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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 .
Victor Herbert. This list of compositions by Victor Herbert is sorted by genre. ... Reveré for English Horn and French Horn Quartet Piano. Serenade 4 May (1884)
Herbert's Victor Herbert Orchestra recorded selections from Babes in Toyland in 1911–1912 for the Victor Talking Machine Company as single releases, including "March of the Toys", "The Toymaker's Shop" and "The Military Ball". [14] Decca Records recorded ten selections from the score (on five 10-inch 78-RPM records) in 1944.
Naughty Marietta is an operetta in two acts, with libretto by Rida Johnson Young and music by Victor Herbert.Set in New Orleans in 1780, it tells how Captain Richard Warrington is commissioned to unmask and capture a notorious French pirate calling himself "Bras Pique".
Eileen is a comic opera in 3 Acts [n 1] with music by Victor Herbert and lyrics and book by Henry Blossom, based loosely on the 1835 novel Rory O'More by Herbert's grandfather, Samuel Lover. [5] Set in 1798, the story concerns an Irish revolutionary arrested by the British for treason.
Victor Herbert (February 22, 1927 – November 19, 2002) [1] was an American hematologist who did ground-breaking work on folate and how its deficiency led to megaloblastic anemia and was a proponent of accurate and responsible nutrition information.
Articles related to the operetta Babes in Toyland (1903) by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough, and its adaptations. The operetta wove together various characters from Mother Goose nursery rhymes into a musical extravaganza.
Prince Ananias was the first operetta composed by Victor Herbert. The libretto is by Francis Neilson. It was first produced by a troupe called "The Bostonians" at The Broadway Theatre on November 20, 1894, directed by Jerome Sykes. [1] It remained in their repertoire for three seasons and was given more than 300 performances in all.