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.

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.

Stage works TitleGenreSubdivisionsLibrettoPremière datePlace and theatrePrince Ananiasoperetta2 acts Francis Neilson 20 November 1894The Broadway TheatreThe Wizard of the Nileoperetta3 acts Harry B. Smith4 November 1895Casino TheatreThe Gold Bugmusical farce3 acts Glen MacDonough, adapted from a story by G. A. Pierce21 September 1896Casino TheatreThe Serenadeoperetta3 acts Harry B. Smith16 March 1897Knickerbocker TheatreThe Idol's Eyeoperetta3 acts Harry B. Smith25 October 1897 The Broadway TheatreThe Fortune Telleroperetta3 acts Harry B. Smith26 September 1898 Wallack's TheatreThe Ameeroperetta3 acts Frederick M. Rankin and Kirke LaShelle4 December 1899Wallack's TheatreCyrano de Bergeracoperetta3 acts Book by Stuart Reed based on the play by Edmond Rostand18 September 1899Knickerbocker Theatre The Singing Girloperetta3 acts Book by Stanislaus Stange, Lyrics by Harry B. Smith23 October 1899Casino TheatreThe Viceroyoperetta2 acts Harry B. Smith9 April 1900 Knickerbocker TheatreBabes in ToylandoperettaPrologue, 3 acts, 11 scenes Book and lyrics by Glen MacDonough13 October 1903Majestic TheatreBabetteoperetta3 acts Harry B. Smith16 November 1903The Broadway TheatreIt Happened In NordlandMusical comedy Prologue and 2 acts Book and Lyrics by Glen MacDonough 5 December 1904 Wallack's TheatreWonderlandFantastic musical play 3 acts and 8 scenes Book and lyrics by Glen MacDonough24 October 1905Majestic TheatreMiss Dolly Dollars Musical comedy 2 acts Book and lyrics by Harry B. Smith4 September 1905Knickerbocker TheatreMlle. Modisteoperetta2 acts Libretto by Henry Blossom25 December 1905Knickerbocker TheatreThe Red Milloperetta2 acts Book and lyrics by Henry Blossom24 September 1906 Knickerbocker TheatreThe Magic Knightoperetta and burlesque1 actLibretto and lyrics by Edgar Smith25 December 1906 Weber's Music HallDream Cityoperetta1 actLibretto and lyrics by Edgar Smith25 December 1906 Weber's Music HallThe Tattooed Manoperetta2 actsBook by Harry B. Smith and A.N.C. Fowler, Lyrics by Harry B. Smith18 February 1907 Criterion TheatreThe Songbirdsoperetta1 actBook and lyrics by George V. Hobart1 April 1907 The New York TheatreThe Song Birds premiered at The Lambs Club. See Gould, Neil. "Victor Herbert: A Theatrical Life", Oxford University Press (2011), p. 388 AlgeriaMusical play 2 actsBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough31 August 1908 The Broadway Theatre Little NemoMusical comedy 3 acts and 11 scenesBook and lyrics by Harry B. Smith, based on the comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay20 October 1908 New Amsterdam Theatre The Prima DonnaComic opera 2 actsLibretto and lyrics by Henry Blossom 30 November 1908 Knickerbocker Theatre The Rose of Algeria Musical play 2 acts and 4 scenesBook and lyrics by Glen MacDonough 20 September 1909 Herald Square Theatre Old Dutch Musical Farce2 acts and 3 scenesBook by Edgar Smith, Lyrics by George V. Hobart 22 November 1909 Herald Square Theatre Naughty Mariettaoperetta2 acts and 3 scenesBook and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young7 November 1910 The New York TheatreWhen Sweet SixteenSongplay2 acts Book and lyrics by George V. Hobart14 September 1911 Daly's TheatreNatomaopera3 actsLibretto by Joseph D. Redding25 February 1911 PhiladelphiaThe Duchessoperetta3 actsBook and lyrics by Joseph W. Herbert and Harry B. Smith16 October 1911 Lyric TheatreThe Enchantressoperetta2 acts Book and lyrics by Fred de Grésac and Harry B. Smith19 October 1911The New York TheatreThe Lady of the SlipperMusical fantasy 3 acts and 5 scenesBook and lyrics by Rida Johnson Young28 October 1912 Globe Theatre, New YorkSweetheartsMusical play 2 acts Book by Harry B. Smith, Lyrics by Robert B. Smith8 September 1913New Amsterdam Theatre The Madcap Duchessoperetta 2 acts Book and lyrics by David Stevens and Justin Huntly McCarthy; based on the novel Seraphica by Justin Huntly McCarthy11 November 1913 Globe Theatre, New York Madeleineopera 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 1914Metropolitan OperaThe Only GirlMusical comedy 3 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom; based on the play Our Wives by Frank Mandel 2 November 1914 39th Street TheatreThe DebutanteMusical comedy 2 actsBook by Harry B. Smith and Robert B. Smith. Lyrics by Robert B. Smith7 December 1914 Kinckerbocker TheatreThe Princess Patoperetta3 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom29 September 1915 Cort TheatreEileenoperetta3 actsBook and lyrics by Henry Blossom19 October 1917 Sam S. Shubert TheatreMiss 1917revue2 acts Book and lyrics by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse; other music by Jerome Kern5 November 1917Century TheatreHer Regimentoperetta3 acts Book and lyrics by William Le Baron12 November 1917Broadhurst TheatreThe Velvet LadyMusical comedy 3 acts Book by Fred Jackson based on his farce A Full House; adaptation and lyrics by Henry Blossom3 February 1919 New Amsterdam TheatreAngel FaceMusical 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. Smith19 December 1919 Knickerbocker TheatreMy Golden GirlMusical comedy 2 acts Book and lyrics by Frederick Arnold Kummer2 February 1919Nora Bayes TheatreOui Madame 1920 The Girl in the Spotlightoperetta2 acts and 5 scenesBook and lyrics by Richard Bruce 12 July 1920 Knickerbocker TheatreOrange BlossomsMusical 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. DeSylva19 September 1922 Fulton TheatreThe Dream GirlMusical 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

