Victor Herbert
Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor. 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, Austria, and Stuttgart, Germany, 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 led 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). Even more successful were some of the operettas that he wrote after the turn of the 20th century: 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.
In the early 1880s, Herbert began a career as a cellist in Vienna, Austria, and Stuttgart, Germany, 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 led 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). Even more successful were some of the operettas that he wrote after the turn of the 20th century: 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.
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Total 43 sheet(s) found, listing between 20 - 40.
Song | Added By | Pages | Instruments | Sheet Type | File |
Gypsy Love Song |
dmoon1221 (3)
4826d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Transcription | |
Art Is Calling For Me |
Drelnis (19)
4827d ago
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5 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
LEncore |
rorypat (31)
4836d ago
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4 | Clarinet | Original | |
\Operetta - Herbert - Tattooed Man, The - vocal score - operetta |
DivoCarl (280)
4847d ago
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142 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Operetta - Herbert - Prima Donna, The - vocal score - operetta |
DivoCarl (280)
4847d ago
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140 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Operetta - Herbert - Rose of Algeria, The - vocal score - operetta |
DivoCarl (280)
4847d ago
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112 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Operetta - Herbert - Wonderland - vocal score - operetta |
DivoCarl (280)
4847d ago
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147 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Operetta - Herbert - Only Girl, The - Herbert - vocal score - operetta |
DivoCarl (280)
4847d ago
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108 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Operetta - Herbert - Orange Blossoms - Herbert - vocal score - operetta |
DivoCarl (280)
4847d ago
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140 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Art is calling for me! ( The Primadonna Song) |
Gunda (4)
4847d ago
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6 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Other | |
Operetta - Herbert - Naughty Marietta - vocal score - operetta |
DivoCarl (280)
4847d ago
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195 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Herbert - Eileen - vocal score - operetta |
DivoCarl (280)
4847d ago
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168 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Operetta - Herbert - The Serenade - The Angelus - High Voice |
DivoCarl (280)
4850d ago
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6 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Thine Alone |
ecooksoprano (5)
4850d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
If I Were On The Stage |
noelbutterfly (2)
4852d ago
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8 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
ah sweet mystery of life |
bem0126 (39)
4885d ago
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6 | Piano, Guitar, Vocal | Original | |
When You're Away - Herbert (G Major) |
DivoCarl (280)
4892d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
The Angelus - Herbert |
DivoCarl (280)
4896d ago
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5 | Piano, Vocal | Original | |
Gypsy Love Song |
NeedSheets1 (1)
4898d ago
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1 | Piano | Original | |
When You're Away - Herbert (G Major) |
DivoCarl (280)
4920d ago
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4 | Piano, Vocal | Original |