Victor Herbert
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. He was also prominent among the Tin Pan Alley composers and was later a founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). A prolific composer, Herbert produced two operas, a cantata, 43 operettas, incidental music to 10 plays, 31 compositions for orchestra, nine band compositions, nine cello compositions, five violin compositions with piano or orchestra, 22 piano compositions and numerous songs, choral compositions and orchestrations of works by other composers, among other music. In the early 1880s, Herbert began a career as a cellist in Vienna and Stuttgart, during which he began to compose orchestral music. Herbert and his opera singer wife, Therese Förster, moved to the U.S. in 1886 when both were engaged by the Metropolitan Opera. In the U.S., Herbert continued his performing career, while also teaching at the National Conservatory of Music, conducting and composing. His most notable instrumental compositions were his Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30 (1894), which entered the standard repertoire, and his Auditorium Festival March (1901). He conducted the Pittsburgh Symphony from 1898 to 1904 and then founded the Victor Herbert Orchestra, which he conducted throughout the rest of his life. Herbert began to compose operettas in 1894, producing several successes, including The Serenade (1897) and The Fortune Teller (1898). Some of the operettas that he wrote after the turn of the 20th century were even more successful: Babes in Toyland (1903), Mlle. Modiste (1905), The Red Mill (1906), Naughty Marietta (1910), Sweethearts (1913) and Eileen (1917). After World War I, with the change of popular musical tastes, Herbert began to compose musicals and contributed music to other composers' shows. While some of these were well-received, he never again achieved the level of success that he had enjoyed with his most popular operettas. |
Birth and Death Data: Born February 1, 1859 (Dublin), Died May 24, 1924 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1896 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, conductor, arranger, cello, orchestrator
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Recordings (Results 326-350 of 877 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-16975 | 12-in. | 1/7/1916 | The Princess Pat waltzes | Victor Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-16993 | 10-in. | 1/10/1916 | Kiss me again | Alice Green | Female vocal solo, with violin and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-17233 | 10-in. | 2/29/1916 | On your way | Victor Military Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-17690 | 10-in. | 5/16/1916 | When you're away | Rosario Bourdon | Cello solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-17794 | 10-in. | 6/5/1916 | Petite valse | Maud Powell | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-18067 | 10-in. | 7/6/1916 | Baltimore centennial march | Conway's Band | Band | composer | |
Victor | B-19445 | 10-in. | 4/5/1917 | Free trade and a misty moon | Greek Evans | Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus, harp, and orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Victor | B-19446 | 10-in. | 4/5/1917 | The Irish have a great day tonight | Scott Welsh | Male vocal solo, with vocal chorus, harp, and orchestra | composer, conductor | |
Victor | B-19447 | 10-in. | 4/5/1917 | Ireland, my Sireland | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Victor | B-19448 | 10-in. | 4/5/1917 | Eileen | John McCormack | Tenor vocal solo, with harp and orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Victor | C-19545 | 12-in. | 4/3/1917 | Gems from Eileen | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Victor | C-19550 | 12-in. | 4/3/1917 | Gems from Eileen | Victor Light Opera Company | Vocal chorus and soloists, with orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Victor | C-19812 | 12-in. | 5/7/1917 | American fantasie | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Victor | C-19813 | 12-in. | 5/7/1917 | American fantasie | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Victor | C-19814 | 12-in. | 5/8/1917 | Eileen : Selection | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Victor | B-19815 | 10-in. | 5/9/1917 | Whispering willows : Intermezzo | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer, conductor | |
Victor | B-19815 | 10-in. | 5/9/1917 | The world's progress march | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor, composer | |
Victor | B-19817 | 10-in. | 5/10/1917 | Dance of the angels | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra, with celeste | conductor | |
Victor | B-19818 | 10-in. | 5/10/1917 | Morning | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-19819 | 12-in. | 5/10/1917 | The American rose | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | composer, conductor | |
Victor | C-19820 | 12-in. | 5/11/1917 | Bridal march | Victor Herbert's Orchestra | Orchestra | conductor | |
Victor | C-20923 | 12-in. | 10/29/1917 | Kiss me again | Joseph C. Smith's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Victor | B-21151 | 10-in. | 12/10/1917 | The American serenade | Joseph M. Knecht ; Waldorf-Astoria Dance Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21456 | 10-in. | 2/19/1918 | Gypsy love song | William F. Larkin | Male vocal solo, with cello and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-21900 | 10-in. | 5/2/1918 | Gypsy love song | Emilio de Gogorza | Baritone vocal solo, with violin, bells, and orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Herbert, Victor," accessed October 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102518.
Herbert, Victor. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102518.
"Herbert, Victor." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 October 2024.
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