List of compositions by Victor Herbert
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Victor Herbert (1859–1924) was an American musician, conductor and prolific composer, prominent in the Tin Pan Alley community. He is best known for his many operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I.[1]
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.[2]
| Title[1] | Genre | Subdivisions | Libretto | Première date | Place and theatre |
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| Prince Ananias | operetta | 2 acts | Francis Neilson | 20 November 1894 | The Broadway Theatre |
| The Wizard of the Nile | operetta | 3 acts | Harry B. Smith | 4 November 1895 | Casino Theatre |
| The Gold Bug | musical farce | 3 acts | Glen MacDonough, adapted from a story by G. A. Pierce | 21 September 1896 | Casino Theatre |
| The Serenade | operetta | 3 acts | Harry B. Smith | 16 March 1897 | Knickerbocker Theatre |
| The Idol's Eye | operetta | 3 acts | Harry B. Smith | 25 October 1897 | The Broadway Theatre |
| The Fortune Teller | operetta | 3 acts | Harry B. Smith | 26 September 1898 | Wallack's Theatre |
| The Ameer | operetta | 3 acts | Frederick M. Rankin and Kirke LaShelle | 4 December 1899 | Wallack's Theatre |
| Cyrano de Bergerac | operetta | 3 acts | Book by Stuart Reed based on the play by Edmond Rostand | 18 September 1899 | Knickerbocker Theatre |
| The Singing Girl | operetta | 3 acts | Book by Stanislaus Stange, Lyrics by Harry B. Smith | 23 October 1899 | Casino Theatre |
| The Viceroy | operetta | 2 acts | Harry B. Smith | 9 April 1900 | Knickerbocker Theatre |
| Babes in Toyland | operetta | Prologue, 3 acts, 11 scenes | Book and lyrics by Glen MacDonough | 13 October 1903 | Majestic Theatre |
| Babette | operetta | 3 acts | Harry B. Smith | 16 November 1903 | The Broadway Theatre |
| It Happened In Nordland | Musical comedy | Prologue and 2 acts | Book and Lyrics by Glen MacDonough | 5 December 1904 | Wallack's Theatre |
| Wonderland | Fantastic musical play | 3 acts and 8 scenes | Book and lyrics by Glen MacDonough | 24 October 1905 | Majestic Theatre |
| Miss Dolly Dollars | Musical comedy | 2 acts | Book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith | 4 September 1905 | Knickerbocker Theatre |
| Mlle. Modiste | operetta | 2 acts | Libretto by Henry Blossom | 25 December 1905 | Knickerbocker Theatre |
| The Red Mill | operetta | 2 acts | Book and lyrics by Henry Blossom | 24 September 1906 | Knickerbocker Theatre |
| The Magic Knight | operetta and burlesque | 1 act | Libretto and lyrics by Edgar Smith | 25 December 1906 | Weber's Music Hall |
| Dream City | operetta | 1 act | Libretto and lyrics by Edgar Smith | 25 December 1906 | Weber's Music Hall |
| The Tattooed Man | operetta | 2 acts | Book by Harry B. Smith and A.N.C. Fowler, Lyrics by Harry B. Smith | 18 February 1907 | Criterion Theatre |
| The Songbirds | operetta | 1 act | Book and lyrics by George V. Hobart | 1 April 1907 | The New York Theatre[3] |
| Algeria | Musical play | 2 acts | Book and lyrics by Glen MacDonough | 31 August 1908 | The Broadway Theatre |
| Little Nemo | Musical comedy | 3 acts and 11 scenes | Book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, based on the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay | 20 October 1908 | New Amsterdam Theatre |
| The Prima Donna | Comic opera | 2 acts | Libretto and lyrics by Henry Blossom | 30 November 1908 | Knickerbocker Theatre |
| The Rose of Algeria | Musical play | 2 acts and 4 scenes | Book and lyrics by Glen MacDonough | 20 September 1909 | Herald Square Theatre |
| Old Dutch | Musical Farce | 2 acts and 3 scenes | Book by Edgar Smith, Lyrics by George V. Hobart | 22 November 1909 | Herald Square Theatre |
| Naughty Marietta | operetta | 2 acts and 3 scenes | Book and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young | 7 November 1910 | The New York Theatre |
| When Sweet Sixteen | Songplay | 2 acts | Book and lyrics by George V. Hobart | 14 September 1911 | Daly's Theatre |
| Natoma | opera | 3 acts | Libretto by Joseph D. Redding | 25 February 1911 | Philadelphia |
| The Duchess | operetta | 3 acts | Book and lyrics by Joseph W. Herbert and Harry B. Smith | 16 October 1911 | Lyric Theatre |
| The Enchantress | operetta | 2 acts | Book and lyrics by Fred de Grésac and Harry B. Smith | 19 October 1911 | The New York Theatre |
| The Lady of the Slipper | Musical fantasy | 3 acts and 5 scenes | Book and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young | 28 October 1912 | Globe Theatre, New York |
| Sweethearts | Musical play | 2 acts | Book by Harry B. Smith, Lyrics by Robert B. Smith | 8 September 1913 | New Amsterdam Theatre |
