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Martin Knopf (born July 2, 1876 in Treuenbrietzen , German Reich ; died probably around March 10, 1944 in the Auschwitz concentration camp ) was a German conductor and composer who made a name for himself primarily with operettas .

Live and act

Little is currently known about Knopf's training and career. Since the beginning of the 20th century he has been known as the creator of numerous songs (from 1903 for cabaret), music antics, taunts and, above all, operetta works, including The Testament, Princess Money, Suzette, The Lady of Moulin Rouge, The Zaungast, That comes from it! , Countess Mumm; My wife, your wife; Little Highness, The Needle Prince, The Girls of Davos, The Lady of the World, The Ladies' Favorite, The Blonde Gypsy, The Unkissed Eva, The Little Miss Li and Duett im Grünen - works that the frequent worker Knopf produced in just a quarter of a century , and which ran mainly on Berlin and Vienna stages, but could also be seen in Prague, Hanover and Dresden. At times, Martin Knopf was so popular that in 1929 the Berliner Rundfunk broadcasted half an hour with only Knopf songs.

Louis Taufstein wrote the libretti for some of his works, including Im Schlafcoupé (1911), Die Bajadere (1912), Die kleine Motte (1914) and Helen's Husbands (1919) . But Knopf also composed individual songs and chansons such as Der Frosch for popular couplet interpreters like Claire Waldoff and appeared in the 1910s both as a composer and as an actor in silent films (also in collaboration with Ernst Lubitsch ).

The seizure of power by the National Socialists in 1933 sidelined Martin Knopf, and he finally decided to emigrate to France via Austria and Belgium (probably in 1938). He was deported from the Drancy assembly camp near Paris on March 7, 1944 by the German occupying forces in convoy no. 69 to the Auschwitz extermination camp, where Martin Knopf was probably murdered shortly after his arrival. Knopf's brother, Paul Knopf (1875–1942), who was one year older, worked as a copywriter and writer. He too was deported by the National Socialists (to the Riga ghetto) and eventually murdered.

Filmography

literature

  • Karin Ploog: When grades learned to run. History and stories of popular music up to 1945. Volume 1.2 .: Composers HO., Book on Demand 2019, pp. 214–220.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Knopf on the deportation list

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personal data
SURNAME Button, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German operetta and hit composer, film musician and silent film actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Treuenbrietzen , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: March 1944
Place of death Auschwitz concentration camp