collection "Münchner Blut", which means something like "Munich way of life", still exists today and contains 429 titles. "
12. ↑ Münchner Blut Department A. Collection of couplets, songs, parodies, duets, terzets, quartets, intermezzo's etc. ed. by Munich humorists. Heinrich Bauderer Verlag Munich oaJ (cf. price, p. 157 ff.); Münchner Blut Department B. Plays. One-act and comic scenes, humorist. Duo scenes etc. All: Heinrich Bauderer Verlag Munich oaJ (cf. Preis, p. 167 ff.)
13. ↑ "The house servant, the servant, the cab driver were delicious types from an endless repertoire", cf. From Goessel p. 35
14. ↑ Price, p. 161
15. ↑ Price, p. 162
16. ↑ Oberpollinger program around 1900, No. 9, cf. Price p. 106
17. ↑ Oberpollinger program around 1900, No. 13, cf. Price p. 106
18. ↑ Price, p. 168
19. ↑ Price, p. 170