Successor ensemble of the "." After the Nazi government had forced the Jewish members of the earlier "Comedian Harmonists" into exile, the "Aryan" members (bass), (piano), and the Bulgarian (1st tenor), who remained in Germany, founded a new group under the Reichskulturkammer-approved German name "Meistersextett." Additional members were (2nd tenor, - June 1936), (tenor buffo), and (baritone, - June 1936). The group made its first recordings for in August 1935. In November 1935, the ensemble won the official permission to call itself "Das Meister-Sextett Früher Comedian Harmonists" (The Meister-Sextett, Formerly Comedian Harmonists). In August 1936, the group hired (2nd tenor) and (baritone) to replace Blanke and . Because Grunert's hire was delayed, the 2nd tenor part on August 1936 recordings was sung by Zeno Coste a.k.a. Zeno Costa. In November 1938, pianist replaced Bootz, who left to become musical director of the "Kabarett der Komiker" cabaret in Berlin. The ensemble with Zeller made several more recordings with , the last ones in March 1939. Their last concert took place on July 11, 1939 in Munich, then the group split up over financial and other disagreements. Biberti tried to revive the ensemble by hiring five new members, and they performed at a number of concerts between December 1940 - February 1941 but made no new recordings.

Members

• Erwin Bootz
• Fred Kassen
• Robert Biberti
• Ari Leschnikoff
• Herbert Imlau
• Alfred Grunert
• Rudolf Zeller
• Zeno Coste
• Richard Sengeleitner

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