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Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I.
Victor Herbert. This list of compositions by Victor Herbert is sorted by genre. Stage works. Other works. Chamber music. Piano. Serenade 4 May (1884) La Ghazel: Improvisation (1900) La Coquette: Valze Brilliante (1900) The Mountainbrook: Imitative (1900) On the Promenade: Morceau (1900) Yesterthoughts: Meditation, Op.37 (1900)
TitleGenreSubdivisionsLibretto2 actsoperetta3 actsmusical farce3 actsGlen MacDonagh, adapted from a story by G.operetta3 actsHarry B. SmithMay 22, 2024 · Victor Herbert (born Feb. 1, 1859, Dublin, Ire.—died May 26, 1924, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an Irish-born American composer of operettas and light music. Herbert became active in Germany as a composer and cello virtuoso (studying with Max Seifritz and Bernhard Cossmann, respectively).
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Jul 20, 2021 · The Orchestra Now (TŌN), conducted by Andrés Rivas, performs Victor Herbert's Serenade for String Orchestra in a livestreamed, physically distanced concert from the Fisher Center at Bard on...
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2.38K subscribers. Subscribed. 8. 134 views 1 year ago. Victor Herbert and his Orchestra performs "Badinage" composed by Victor Herbert recorded on April 30, 1919, at Camden, New Jersey....
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America's King of the Operetta. As a part of our continuing series of Tin Pan Alley pioneer biographies, this month (November, 2004) we present a look at the life and music of Victor Herbert. Victor Herbert was an American by adoption. Herbert was born in Dublin, Ireland on February 1, 1859 and later (1886) came to America and stayed with us.
Composed operettas, cantatas, and top Tin Pan Alley songs. Victor August Herbert was born in Dublin, Ireland on February 1, 1859. After the death of his father in 1861, Herbert and his mother moved to the country home of his grandfather, painter, novelist and composer, Samuel Lover.
