Victor August Herbert
Born: 1st February 1859, Dublin, Ireland
Died: 26th May 1924, New York, U.S.A
Nationality: American
Victor August Herbert 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.
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- A Kiss in the Dark (4)
- A la Valse (5)
- Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life (Johnson Young) (9)
- Al Fresco (Intermezzo) (3)
- American Fantasia (5)
- Art Is Calling For Me (from The Enchantress) (6)
- Babes in Toyland (25)
- Badinage (3)
- Cello Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 8 (5)
- Cello Concerto No. 2 in E minor, Op. 30 (12)
- Eileen (6)
- Festival March (4)
- Ghazel (5)
- I'm Falling In Love With Someone (from Naughty Marietta) (3)
- Indian Summer (8)
- Irish Rhapsody (5)
- It happened in Nordland (from Absinthe Frappé) (2)
- Italian Street Song (from Naughty Marietta) (7)
- Kiss me again (from Mademoiselle Modiste) (6)
- Molly (3)
- Moonbeams (from Red Mill) (3)
- Natoma (4)
- Naughty Marietta (11)
- Neapolitan Love Song (3)
- Orange Blossoms (5)
- Pan-Americana (Morceau Characteristique) (3)
- Pensée Amoureuse (5)
- Petite Valse (3)
- Pieces (3) for String Orchestra (2)
- Punchinello (6)
- Romany Life from The Fortune Teller (3)
- Serenade for Strings, Op. 12 (2)
- Sweethearts (5)
- The Fortune-Teller (6)
- The Irish have a great day tonight (from Eileen) (2)
- The March of the Toys from Babes in Toyland (14)
- The Only Girl (4)
- The Princess Pat (2)
- When you're away (from The Only Girl) (4)
- Yesterthoughts (4)
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