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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 (born Feb. 1, 1859, Dublin, Ire.—died May 26, 1924, New York, N.Y., U.S.) was an Irish-born American composer of operettas and light music. Herbert became active in Germany as a composer and cello virtuoso (studying with Max Seifritz and Bernhard Cossmann, respectively).
Composed operettas, cantatas, and top Tin Pan Alley songs. Victor August Herbert was born in Dublin, Ireland on February 1, 1859. After the death of his father in 1861, Herbert and his mother moved to the country home of his grandfather, painter, novelist and composer, Samuel Lover.
Explores the work of Victor Herbert (1859–1924), Irish-American composer, conductor, and activist, whose best-known work is Babes in Toyland (1903).
Victor Herbert, America's King of the Operetta. As a part of our continuing series of Tin Pan Alley pioneer biographies, this month (November, 2004) we present a look at the life and music of Victor Herbert. Victor Herbert was an American by adoption.
Aug 6, 2024 · Victor Herbert (1859-1924) was a composer, conductor, cellist, and co-founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). This guide connects researchers with the Library's unparalleled Herbert resources.
Born in Dublin and raised in Stuttgart, Victor Herbert (1859-1924) was a highly successful composer of operettas in America between 1890 and the beginning of World War I.