| The Madcap Duchess | operetta | 2 acts | Book and lyrics by David Stevens and Justin Huntly McCarthy; based on the novel Seraphica by Justin Huntly McCarthy | 11 November 1913 | Globe Theatre, New York |
| Madeleine | opera | 1 act | Libretto by Grant Stewart, after the French play Je dîne chez ma mère (I'm dining at my mother's house) by Adrien Decourcelle and Lambert-Thiboust | 24 January 1914 | Metropolitan Opera |
| The Only Girl | Musical comedy | 3 acts | Book and lyrics by Henry Blossom; based on the play Our Wives by Frank Mandel | 2 November 1914 | 39th Street Theatre |
| The Debutante | Musical comedy | 2 acts | Book by Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith | 7 December 1914 | Kinckerbocker Theatre |
| The Princess Pat | operetta | 3 acts | Book and lyrics by Henry Blossom | 29 September 1915 | Cort Theatre |
| Eileen | operetta | 3 acts | Book and lyrics by Henry Blossom | 19 October 1917 | Sam S. Shubert Theatre |
| Miss 1917 | revue | 2 acts | Book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse; other music by Jerome Kern | 5 November 1917 | Century Theatre |
| Her Regiment | operetta | 3 acts | Book and lyrics by William Le Baron | 12 November 1917 | Broadhurst Theatre |
| The Velvet Lady | Musical comedy | 3 acts | Book by Fred Jackson based on his farce A Full House; adaptation and lyrics by Henry Blossom | 3 February 1919 | New Amsterdam Theatre |
| Angel Face | Musical play | 3 acts | Book by Harry B. Smith; based on the play The Elixir of Love by Zellah Covington and Jules Simonson; Lyrics by Robert B. Smith | 19 December 1919 | Knickerbocker Theatre |
| My Golden Girl | Musical comedy | 2 acts | Book and lyrics by Frederick Arnold Kummer | 2 February 1919 | Nora Bayes Theatre |
| Oui Madame | 1920 | ||||
| The Girl in the Spotlight | operetta | 2 acts and 5 scenes | Book and lyrics by Richard Bruce | 12 July 1920 | Knickerbocker Theatre |
| Orange Blossoms | Musical comedy | 3 acts | Book by Fred de Grésac based on the play La Passerelle by Fred de Grésac and François de Croisset; Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva | 19 September 1922 | Fulton Theatre |
| The Dream Girl | Musical comedy | 3 acts and 6 scenes | Book by Rida Johnson Young and Harold Atterbridge based on the play The Road to Yesterday by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland | 20 August 1924 | Ambassadors Theatre |
Other works
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Orchestral music
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Concerto pieces
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Chamber music
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Piano
- Serenade 4 May (1884)
- La Ghazel: Improvisation (1900)
- La Coquette: Valze Brilliante (1900)
- The Mountainbrook: Imitative (1900)
- On the Promenade: Morceau (1900)
- Yesterthoughts: Meditation, Op.37 (1900)
- Puchinello: Characteristic, Op.38 (1900)
- Pan Americana: Morceau characteristique (1901)
- Whispering Willows: Intermezzo (1915)
- Devotion (A Love Sonnet for the Piano) (1921)
- Duo (1923)
- Fleurette: Waltz (1903)
- Indian Summer: An American Idyll (1919)
- Marion Davies March (1922)
- Under the Elms, Souvenir de Saratoga
- World's Progress March (1916)
Cantata and choral works
- Call to Freedom (aka God Shall Guide Us, 1918)
- The Captive, op. 25 (1892; contata for soprano solo, baritone solo, chorus and orchestra)
- Christ Is Risen
- Columbia Anthem (unison chorus with piano, later arr. by Herbert for orchestra and band, 1898)
- Eventide, op. 20 (for male chorus) (from Wanderer's Songs)
- O'Donnell Aboo! (1915)
- Orange, White and Blue (Written for ceremonies in 1916, in commemoration if the landing of the first Dutch settlers on Manhattan Island, May 4, 1626. The orange, white and blue flag of this Dutch colony was raised at Battery Park.)
- The Cruiskeen Lawn (dedicated to the Mendelsohn Glee Club, N. Y., 1913)
- The Hail of the Friendly Sons (for men's voices, a cappella, 1913)
- The New Ireland (for men's voices, a cappella, 1914)
- The Sunken City, op. 20, no. 1 (for men's voices, a cappella, 1897)
- Widow Machree (by Samuel Lover; arr. by Herbert, 1915)
Songs
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Songs of unknown date
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References
- 1 2 "Victor Herbert". The Guide to Light Opera and Operetta. 2009-10-18. Archived from the original on 2025-07-15. Retrieved 2026-04-08.
- ↑ Mott, Alyce (2008-03-08). "Victor Herbert – The Early Years". VHSource. Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2026-04-08.
- ↑ The Song Birds premiered at The Lambs Club. See Gould, Neil. "Victor Herbert: A Theatrical Life", Oxford University Press (2011), p. 388 ISBN 082322872X
- 1 2 Victor Herbert: a theatrical life by Neil Gould
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