Max Rott

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Max Rott at the Orpheum in Budapest .

Max Rott (* 1863 in Galicia , Austria-Hungary as Mendel Rottmann ; † probably in March 1922 in Vienna ) was an Austrian comedian and couplet singer .

He was a representative of Jewish jargon comedy and achieved great prominence in early Viennese cabaret as a long-time ensemble member of the Budapest Orpheum , both with solo appearances and in duets as the "Rott Brothers".

Live and act

Rott was raised strictly orthodox as the son of a Jewish wholesale merchant, which is why he moved away from home in his youth. He earned his living with Jewish folk songs, which he performed in inns in Lviv and Przemyśl . In this way he got to know the singers Rhomes and Schor, with whom he formed the "Trio Rhomes", which performed comical singing and dancing performances. Their performances took them to Budapest , where they recorded the “ tenorist ” Benjamin Pale in Herzmann's Orpheum . Together with Blaß, Rott formed the singing and comedian duo “Gebrüder Rott” a little later , which performed in Pruggmeyer's Orpheum.

In 1889, the Vienna music halls - Impresario Bernhard Lautzky a new team put together in Budapest for its music hall, he was also the brothers Rott attention. Lautzky founded the Budapest Orpheum Society , with which he originally only wanted to play in the 1889 summer season. However, the great success ensured that the ensemble, and with him Max Rott, settled in Vienna.

In 1899 Benjamin Blaß fell ill and Rott found Bernhard Liebel as the new comedian for the "Rott Brothers". When Heinrich Eisenbach took over Orpheum in Budapest, Rott's heyday began. He played in numerous folk plays, antics and one-act plays. He delivered his best roles in Klabrias , Leiser and double accountant .

Among other things, Rott made individual appearances with the program “Die Brautschau”. As a couplet singer, he interpreted pieces such as “A Jewish private tutor”, “I was so happy about the war and nothing came of it”, “I believe I am meschugge”, “Überbrettl”, “Unterbrettl”, “Schall und Rauch”, “Das lousy girls! ”and“ De Nos liked nothing ”(which means something like“ I don't like my nose ”).

In 1915 a disease broke out at Rott, which also caused a language disorder. He was forced to retire from his activities at the age of 52. Rott probably died in March 1922 when an obituary by Alfred Polgar appeared.

obituary

“Rott was colored by the jargon, and he brought this comedy with him to the stage. He was considered a type of Eastern Jewish comedy. He played indescribably well the squashed and crouched, who exploited it in business that everyone wiped their boots on them. The very little innocent scoundrels. The fare dodgers of love and deserving. "

- Alfred Polgar , March 15, 1922

literature

  • Georg Wacks: Max Rott. In Georg Wacks: The Budapest Orpheum Society - A Varieté in Vienna 1889-1919. Verlag Holzhausen, Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-85493-054-2 , p. 25f

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Obituary by Alfred Polgar , Berliner Tageblatt and Handelszeitung , March 15, 1922, morning edition. In: Wacks, p. 25

Remarks

  1. ↑ On July 27, 1919 Max Rott, the original Budapest artist , performed in the Sauerhof restaurant in Baden near Vienna . - See:
    Restoration “Sauerhof”. In:  Badener Zeitung , July 26, 1919, p. 3, center right (online at ANNO ). Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bztas well as
    advertisement. In:  Badener Zeitung , July 26, 1919, p. 5, bottom right (online at ANNO ).Template: ANNO / Maintenance / bzt
personal data
SURNAME Rott, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rottmann, Mendel (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian comedian and couplet singer
DATE OF BIRTH 1863
PLACE OF BIRTH Galicia , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: March 1922
Place of death Vienna