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 751-775 of 867 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | XE21254-XE21256 | 12-in. | 1/21/1927 | Baltimore Centennial march | Walter B. Rogers Band | Band | composer | |
Brunswick | E21979-E21981 | 10-in. | 3/17/1927 | Gypsy love song | Fredric Fradkin ; Karl Reuter | Violin solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E22095-E22097 | 10-in. | 3/24/1927 | I’m falling in love with someone | Fredric Fradkin | Violin solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E22411-E22412 | 10-in. | 4/14/1927 | Kiss me again | Carter's Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E23713-E23715 | 10-in. | 6/22/1927 | Kiss me again | Gladys Rice | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E24748-E24750 | 10-in. | 10/15/1927 | Gypsy love song | John Charles Thomas | Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E26378-E26379 | 10-in. | 2/4/1928 | Yesterthoughts | Miniature Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | XE26484-XE26486 | 12-in. | 2/14/1928 | Melodies from Herbert operas | Brunswick Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | XE26487-XE26488 | 12-in. | 2/14/1928 | Melodies from Herbert operas | Brunswick Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E26593-E26594 | 10-in. | 2/21/1928 | Punchinello | Miniature Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E26655-E26656 | 10-in. | 2/24/1928 | Yesterthoughts | Miniature Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | XE27157-XE27158 | 12-in. | 3/27/1928 | Melodies from Herbert operas | Brunswick Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | E36901-E36902 | 10-in. | 7/1/1931 | A kiss in the dark (Waltz) | Brunswick Studio Orchestra ; Victor Young | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo; without vocal (take G) | composer | |
Brunswick | C1932 | 10-in. | 5/16/1928 | Kiss me again | Eddie Dunstedter | Organ solo | composer | |
Brunswick | C2237 | 10-in. | 8/15/1928 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Avis McDonald | Vibraphone solo, with organ | composer | |
Brunswick | C2412 | 10-in. | 10/8/1928 | Ah! Misterio del vivir | Flavio Plasencia | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | C4761 | 10-in. | 11/29/1929 | Kiss me again | Orchestra (unidentified; Brunswick Records) | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | C4762 | 10-in. | 11/29/1929 | Gipsy love song | Orchestra (unidentified; Brunswick Records) | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | XC6953 | 12-in. | 3/4/1931 | Union Mutual Life Company, program 34 | Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Iowa | Radio transcription disc | composer | |
Brunswick | XC6957 | 12-in. | 3/4/1931 | Union Mutual Life Company, program 38 | Instrumentalist(s) (unidentified; Brunswick Records) | Radio transcription disc | composer | |
Brunswick | [C258]-[C260] | 10-in. | 5/1/1926 | Song of India | Cleveland Orchestra ; Nikolai Sokoloff | Orchestra | arranger | |
Brunswick | LTR232 | 10-in. | 10/10/1929 | Song of the Nile | Billy Lennon | Male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | LTR253 | 10-in. | 11/30/1929 | Gypsy love song | William Edward Johnson | Male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | LAE344 | 10-in. | 11/16/1928 | Gypsy love song | Harry Decker | Ukulele solo | composer | |
Brunswick | MP28 | 10-in. | approximately Mar. 1929 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Eddie Dunstedter | Organ solo | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Herbert, Victor," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102518.
Herbert, Victor. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102518.
"Herbert, Victor." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024.
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LCNAR: Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79105792
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