Victor E. Nessler

Victor E. Nessler

Viktor (or Victor) Ernst Nessler (28 January 1841 – 28 May 1890) was an Alsatian composer who worked mainly in Leipzig. Nessler was born at Baldenheim near Sélestat, Alsace. At Strasbourg he began his university career with the study of theology, but he concluded it with the production of a light opera entitled Fleurette (1864). To complete his knowledge of music Nessler went to Leipzig to study with Moritz Hauptmann. In 1870, he was appointed chorus master and later conductor of the Caroltheater, Leipzig. His musically conservative, mock-Gothic, fairy-tale operas, notably Der Rattenfänger von Hameln (The Pied Piper of Hamelin) (1879) and Der Trompeter von Säkkingen (1884), based on the famous poem by Joseph Viktor von Scheffel, were very popular in the 19th century. The great conductor Artur Nikisch composed an orchestral arrangement of material from Der Trompeter von Säkkingen. Besides a number of other operas, Nessler wrote many songs and choral works; but it is with the Trompeter von Säkkingen that his name is most closely associated. In 1895 a monument to him by the sculptor Alfred Marzolff was erected in Strasbourg, the place of his death.

Birth and Death Data: Born Baldenheim (commune in Bas-Rhin, France), Died May 28, 1890 (Strasbourg (capital and largest city of Grand Est, located in the historical region of Alsace) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1897 - 1928

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer

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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 31 records)

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Berliner	1570	7-in.	Before September 1897	Es hat nicht sollen sein	F. H. Weber	Male vocal solo	composer
Berliner	01183	7-in.	April 1900	Werner’s farewell song	Arthur Pryor ; Sousa's Band	Trombone solo, with band	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix A-]1533	7-in.	8/5/1902	Es hat nicht sollen sein	Emil Muench	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	[Pre-matrix B-]1533	10-in.	8/5/1902	Es hat nicht sollen sein	Emil Muench	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Victor	C-2768	12-in.	9/26/1905	Es hat nicht sollen sein	Emil Muench	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-6770	10-in.	2/3/1909	Werner's farewell	Herbert L. Clarke	Cornet solo	composer
Victor	B-9177	10-in.	7/18/1910	It was not so to be	John Barnes Wells	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-9511	10-in.	9/22/1910	Ave Maria	Paragon Quartet	Male vocal quartet, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-9839	12-in.	1/23/1911	Werner's farewell	Otto Goritz	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra and harp	composer
Victor	C-12273	12-in.	7/30/1912	It was not so to be	Clarence Whitehill	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-12479	12-in.	10/4/1912	It was not so to be	Frank Croxton	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	B-13262	10-in.	5/12/1913	Es hat nicht sollen sein	D. Wormser	Zither solo	composer
Victor	C-18543	12-in.	10/12/1916	It was not so to be	Herbert Witherspoon	Bass vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-25924	12-in.	12/27/1921	Es hat nicht sollen sein	Robert Leonhardt	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Victor	C-26614	12-in.	6/8/1922	Werners Abschied	Gustav F. Heim ; Philharmonisches-Oktett [i.e., Heim's Brass Octet]	Cornet solo, with brass octet	composer
Victor	B-27746	10-in.	4/10/1923	It was not so to be	Lambert Murphy	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	143	10-in.	approximately 1901	Es hat nicht sollen sein	Carl Bernhart	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	143	7-in.	approximately 1901	Der es hat nicht sollen sein	Artists vary	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	composer
Columbia	19743	10-in.	2/2/1912	It was not so to be (Jung Werner's parting song [from] The trumpeter of Sakkingen)	Vincent C. Buono	Cornet solo, with band	composer
Columbia	30746	12-in.	between January and August 1911	It was not so to be	Cecil Fanning	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	12511	10-in.	approximately 1905	Ihr heisset mich willkommen	Albert Moser	Baritone vocal solo, with trumpet	composer
Columbia	43921	10-in.	approximately April 1916	Est hat nicht sollen sein	Robert Leonhardt	Baritone vocal solo, with cornet obbligato and orchestra	composer
Columbia	86890	10-in.	approximately December 1920	Behüt dich Gott	Robert Leonhardt	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Columbia	W106642	10-in.	April 1926	Behut dich Gott	Arnold Gabor	Male vocal solo, with orchestra	composer
Brunswick	X12763-X12764	12-in.	3/29/1924	Behüt’ dich Gott	Michael Bohnen	Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra	composer

(Results 1-25 of 31 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Nessler, Victor E.," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108770.

Nessler, Victor E.. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108770.

"Nessler, Victor E.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108770

External Sources

Wikipedia: Viktor Ernst Nessler

Discogs: Victor E. Nessler

Grove: Victor E. Nessler

IMSLP: Victor E. Nessler

RISM: Victor E. Nessler

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Nessler, Victor E. (Victor Ernst), 1841-1890 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89005541

Wikidata: Viktor Ernst Nessler - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q205990

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/27252686

MusicBrainz: Viktor Ernst Nessler - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/255663b6-6077-4b8e-bdcf-f65f66818760

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1490405 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/1490405

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