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Ananova - Comic Pianist Victor Borge Dies victor borge, the wacky pianist whose whimsical approach to the classics earned him the nickname the "clown prince" of Denmark, has died at home in his sleep. He was 91. http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_153621.html
Extractions: Ananova: Comic pianist Victor Borge dies Victor Borge, the wacky pianist whose whimsical approach to the classics earned him the nickname the "clown prince" of Denmark, has died at home in his sleep. He was 91. Speaking from Greenwich, Connecticut, his manager Bernard Gurtman said that Borge had just returned from his birthplace Copenhagen, and was excited about spending Christmas with his family. He would have turned 92 on January 3. Borge, one of five brothers, learned English by spending day after day in cinemas and memorised some of his routines phonetically. His father was a violinist for 33 years in the Royal Symphony, and expected his son to follow suit. Instead, he took a liking to his mother Frederika's instrument, the piano. He made his concert debut at 13, and kept that up until 1934. His friends, though, knew him as a parlour comedian, and in 1931 a new career opened when he wrote the music for an amateur show, and then substituted for the star. Borge made Adolf Hitler a butt of his jokes, and was fortunate to be in Sweden when the Nazis invaded Denmark in 1940. Soon after, he and his American wife, Elsie, left for the US, arriving with nothing but their Scottish terrier.
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Extractions: At age 82, Victor Borge is one of the oldest comedians still performing, and yet his humor remains fresh, clean and extremely entertaining. His recent performance at Symphony Hall made all that perfectly clear. Borge's proficiency at keeping an audience on the edge of their seats, with his improvisational style and calm control, is a remarkable tribute to his wit and intellect. Entertaining an audience ranging from 2 to 82 years of age, Borge maintained a level of fun suitable for the young-at-heart of every age. He joked about love, sex, animals, food, old age, youth, and almost every other subject imaginable. One particular subject of humor separates Mr. Borge from other everyday comedians, however. Victor Borge plays the piano, and in fact is quite an accomplished musician, having performed in the past as a concert pianist. On this occasion, however, Mr. Borge took his knowledge of the keyboard and applied it to his knowledge of the funny-bone, and brought the crowd to a roaring ovation. He performed charming improvisational compositions, which were constantly interrupted by slapstick antics, such as falling off the piano bench and having his left hand wander off - while his right hand worked full pace at a challenging composition of an entirely different nature - in order to play a silly rendition of "Happy Birthday." At times Mr. Borge seemed half his age as he dashed about the stage during his slapstick routines, and one almost forgot that he wasn't. n
A Tribute To Victor Borge Biography, pictures, video and sound clips, and the Rosetta Stone giving a victor borge quoteof-the-day in Danish and English humorist and entertainer but also a world class pianist. victor borge was pronounced "the funniest man in the world" http://www.kor.dk/borge/borge.htm
Extractions: January 3rd, 1909 - December 23rd, 2000 Victor Borge invented the inflationary language - you know, the one where numbers hidden in the language (like wonderful ) become inflated ( twoderful Now you can use the Website Inflater to "inflate" almost any website or text. Any links will be edited to point to an inflated version of the target, the effect being that you browse an inflated Web. Try for instance to inflate Victor Borge's Story about Anna and Bob What else is new at the Tribute Site? On these pages you will find a biography of Victor Borge, and a picture gallery . Enjoy a page of sound clips and videos (eg. an explanation of the Phonetic Punctuation and a piano solo,"Denmark, my Native Land") and a page containing Victor Borge Links . You can also buy books, videos and music
Victor Borge - Pianist Resources dedicated to the late pianist and comedian, victor borge. Audio andvideo clips Audio and video clips of victor borge from StreamSearch. http://classicalmusic.about.com/cs/borgev1/
