Max Goldschmidt

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Max Goldschmidt (born March 28, 1864 in Mainz , † November 10, 1920 in Berlin ) was a German humorist and folk singer .

Life

Max Goldschmidt was born Maximilian Joseph Goldschmidt on March 28, 1864 in Mainz in Rheinhessen .

At the end of the 19th century he appeared in Frankfurt am Main as a humorist and writer of songs and lectures. In the Frankfurt Carnival he played a role alongside August Schmitter as a political hand-made speaker .

Shortly after the turn of the century, Goldschmidt made a series of recordings with recitations and humorous lectures at the Gramophone Company in Hanover , both on small 7 "and 10" records.

Many of his texts have local references to Frankfurt am Main: the Waldbahn , the Zeil , the Hauptwache , the Zoological Garden . There are also historical references: one lecture deals with department stores, another with the tram; all things that came up anew in Goldschmidt's time and that he sang about in his songs, as well as a "big fire in Frankfort" or "a misfortune on the Zeil", the appearance of the dog catcher or the joys of the Frankfurters at the Äbbelwoi.

Text output

A collection of his songs and lectures was published under the title "Frankfurter Humor" in 1895 by Blazek in Frankfurt am Main.

Audio documents

  • Max Goldschmidt: 16 titles on CHARM [2]
Recordings at the Gramophone & Typewriter Co.
  • G&T 7 ":
    • 41 059 (mx. 743 g) A Sunday ride on the Waldbahn, 1st part: The Juxplatz. Catl. P. 2
    • 41 060 (mx. 770 g) dto. 2nd part: E good answer.
    • 41 062 (mx. 740 g) in front of the gramophone
    • 41 063 (mx. 742 g) Uff de Zeil '(Text: Goldschmidt)
    • 41 064 (mx. 741 g) The dog catcher kicks / Der Äbbelwoi
    • 41 065 (mx. 767 g) E new lottery
    • 41 066 (mx. 768 g) Nice planters
    • 41 067 (mx. 745 g) at the Hauptwache
    • 41 068 (mx. 746 g) regatta, part 1
    • 41 069 (mx. 766 g) Where the thunderstorm comes from
    • 41 072 (mx. 744 g) A Sunday ride on the Waldbahn, part 2: E good answer
    • 41 073 (mx. 747 g) regatta, part 2
    • 41 074 (mx. 765 g) New Year's Eve uff der Zeil '
    • 41 415 (mx. 1126 b) The Sachsehäuser in America. Catl. P. 10
    • 41 416 (mx. 1129 b) Large fire in Frankfort
  • G&T 10 ":
    • 41 208? [no information: unpublished test?]
    • 41 369 (mx. 1150 b) Frankfurter Warenhaus Lecture. Catl. P. 9
    • 41 370 (mx. 1151 b) Kusslehre (Text: Goldschmidt)
    • 41 373 (mx. 1173 b) Kitzehipper in Worschnas
    • 41 374 (mx. 1174 b) Thirty Pfennigtag in the Frankfurt Zoological Garden
    • 41 382 (mx. 1196 b) E ride with the electric
    • 41 383 (mx. 1197 b) Wuppdich cab driver as tour guide
    • 41 417 (mx. 1130 b) at the Äppelwei '(with Alfonso Schich)
    • 41 418 (mx. 1131 b) E Unglick uff der Zeil '(with Alfonso Schich)

literature

  • Heidrun Homburg: Department store companies and their founders in France and Germany or: A discrete elite and various myths in: Yearbook for Economic History, 1992, no . 1, p. 183 ff.
  • Intelligence Journal of the Free City of Frankfurt: Frankfurter Nachrichten, year 1862. Extra supplement to the Intelligence Journal of the Free City of Frankfurt. Anonymous. Reprint by Nabu Press, United States, 2011.
  • Berthold Leimbach: Sound documents of cabaret and their interpreters 1898 - 1945. Göttingen, self-published, 1991.

References and comments

  1. ↑ Death register Berlin I / II, 1920, entry No. 809
  2. ↑ Developed lifetime: 1864–1929 "was 36 years old around 1900, would have died around 1929 with an expected lifespan of 65 years."
  3. ↑ cf. Günter "Dixi" Dillenburger, Chronicle of the Frankfurter Fassenacht: "The call for a big Frankfurt Carnival procession was loud, but only realized 30 years later. Political hand-made orators like Max Goldschmidt and August Schmitter struggled to assert themselves. In addition to time critics, came towards the end of the 19th century so-called "type speakers" (for example "Balzer from the Klappergaß"), who still dominate in our day. " ( Memento from July 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Charm states “1901” as the recording date
  5. ↑ on the company history cf. Peter K. Burkowitz
  6. ↑ cf. Catl. Pp. 2, 9 and 10, and CHARM
  7. ↑ Catl. = Catalog of the vocal recordings of "Deutsche Grammophon Berlin - Hanover" from 1898 to 1925 (The Gramophone Company Limited) Photomechan. Reprint Düsseldorf, Hansfried Sieben, undated
  8. ↑ on the dialect expression cf. Intelligence Journal of the Free City of Frankfurt [1] , page 228: "... the classic nicknames of the most famous Frankfurt apple wine producers as wheels of fire, Kitzehipper, Kamisölche ..."
personal data
SURNAME Goldschmidt, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goldschmidt, Maximilian Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German folk singer and humorist
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Mainz
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1920
Place of death Berlin