Berlin Cabaret - Adolf Ginsburg Orch. 1930

Among all great Weimar Republic orchestras, Adolf Ginsburg remains the misterious personality. All what is known for sure from his life are thefacts that he was a violinist, he came to Germany from St. Petersburgh (probvably, with the whole great wave of the Russian emigrants after the Bolshevik Revolution), and that in the late 1920s he established his own dance orchestra in Berlin. He soon became so succesful as to be employed to play in the most fashionable restaurants and Tanz-Diele of Berlin (e.g. Cafe Berlin).
Not much record remains about his activites after 1933 - the year when he, as most of the Jews living in Germany, perhaps became an emigrant to America - to eventually fade in the crowd of the first class vibrant & new style American players, who emerged in the US after the Great Depression.

Adolf Ginsburg Tanz-Orchester, Refrainges. Paul Dorn - I Found A Million Dollar Baby (Ich habe leider kein Vermögen), Polydor 1932

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Berlin
• decadence
• cabaret
• Jewish
• music
• dance
• bands
• 1930s
• 78s
• shellack

[randersonwa]

Fabulous. My grandmother lived in Berlin until 1932, when she left with her family for America. Her 78s, photos, magazines and newspapers from her time in Berlin (1920 until 1932) thrilled me while I was growing up. What a city, what a time. Her photos of the K-Damm (Wertheim, Teitz, etc.) are dazzling, and her catalogs and brochures from the original KaDaWe used to thrill me as a child, even though they were 40 years old at the time. I'd like to see more of the city my grandmother loved.

[Mr99BOXER]

Wunderbar ! Oh to go back in time and visit pre 33 Berlin! What creativity!!Indeed a center of art and culture!!! Sadly all destroyed by ego and greed. Ich liebe Berlin. .........Chicago.............A­uf Wiedersehen Berlin...........Bitte Sparkle again Berlin !!!!

[literary123]

Berlin might have been decadent in the early thirties, but it was also a city where the arts were flourishing as well as great jazz music, jawohlllll ice liebe dich Berlin schon grosstadt!

[jonjamg]

@Mr99BOXER Berlin does sparkle again but you are right out went a large part of the Kultur in 1933 that had made Berlin the centre of Europe. Some deny this and say it went later! Berlin lost it in 1933. There was still great music but as world cultural centre Berlin cannot claim that after 1933.

[jonjamg]

I have a recording of this from: Grammophon 876, Matrix 1677 BN 7

[roybo1930]

@2respond2 This is a FANTASTIC Adolf Ginsburg recording of this song indeed! He gave other artest a super run for ther money on this great version. You can be very proud of Your AWESOME Grandpa. He was very talented, And I`m so glad to hear he escaped from Germany at that time, And I hope he lived a full and WONDERFUL life after that.

[djmusicjac]

I love Dark Cabaret from Berlin in 1920's to 1930s, WEIMAR GERMANY, German Kabarett

[DouglasUrantia]

very snappy version...well done.

[Polyfar]

Excellent !

[mann1290]

Actually, the clampdown on the most gawdy places was not the Nazis who did, but the Weimar republic itself in 1932 - most likely in order to prevent votes going to the right wing politicians before the election, as ordinary citizens were outraged by 'the debauchery'. See "Voluptuous Panic" by Mel Gordon, highly recommended reading.

[KatlynNelson20]

hmzfühl mich irgendwie allein..:( will einer mit mir schreiben hab auch bilder und so

[chkjns]

Your title says 1930 but the writeup says 1932. Can you tell me which year is correct so I can add it to the right playlist, please? I'm creating 2-hour playlists for every year back to 1900.