Victor Borge Hyldest victor borge blev udnævnt til "Verdens Morsomste Mand" af New York Times og millioner af en Gudsbenådet komiker men også en fremragende kunstner som pianist og dirigent. http://www.kor.dk/borge/borged.htm
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HotAIR - Working With Victor Borge A conversation with Leonid Hambro, originally printed in HotAIR.Category Arts Music Bands and Artists B borge, victor victor borge died on December 23, 2000, a few days before his 92nd (or, accordingto some, 91st) birthday. The great pianist Leonid Hambro collaborated on http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume7/v7i1/hambro-borge-7-1.html
Extractions: Leonid Hambro Victor Borge died on December 23, 2000, a few days before his 92nd (or, according to some, 91st) birthday. The great pianist Leonid Hambro collaborated on stage with Borge for a decade , touring the world and doing a long run on Broadway. Prior to that, Hambro was principal pianist for the New York Philharmonic Orchestra , and also had a busy schedule doing radio concerts on WQXR in New York and recording albums. We asked him how the collaboration came about. Victor Borge was making recordings here in New York. After it finished, he was talking to the producer of the records, who was a friend of mine. Howard Scott was his name. And he said, "Howard, you know, I've been doing this show all by myself on stage, and I have a lot of funny ideas that I could do with another pianist, but it has to be a pianist who's absolutely first class. He has to be able to improvise. He has to have a sense of humor. And he has to have a good stage presence." So Howard said, "I know exactly the right person for you. He's terrific. But don't bother, because he's the busiest pianist in New York. There's no way he could go with you."
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Extractions: The Associated Press GREENWICH, Conn. (December 25, 2000 7:09 a.m. EST http://www.nandotimes.com ) - Victor Borge, the daffy pianist whose whimsical approach to the classics earned him the moniker the "clown prince" of Denmark, died Saturday at age 91. Borge's daughter, Rikke Borge, said her father died peacefully in his sleep at his home as the family was gathering to celebrate Christmas. He had just returned from a trip to Copenhagen, the city of his birth. For decades, Borge delighted audiences by deflating the pomposity of classical music. He fell off his bench, played music upside down and repeatedly milked laughs from such classic routines as "phonetic punctuation" in which he used goofy sounds to indicate commas, periods and question marks in his monologue. "I think he brought laughter to every person he came in contact with," Rikke Borge said Saturday. "He had a long and happy life." Borge kept up a busy career into his 80s, touring and issuing videos, including his most popular, "The Best of Victor Borge," which sold some 3 million copies. His longtime agent, Bernard Gurtman, said he had had concerts booked for the next two years.
HotAIR - Four Cheers Five Victor Borge Article by Richard Lederer in HotAIR.Category Arts Music Bands and Artists B borge, victor Born in Copenhagen to a family of musicians, borge became a fine pianist and conductor. Manyyears ago, victor borge created the game of inflationary language. http://www.improb.com/airchives/paperair/volume7/v7i1/lederer-borge-7-1.html
Extractions: Richard Lederer The Comedian of the Keyboard, also known as The Unmelancholy Dane, exited the earthly stage this past December 23. Victor Borge Borge left the world a triple legacy. Born in Copenhagen to a family of musicians, Borge became a fine pianist and conductor. Too, he was that rare comedian who never used foul language and never made fun of anyone. "The smile is the shortest distance between two people," he observed. Most astonishingly, he became a genius in his second language English, which he learned by spending day after day in movie theaters. Many years ago, Victor Borge created the game of inflationary language. Since prices keep going up, he reasoned, why shouldn't language go up too? In English, there are words that contain the sounds of numbers, such as "wonder" (one), "before" (four) and "decorate" (eight). If we inflate each sound by one number, we come up with a string of puns "twoder," "befive" and "decornine." Here is a story based on Borge's idea. This tale invites you to read and hear inflationary language in all its inflated wonder oops, make that "twoder" and to remember the linguistically pyrotechnic genius of The Clown Prince of Denmark.
