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 826-850 of 867 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | 9912 | 10-in. | 12/19/1924 | The fortune teller airs no. 2 | New York Light Opera Co. | Mixed vocal chorus, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 10356 | 10-in. | 5/7/1925 | Indian summer | American Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 10380 | 10-in. | 5/18/1925 | Give your heart in June-time | Herbert Soman Salon Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Edison | 10470 | 10-in. | 6/25/1925 | I'm falling in love with some one | Frederick Kinsley | Organ solo | composer | |
Edison | 10475 | 10-in. | 6/27/1925 | A kiss in the dark | Frederick Kinsley | Vocal trio (soprano, contralto, and tenor), with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 10928 | 10-in. | 4/16/1926 | Gypsy love song | Rae Eleanor Ball ; John F. Burckhardt | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Edison | 11129 | 10-in. | 7/28/1926 | Memories of Victor Herbert : Naughty Marietta | Herbert Soman Salon Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Edison | 11130 | 10-in. | 7/28/1926 | Memories of Victor Herbert : Babes in Toyland | Herbert Soman Salon Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Edison | 11131 | 10-in. | 7/28/1926 | Memories of Victor Herbert : The fortune teller | Herbert Soman Salon Orchestra | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Edison | 11229 | 10-in. | 10/1/1926 | Yesterthoughts | Hotel Commodore Ensemble | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Edison | 11754 | 10-in. | 6/22/1927 | Devotion | B. A. Rolfe Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 11829 | 10-in. | 8/1/1927 | March of the toys | Murray Kellner Dinner Music Ensemble | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Edison | 11833 | 10-in. | 8/3/1927 | Mlle. Modiste : Selections | Palais D'Or Orchestra ; B. A. Rolfe | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Edison | 18115 | 10-in. | 12/19/1927 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Victor Hall ; Jack Stillman Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Edison | 18376 | 10-in. | 4/7/1928 | Ah! Sweet mystery of life | Walter Scanlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 18701 | 10-in. | 9/4/1928 | I'm falling in love with someone | J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 18713 | 10-in. | 9/10/1928 | Italian street song | Olive Palmer | Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal ensemble and orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 18714 | 10-in. | 9/10/1928 | Kiss me again | Olive Palmer | Female vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 18797 | 10-in. | 10/10/1928 | Gypsy love song | Henrietta Kamern | Organ solo | composer | |
Edison | 18817 | 10-in. | 10/17/1928 | Indian summer | Edison Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 18818 | 10-in. | 10/17/1928 | Al fresco | Edison Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 18821 | 10-in. | 10/19/1928 | I'm falling in love with someone | Henrietta Kamern | Organ solo | composer | |
Edison | N-170 | 10-in. | 4/7/1928 | Ah! sweet mystery of life | Walter Scanlan | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | N-407 | 10-in. | 9/4/1928 | I'm falling in love with someone | J. Donald Parker | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | N-418 | 12-in. | 9/10/1928 | Italian street song | Olive Palmer | Female vocal solo, with mixed vocal ensemble and orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Herbert, Victor," accessed April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102518.
Herbert, Victor. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102518.
"Herbert, Victor." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.
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LCNAR: Herbert, Victor, 1859-1924 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79105792
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