Max Pallenberg
Max Pallenberg (born 18 December 1877 in Vienna as Max Pollack – 26 June 1934 in Karlovy Vary) was an Austrian singer, actor and comedian. Although Pallenberg's career started in 1904 it wasn't until 1909 that he joined Theater an der Wien, and in 1911 Vienna's Volkstheater. However, it was at Berlin's Deutsches Theater where he left a lasting mark on German theatrical practice. He worked there with Max Reinhardt. Pallenberg's stellar role was in the Erwin Piscator's dramatic adaptation of Jaroslav Hašek's novel The Good Soldier Schweik. In 1917 he married Fritzi Massary who was one of the divas of the 1920s. In 1933 they left Germany for Austria. A year later he died in an airplane crash near Karlovy Vary in today's Czech Republic. He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering, where his ashes are also buried. Pallenberg also starred in several films:
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Birth and Death Data: Born Vienna (capital of and state in Austria), Died 1934 (Karlovy Vary (city in Karlovy Vary Region, Czechia) )
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928
Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal
Notes: Husband of Fritzi Massary.
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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| Gramophone | BK2706 | 10-in. | 1/10/1928 | Josef, ach Josef | Fritzi Massary ; Max Pallenberg | Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pallenberg, Max," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103649.
Pallenberg, Max. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103649.
"Pallenberg, Max." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Pallenberg, Max, 1877-1934 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82071164
Wikidata: Max Pallenberg - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q85865
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/54940838
MusicBrainz: Max Pallenberg - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7b40588b-3ce3-4f1e-b783-b4266c05c6b8
Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/92814 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/92814
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