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, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 676-700 of 872 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | S-7473 | 10-in. | June 1920 | Al fresco : Intermezzo | Henry Hadley Symphony Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-7979 | 10-in. | June 1921 | Soldiers of Erin | Gerald Griffin | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
OKeh | S-70663 | 10-in. | May 1922 | Gypsy love song | Erdody's Famous Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-70920 | 10-in. | Oct. 1922 | A kiss in the dark | Markel's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-71052 | 10-in. | Nov. 1922 | Kiss me again | Hotel Cleveland Dance Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-72031 | 10-in. | November 1923 | A kiss in the dark | Willie Eckstein | Piano solo | composer | |
OKeh | S-72103 | 10-in. | November 1923 | Little old New York | Hotel Pennsylvania Orchestra ; Vincent Lopez | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | S-72803 | 10-in. | Sept. 1924 | My dream girl | Yellow Jackets | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | W81234 | 10-in. | 8/16/1927 | Gypsy love song | Sigmund Krumgold | Organ solo | composer | |
OKeh | W81263 | 10-in. | 8/23/1927 | Kiss me again | Major Bowes' Capitol Theatre Trio ; Eugene Ormandy | Instrumental trio | composer | |
OKeh | W400052 | 10-in. | 1/26/1928 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Major Bowes Capitol Theatre Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
OKeh | W400053 | 10-in. | 1/26/1928 | A kiss in the dark | Major Bowes Capitol Theatre Trio | Instrumental trio | composer | |
OKeh | W400742 | 10-in. | 6/4/1928 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Joe Green Marimba Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | W400743 | 10-in. | 6/4/1928 | I'm falling in love with some one | The Royal Music Makers | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | W400744 | 10-in. | 6/4/1928 | Kiss me again | Joe Green Marimba Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
OKeh | [OK cat 1048-b] | 10-in. | approximately June 1918 | Kiss me again | Grace Kerns | Female vocal solo | composer | |
OKeh | [Od cat 20033-A] | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1921 | Orange blossoms | Lanin’s Roseland Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | [Br cat 5281-b] | 10-in. | approximately late 1918 | The outlaw's song | Frederick J. Wheeler | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 3167 | 10-in. | approximately Nov. 1919 | I might be your once-in-a-while | Ida Heydt | Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 3960 | 10-in. | approximately July 1920 | American fantasie | New York Police Band | Band | composer | |
Brunswick | 3962 | 10-in. | approximately July 1920 | American fantasie | New York Police Band | Band | composer | |
Brunswick | 4010 | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1920 | Kiss me again | Irene Williams | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 4068 | 10-in. | approximately Aug. 1920 | The love boat | Carl Fenton’s Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Brunswick | 4100 | 10-in. | approximately Sept. 1920 | I cannot sleep without dreaming of you | Irene Audrey ; Crescent Trio | Female vocal solo and male vocal trio, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 8094 | 10-in. | approximately May 1922 | Kiss me again | Fredric Fradkin | Violin solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Herbert, Victor," accessed July 4, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102518.
Herbert, Victor. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved July 4, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/102518.
"Herbert, Victor." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 4 July 2024.
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LCNAR: Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79105792
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