Orchestral music Serenade for string orchestra, Op.12 (1884) Irish Rhapsody (1892) American Fantasy (or Fantasia) (1893) (Originally written for band) Badinage (1895) Suite Romantique, Op.31 (1900) I. Visions II. Aubade III. Triomphe d'Amour IV. Fête Nuptial Hero and Leander, Op.33 (1901) Auditorium Festival March (1901) Pan Americana: Morceau characteristique (1901) Suite Woodland Fancies, Op.34 (1902) I. Morning of the Mountains II. Forest Sylphs III. Twilight IV. Autumn Frolics Suite Columbus, Op.35 (1904) I. Dawn and Sunrise in Alhambra II. At la Rabida (At the Convent) III. Murmurs of the sea IV. Triumph : The vision of Columbus Indian Summer: An American Idyll (1919) Three pieces for string orchestra (1912–1922) I. Air de Ballet II. Forget-me-not III. Sunset Suite of Serenades (1924) I. Chinese II. Spanish III. Cuban IV. Oriental

Concerto pieces Suite for Cello and Orchestra, Op.3 (1882) I. Allegro Moderato II. Scherzo III. Andante IV Serenade: Andantino grazioso V. Tarantelle Cello Concerto No.1, Op.8 in D Major (1882) Fantastia on "The Desire" (Schubert) for Cello and Orchestra (1891)Victor Herbert: a theatrical life by Neil Gould Fantasia on Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni) for Violin and Orchestra (1893) Légende for Cello and Orchestra (1893) Cello Concerto No.2, Op.30 in E minor (1894) Five pieces for Cello and Orchestra (1900) (arrangement from Sam Dennison and Orchestrated by Lynn Harrell) I. Yesterthoughts, Op.37 II. Pensée amoureuse III. Puchinello, Op.38 IV. Ghazel V. The Mountainbrook L'Encore for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra (1910)

Chamber music

Cello and piano Berceuse (1884) Scherzino (1885) Three pieces (1900–1906) I. Romance II. Pensée Amoureuse III. Petite Valse La Serenata (1911) Alla Mazurka Bagatelle Polonaise

Violin and piano A La Valse (1915) Canzonetta, Opus 12, No. 4 (1928) Little Red Lark (an arrangement of an old Irish melody) Mirage

Other Reveré for English Horn and French Horn Quartet

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

"Ah! Love Me" ("Nur du bist's) (1888) "Love's Token" ("Liebesleben) (1888) "The Silent Rose" ("Die stille Rose) (1888) "My Heart Is True" ("Mien Herz ist treu) (1891) "Under an Oak" (1894) "When I Was Born I Weighed Ten Stone" (1894) "In Dreamland" (1895) "Jenny's Baby" (1895) "Me and Nancy" (1895) "What Is Love?" (1895) "Fairy Tales" (1897) "I Envy the Bird" (1897) "The Secret" (1897) "The Tattooed Man" (1897) "Gypsy Love Song" (1898) "Mary's Lamb" (1898) "The Serenades of All Nations" (1898) "Hear Me" (1900) "We'll Catch You at Last, Tivolini" (1900) "Barney O'Flynn" (1903) "I Can't Do the Sum" (1903) "Toyland" (1903) "March of the Toys" (1903) "If I Were on the Stage" (1905) "When the Cat's Away the Mice Will Play" (1905) "Moonbeams" (1906) "The Streets of New York" (1906) "Love Laid His Sleepless Head" (1907) "The Friars' Song" (1907) "Ask Her While the Band Is Playing" (1908) "Love Is Like a Cigarette" (1908) "Won't You Be My Valentine?" (1908) "I Want to Be a Good Lamb" (1909) "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life" (1910) "I'm Falling in Love with Some One" (1910) "Italian Street Song" (1910) "Naughty Marietta" (1910) "'Neath the Southern Moon" (1910) "To the Land of My Own Romance" (1911) "Love's Hour" (1912) (lyrics by Rida Johnson Young) "Sweethearts" (1913) "If Love Were What the Rose Is" (1914) "The Love of the Lorelei" (1914) "When You're Away" (1914) "Remembrance" (1915) (lyrics by Carl Weitbrecht) "Sweet Harp of the Days" (1915) "An Easter Dawn" (1917) "I Might Be Your 'Once-in-a-While (1919) "Indian Summer" (1919) (originally a piano melody, later lyrics by ) "Molly" (1919) "My Day Has Come" (1920) (lyrics by Irving Caesar) "Equity Star" (1921) (lyrics by Grant Stewart) "A Kiss in the Dark" (1922) "Dream On" (1922) "Lora Lee Joseph" (1922) "Mary Came Over to Me" (1922) "When Knighthood Was in Flower" (1922) "God Spare the Emerald Isle" (1923) "Little Old New York" (1923) "Heart o' Mine" (1924)

Songs of unknown date "A Maiden Went into the Field Alone" "Confession" "Flower of My Heart" "Fly Away, Little Bird" "Fowling" "Give Your Heart in June-time"