Otto Kermbach

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Otto Kermbach (born March 29, 1882 in Berlin ; † June 17, 1960 ibid.), Also known as Otto-Otto , was the founder and director of the Otto Kermbach Orchestra , which gained particular fame at numerous popular events in Berlin.

Life

Kermbach began his musical career at the turn of the century . Initially stick trumpeter, he founded his twelve-piece orchestra after the First World War , which is considered one of the first radio orchestras and has been a major player in Berlin's entertainment business for decades. Among other things, it played in the Berlin six-day race , where Kermbach introduced Siegfried Translateur's composition Wiener Praterleben in 1923 , which has since been known as the Sportpalastwalzer .

With Alexander Flessburg as a singer, he recorded numerous records for the Grammophon, Electrola and Gloria brands in the 1920s and 1930s. After the war he also played for the Telefunken label.

Kermbach also composed himself and later hosted a radio broadcast on the Alte Berliner Lied. He had record releases, among others with Joachim Krüger and the Travelers . In the 1950s, he published several recordings of hits in the march rhythm under the pseudonym Der zackige Otto (his "name counterpart" was Der oblique Otto , Fritz Schulz-Reichel ).

Kermbach was active as a bandmaster well into old age.

tomb

He is buried in the Dahlem forest cemetery. His grave is dedicated to the city of Berlin as an honorary grave .

Honors

Filmography

Discographic notes

  • Do you think you Berlin plant - fire brigade gallop (march polka with bouncer). Kermbach Chapel. Refrain: Alexander Flessburg. Electrola
  • Olle Kamellen - Volkspotpourri 1./2. Part (arrangement: Otto Kermbach) Alexander Flessburg with choir, Otto Kermbach orchestra. gramophone
  • Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Schmidt, what does Jule notice? Folk song. Alexander Flessburg with choir, Otto Kermbach orchestra.
  • Lights out, knife out! - Rhinelander (music: C. Urban - text: Max Adam) Otto Kermbach with his orchestra, vocals: Alexander Flessburg. Gloria
  • Astra Rhinelander Potpourri (Franz Schmidt-Hagen) Otto Kermbach with his large dance orchestra. Telefunken

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Otto Kermbach u. a .: Det dollste, wat de hast - Bock beer festival in the Sportpalast , Ariola 31 7141; no year
  2. ↑ Office of the Federal President
  3. ↑ EG2198 (Matr. BD 9356-I) YouTube
  4. ↑ brown label 1227 (mat. 3376 ½ BH 8 and 3377 ½ BH 8) YouTube
  5. ↑ Gloria GO10 321 a / b (Matr. Bi 684, Bi 685), add. May 6, 1932 [1]
  6. ↑ GO10 548 a (Matr. Be 9343-2) Youtube . This melody also came to be known as "The Hiawatha".
  7. ↑ A 11 430 (Matr. 36 926) [post-war recording] Youtube
personal data
SURNAME Kermbach, Otto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Otto-Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Kapellmeister and composer
DATE OF BIRTH March 29, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 1960
Place of death Berlin