List of compositions by Victor Herbert

This list of compositions by Victor Herbert is sorted by genre.

Victor Herbert

Stage works
TitleGenreSubdivisionsLibrettoPremière datePlace and theatre
Prince Ananiasoperetta2 actsFrancis Neilson20 November 1894The Broadway Theatre
The Wizard of the Nileoperetta3 actsHarry B. Smith4 November 1895Casino Theatre
The Gold Bugmusical farce3 actsGlen MacDonagh, adapted from a story by G.A. Pierce21 September 1896
The Serenadeoperetta3 actsHarry B. Smith16 March 1897Knickerbocker Theatre
The Idol's Eyeoperetta3 actsHarry B. Smith25 October 1897The Broadway Theatre
The Fortune Telleroperetta3 actsHarry B. Smith26 September 1898Wallack's Theatre
The Ameeroperetta3 actsFrederick M. Rankin and Kirke LaShelle4 December 1899Wallack's Theatre
Cyrano de Bergeracoperetta3 actsBook by Stuart Reed based on the play by Edmond Rostand18 September 1899Knickerbocker Theatre
The Singing Girloperetta3 actsBook by Stanislaus Stange, Lyrics by Harry B. Smith23 October 1899Casino Theatre
The Viceroyoperetta2 actsHarry B. Smith9 April 1900Knickerbocker Theatre
Babes in ToylandoperettaPrologue, 3 acts, 11 scenesBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough13 October 1903Majestic Theatre
Babetteoperetta3 actsHarry B. Smith16 November 1903The Broadway Theatre
It Happened In NordlandMusical comedyPrologue and 2 actsBook and Lyrics by Glen MacDonough5 December 1904Wallack's Theatre
WonderlandFantastic musical play3 acts and 8 scenesBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough24 October 1905Majestic Theatre
Miss Dolly DollarsMusical comedy2 actsBook and lyrics by Harry B. Smith4 September 1905Knickerbocker Theatre
Mlle. Modisteoperetta2 actsLibretto by Henry Blossom25 December 1905Knickerbocker Theatre
The Red Milloperetta2 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom24 September 1906Knickerbocker Theatre
The Magic Knightoperetta and burlesque1 actLibretto and lyrics by Edgar Smith25 December 1906Weber's Music Hall
Dream Cityoperetta1 actLibretto and lyrics by Edgar Smith25 December 1906Weber's Music Hall
The Tattooed Manoperetta2 actsBook by Harry B. Smith and A.N.C. Fowler, Lyrics by Harry B. Smith18 February 1907Criterion Theatre
The Songbirdsoperetta1 actBook and lyrics by George V. Hobart1 April 1907The New York Theatre[1]
AlgeriaMusical play2 actsBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough31 August 1908The Broadway Theatre
Little NemoMusical comedy3 acts and 11 scenesBook and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, based on the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay20 October 1908New Amsterdam Theatre
The Prima DonnaComic opera2 actsLibretto and lyrics by Henry Blossom30 November 1908Knickerbocker Theatre
The Rose of AlgeriaMusical play2 acts and 4 scenesBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough20 September 1909Herald Square Theatre
Old DutchMusical Farce2 acts and 3 scenesBook by Edgar Smith, Lyrics by George V. Hobart22 November 1909Herald Square Theatre
Naughty Mariettaoperetta2 acts and 3 scenesBook and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young7 November 1910The New York Theatre
When Sweet SixteenSongplay2 actsBook and lyrics by George V. Hobart14 September 1911Daly's Theatre
Natomaopera3 actsLibretto by Joseph D. Redding25 February 1911Philadelphia
The Duchessoperetta3 actsBook and lyrics by Joseph W. Herbert and Harry B. Smith16 October 1911Lyric Theatre
The Enchantressoperetta2 actsBook and lyrics by Fred de Grésac and Harry B. Smith19 October 1911The New York Theatre
The Lady of the SlipperMusical fantasy3 acts and 5 scenesBook and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young28 October 1912Globe Theatre, New York
SweetheartsMusical play2 actsBook by Harry B. Smith, Lyrics by Robert B. Smith8 September 1913New Amsterdam Theatre
The Madcap Duchessoperetta2 actsBook and lyrics by David Stevens and Justin Huntly McCarthy; based on the novel Seraphica by Justin Huntly McCarthy11 November 1913Globe Theatre, New York
Madeleineopera1 actLibretto 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-Thiboust24 January 1914Metropolitan Opera
The Only GirlMusical comedy3 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom; based on the play Our Wives by Frank Mandel2 November 191439th Street Theatre
The DebutanteMusical comedy2 actsBook by Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith7 December 1914Kinckerbocker Theatre
The Princess Patoperetta3 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom29 September 1915Cort Theatre
Eileenoperetta3 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom19 October 1917Sam S. Shubert Theatre
Miss 1917revue2 actsBook and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse; other music by Jerome Kern5 November 1917Century Theatre
Her Regimentoperetta3 actsBook and lyrics by William Le Baron12 November 1917Broadhurst Theatre
The Velvet LadyMusical comedy3 actsBook by Fred Jackson based on his farce A Full House; adaptation and lyrics by Henry Blossom3 February 1919New Amsterdam Theatre
Angel FaceMusical play3 actsBook by Harry B. Smith; based on the play The Elixir of Love by Zellah Covington and Jules Simonson; Lyrics by Robert B. Smith19 December 1919Knickerbocker Theatre
My Golden GirlMusical comedy2 actsBook and lyrics by Frederick Arnold Kummer2 February 1919Nora Bayes Theatre
Oui Madame1920
The Girl in the Spotlightoperetta2 acts and 5 scenesBook and lyrics by Richard Bruce12 July 1920Knickerbocker Theatre
Orange BlossomsMusical comedy3 actsBook by Fred de Grésac based on the play La Passerelle by Fred de Grésac and François de Croisset; Lyrics by Buddy G. DeSylva19 September 1922Fulton Theatre
The Dream GirlMusical comedy3 acts and 6 scenesBook by Rida Johnson Young and Harold Atterbridge based on the play The Road to Yesterday by Beulah Marie Dix and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland20 August 1924Ambassadors Theatre

Other works

Chamber music

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

Notes
  1. The Song Birds premiered at The Lambs Club. See Gould, Neil. "Victor Herbert: A Theatrical Life", Oxford University Press (2011), p. 388 ISBN 082322872X
  2. Victor Herbert: a theatrical life by Neil Gould

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