Max Mensing - Blutrote Rosen [Blood Red Roses] (1929)

Performed by: Saxophon-Orchester Dobbri Full Song Title: Blutrote Rosen Recorded in: September 1929, Berlin, Germany Blutrote Rosen (eng: Blood red roses) was composed by Hermann Hünemeyer & Alfred Krönkemeyer in 1928/1929. Sadly, this song is often mistaken to be Eva Hitler’s favorite song which is actually Glutrote Rosen (Fiery red roses) by Rudi Schuricke from 1942. I don’t know why anyone would even care about what her favorite music was, but I thought it’s about time to clear up the misinformation that has been circulating on social media and internet forums. Otto Dobrindt (born August 24, 1886 in Henkendorf / West Prussia (today Hanki) — died September 13, 1963 in Berlin) was a popular German orchestra director and film composer of the 1920’s and 30’s. Dobrindt began as a production manager at the record company Carl Lindström AG, of which he became the chief production manager in the same year. From 1925 he recorded his own productions in different styles under various pseudonyms (including the Dobbri Saxophone Orchestra, Odeon Tanz-Orchester, Wiener Bohème-Orchester, Dobbri, Robert Renard, Eddie Saxon, Frank Sandlers, Eric Harden, Götz Höhne, Horst Platen), from swing to light classical music. The “Otto Dobrindt Orchestra” accompanied many Ufa stars on recordings, for example Lilian Harvey, Willy Fritsch and Hans Albers. Dobrindt conducted the recording of a potpourri of the “Merry Widow“ with Zarah Leander. In 1935 Dobrindt took over the management of the entertainment orchestra at the Deutschlandsender. In the same year he wrote the music for the film “Alles hört auf mein Kommando“ (Everything listens to my command). He conducted numerous musical request programmes with the party badge of the NSDAP on his lapel. From 1945 Dobrindt directed the Berliner Rundfunk entertainment orchestra in the city’s eastern sector. Dobrindt also conducted other orchestras in the GDR. He recorded cross-sections of operettas with the Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra and the DEFA version of the bat with the DEFA Symphony Orchestra in 1955. Max Christian Erich Mensing (born August 11, 1886 in Hamburg — died May 3, 1945 in Berlin-Charlottenburg) was a popular German tenor and actor of the 1920’s. Mensing was the son of the surgeon Dr. med. Johannes Hartwig Christian Mensing and his wife Helene, born Noodt. During the First World War, the Berlin concert singer Max Mensing gained a lot of recognition on the Eastern Front, namely in Bjalystok, for his performance of the most beautiful German songs. He reached the peak of his career in Berlin of the Weimar Republic as a singer of daily hits. During this time he was involved in numerous recordings by well-known Berliner dance orchestras. Mensing’s commercial success dwindled in the mid-1930’s, but he continued working as a singer until the end of the decade. In the film “Es leuchten die Sterne“ (1938) Mensing lent his voice to an actor, in “Der Gouverneur“ (1939) he played a supporting role. Max Mensing committed suicide by poison in his house in Berlin-Charlottenburg during the Battle of Berlin in the last days of World War II. He was buried in the war cemetery of Luisenfriedhof I (Block A, Row 3, Grave 28). I hope you enjoy this as much as I have. Best wishes, Stu ______________________ Please Note: I do not claim copyright or ownership of the song played in this video. All copyrighted content remains property of their respective owners.