Extractions: If you have followed a bookmark to the old page then please delete it. If you have followed a link here then we will be thankfull if you would either contact us mentioning the site-address where you found the dead link, or ask the owner of the site to correct the link. Regards - webmasters - H.C. Andersen Centret ( Remove this messagebox before bookmarking this page) Victor Borge (1909 - 2000, see the concert picture ), famous Danish-American entertainer and pianist, has exclusively for this web site recorded Andersen's beloved song " Denmark, my native land " - valid for Victor Borge himself, too. Music by Henrik Rung (1807-71), played by Victor Borge in his own arrangement, recorded at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S.A., 1998 You were there, in my childhood back in Denmark. And you were here, when I arrived in New York in 1940. And wherever you are now, I fancy you are up there in some heavenly Elysium, with Mozart and your friend Mendels sohn playing Bach and you maybe telling your stories in the unique, sublime literery fashion in which you wrote them. Wherever you are, know that we refer to you with reverence and pride, as your pen has engraved your name in the stars forever.
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Extractions: Dansk version Saturday December 23 8:24 PM ET (Reuters) - Pianist Victor Borge, who died in his sleep Saturday at his Greenwich, Connecticut home, was known as the unmelancholy Dane of international show business. He would have turned 92 on Jan. 3. "The cause of death was heart failure," his daughter, Sanna Feirstein, told Reuters. "He had just returned from a wonderfully successful trip to Copenhagen ... and it was really heartwarming to see the love he experienced in his home country," she said. Borge was one of five performers selected for the Kennedy Center Honors in 1999. "He went to sleep, and they went to wake him up this morning, and he was gone," said his agent, Bernard Gurtman. "He had so much on the table, and to the day he died he was creative, and practicing piano several hours a day," Gurtman told Reuters. "He was just a great inspiration." Funeral services will be private, his daughter said. Borge made a career of falling off piano stools, missing the keys with his hands and getting tangled up in the sheet music.
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Extractions: For decades, Borge delighted audiences by deflating the pomposity of classical music. He fell off his bench, played music upside down and repeatedly milked laughs from such classic routines as ``phonetic punctuation'' in which he used goofy sounds to indicate commas, periods and question marks in his monologue. ``I think he brought laughter to every person he came in contact with,'' Rikke Borge said Saturday. ``He had a long and happy life.'' Borge kept up a busy career into his 80s, touring and issuing videos, including his most popular, ``The Best of Victor Borge,'' which sold some 3 million copies. His longtime agent, Bernard Gurtman, said he had had concerts booked for the next two years. ``Some people reach the point where they must try desperately to hold on to something that isn't there anymore, no matter how great they are,'' Borge said in an interview in 1986. ``This is where I am very, very lucky. We all do what we can, we all have limitations. Apparently, within my limitations, there is enough to go on and on and on and on.'' Borge performed 100 or more nights a year, sometimes as pianist and sometimes as conductor, usually as a clown but sometimes in dead earnest. In his later years, he directed Mozart's ``Magic Flute'' in Cleveland and prepared a concert version of ``Carmen.'' In 1999, he was one of five performers selected for the Kennedy Center Honors.
HotAIR - Four Cheers Five Victor Borge Four Cheers Five victor borge The Comedian of the Keyboard, also known as The Unmelancholy Dane, exited the earthly stage this past December 23. earthly stage this past December 23. victor borge, the irrepressible musical humorist, didnt quite make it to a family of musicians, borge became a fine pianist and conductor. http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume7/v7i1/lederer-borge-7-1.html
Extractions: Richard Lederer The Comedian of the Keyboard, also known as The Unmelancholy Dane, exited the earthly stage this past December 23. Victor Borge Borge left the world a triple legacy. Born in Copenhagen to a family of musicians, Borge became a fine pianist and conductor. Too, he was that rare comedian who never used foul language and never made fun of anyone. "The smile is the shortest distance between two people," he observed. Most astonishingly, he became a genius in his second language English, which he learned by spending day after day in movie theaters. Many years ago, Victor Borge created the game of inflationary language. Since prices keep going up, he reasoned, why shouldn't language go up too? In English, there are words that contain the sounds of numbers, such as "wonder" (one), "before" (four) and "decorate" (eight). If we inflate each sound by one number, we come up with a string of puns "twoder," "befive" and "decornine." Here is a story based on Borge's idea. This tale invites you to read and hear inflationary language in all its inflated wonder oops, make that "twoder" and to remember the linguistically pyrotechnic genius of The Clown Prince of Denmark.
