What happened to victor borge

Victor Borge once said, “musicians look and act absolutely ridiculous.” Lampooning the manner of classical musicians became the comedian’s claim to fame and way of life.

Born Borge Rosenbaum in Copenhagen, Denmark (January 3, 1909), the Great Dane, the Unmelancholy Dane, and the Clown Prince of Denmark was a piano prodigy, giving his first recital at the tender age of 8.

Borge grew up around glissandos and crescendos, his father a violinist in the Royal Danish Orchestra and his mother a pianist. A light bulb moment came when, at the age of 12, he saw a Russian concert pianist accidentally fall of a piano bench.

That what could have been a minor incident so moved Borge indicates he had already located a certain preciousness or stuffiness in the world of music. He went on scholarship to the Royal Danish Academy of Music and began performing for money at the age of 17.

Borge did work as a concert pianist at the dawn of his career, but before long, began a stage show