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![]() Above:Gustav-Pick-Gasse. Source: Google Maps, November 2021. |
Appendix:
Notes
(1). This Appendix on Gustav Pick and Wiener Fiakerlied draws primarily on Karen Kiradi's Gustav Pick (1832-1920): Schöpfer des Fiakerliedes (Gustav Pick, Creater of the Fiakerlied), a detailed, illustrated biography that she published in her blog Geschichten und Geschichtliches rund um den Zentralfriedhof (Stories and History around the Central Cemetery). Her interest is in researching notable "residents" of the cemetery.
(2). Listen to Wiener Fiakerlied by Gustav Pick with Paul Hörbiger (1936) on Youtube. The movie is lsted under The Cabbie's Song on Internet Movie Database.
(3). Wiener Fiakerlied (lyrics). On the Wiener Volksliedwerk (Vienna Folk Song Instute) web site. Josef Bratfisch is mentioned in verse 4.
(4). Das Fiakerlied – für Engländer (The Fiakerlied – for English Speakers), Illustrierte Wiener Extrablatt, August 17, 1887, p. 3, first verse reprinted from Vienna Weekly News (Google Books). Same verse reprinted in Die Elegante Welt (The Elegant World), vol. 1 no. 20, July 22, 1887, p. 16 (Google Books).
(5). New Budapest Orpheum Society, Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano: Jewish Cabaret, Popular, and Political Songs 1900–1945 (booklet accompanying CD-ROM), Cedille Records, 2002, pp. 44-46.
(6). "Vienna 2., Prater Hauptallee," Werbeka Netshop, "a non-profit organization for the promotion of international culture."
(7). Karl Baedeker (Firm). "Austria: [Route] 35. Vienna," Southern Germany and Austria, including Hungary, Dalmatia and Bosnia: Handbook for Travellers, p. 185. Via Internet Archive.
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