Victor Borge A biography and analysis of borge's art, by Charlie the Juggling Clown.Category Arts Music Bands and Artists B borge, victor His real name is borge Rosenbaum His mother started teaching victor to play the pianowhen he was three He was trained as a classical pianist, but his talent for http://www.charliethejugglingclown.com/victor_borge.htm
Extractions: Clown History Victor Borge by: Bruce Johnson Victor Borge passed away December 23. If he was a clown or not depends upon whether you use an exclusive or inclusive style definition of clowning. It is a matter of personal opinion. I personally think he was a masterful clown who used a naturalistic appearance. In any case, clowns could learn a lot by studying his work, which fortunately is well documented by audio and video recordings. I had the pleasure of seeing to of his live performances. At the age of 91, he was still performing. The only adjustment he had to make for age was eliminating the fall off his piano bench. He was the subject of the cover story of The Clown In Times Volume Six Issue Three. Here is some information excerpted from that article. (The original article is much too long to reproduce here.) Victor Borge (Jan. 3, 1909 - Dec. 23, 2000) Victor Borge said, "to people who take music seriously, I'm a musician. To people who don't take music seriously, I'm a comedian. To people who don't take anything seriously, I'm a clown." Whether or not you consider Victor Borge a clown, clowns can learn from him and be inspired by him. For example, one of his routines is to start playing a piece, which doesn't come out right. He takes a closer look at the sheet music, turns it over, resumes playing, and now it sounds right. Arthur Pedlar uses a similar bit in his routine. One of Victor's sons tours with him playing an inept page-turner. Albert Alter plays a similar role in the BozoArts Duo. Victor combines physical comedy, verbal humor, and amazing musical ability.
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Extractions: Victor Borge , the comedic musician who tickled not just sweet sounds from the ivories but sweet laughter from the audience, has played his final note. The comic keyboardist died peacefully in his sleep Saturday at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was 91. His daughter, Rikke Borge, told the Associated Press, "I think he brought laughter to every person he came in contact with. He had a long and happy life." In 1953, the Danish satirist's Comedy in Music opened on Broadway. It ran 849 performances, a record for a one-man show. It toured the globe and was revised on Broadway in 1964 and 1977. Borge's records, videos, CDs and books sold worldwide to generation after generation of fans. And he continued to perform into grand old age, also establishing a second career as a conductor with major orchestras such as the London Philharmonic and the Royal Copenhagen. Born Borge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen, he was a classically trained pianist who made his concert debut at the age of 8. But he said he never had "the application of the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair" to flourish as a concert pianist. In Scandinavia he also worked as a composer, actor and movie director before escaping the Nazi invasion of his homeland in 1940s.
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Extractions: back to story Victor Borge , the comedic musician who tickled not just sweet sounds from the ivories but sweet laughter from the audience, has played his final note. The comic keyboardist died peacefully in his sleep Saturday at his home in Greenwich, Connecticut. He was 91. His daughter, Rikke Borge, told the Associated Press, "I think he brought laughter to every person he came in contact with. He had a long and happy life." In 1953, the Danish satirist's Comedy in Music opened on Broadway. It ran 849 performances, a record for a one-man show. It toured the globe and was revised on Broadway in 1964 and 1977. Borge's records, videos, CDs and books sold worldwide to generation after generation of fans. And he continued to perform into grand old age, also establishing a second career as a conductor with major orchestras such as the London Philharmonic and the Royal Copenhagen. Born Borge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen, he was a classically trained pianist who made his concert debut at the age of 8. But he said he never had "the application of the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair" to flourish as a concert pianist. In Scandinavia he also worked as a composer, actor and movie director before escaping the Nazi invasion of his homeland in 1940s.
ABCNEWS.com : Comedian Victor Borge Dead At Age 91 Comedian and pianist victor borge died in his sleep at his Connecticuthome today. He was 91. Comedian victor borge Dies pianist http://abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/DailyNews/borge_0001223.html
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