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Victor Herbert

1859 - 1924

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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. 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 and Stuttgart, during which he began to compose orchestral music. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Herbert is the 1,265th most popular composer (up from 1,272nd in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 261st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Irish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Victor Herbert ranks 1,265 out of 1,451. Before him are Kōsaku Yamada, Kurt Thomas, Józef Kozłowski, Georg Friedrich Haas, Marco Beltrami, and H. C. Robbins Landon. After him are Gerald Finzi, Näcip Cihanov, Peter Warlock, Vladimir Martynov, Florence Price, and Vincent Youmans.

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Among people born in 1859, Victor Herbert ranks 128. Before him are A. E. Housman, Pandeli Evangjeli, Anatole Le Braz, Josephine Crowell, Cass Gilbert, and Alfredo Baquerizo. After him are Juan Antonio Escurra, José Sánchez-Guerra y Martínez, Vincenzo Cerulli, Kei Okami, Alice Eastwood, and Paolo Orsi. Among people deceased in 1924, Victor Herbert ranks 123. Before him are Joseph Timchenko, Lloyd Hildebrand, Josefine Swoboda, Josef Labor, Georg Selenius, and Corrado Segre. After him are Louise Rayner, Rafael López Gutiérrez, Maurice Prendergast, Sándor Bródy, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Isabella Stewart Gardner.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Victor Herbert ranks 262 out of 549. Before him are Sir George Staunton, 1st Baronet (1737), Maeve Binchy (1939), Rex Ingram (1892), William McGonagall (1825), Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough (1779), and Alison Doody (1966). After him are Luke Kelly (1940), Owen Moore (1886), Sydney, Lady Morgan (1776), Philip Pettit (1945), Matt McGrath (1875), and Domhnall Gleeson (1983).

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Among COMPOSERS In Ireland

Among composers born in Ireland, Victor Herbert ranks 5. Before him are John Field (1782), Turlough O'Carolan (1670), Charles Villiers Stanford (1852), and Michael William Balfe (1808). After him are Michael McGlynn (1964).

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