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"In Flanders"; "Sunset Lullabye"; "Our Graduation Waltz"; "St. Patrick's Bells." Home: 154 Spruce St., West Hempstead, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Henry, Francis, composer, author; b. London, Ont., Canada, Jan. 5, 1905. ASCAP 1948. To U.S. 1923; citizen 1938. Educ: public schools, Canada. Started playing banjo in grade school; joined Guy Lombardo and his brothers who were at same school. Left Canada with Lombardo and his original band, -played with him twenty-one years. Also played with Ray Miller and Isham Jones. Songs: "Little Girl"; "Ain't It a Shame"; "Granada Stomp"; "Sugar Bun." Home: Forest Hills, N.Y. Address: c/o ASCAP.
Herbert, Jean, composer, author; b. New York, N.Y., March 8, 1905. ASCAP 1935. Educ.: Princeton Univ.; Juilliard School of Music; Casey Jones School of Aeronautics. Musical shows: Earl Carroll Vanities 1936. Songs: "Let's Dream Again"; "La Cucara-cha"; "Blue Dawn"; "Does She Love Me? Positively!"; "Ridin on a Rainbow"; "Love, Honor and Oh Baby"; "Down in Piccaninny Town"; "Gotta See a Man About His Daughter"; "Rhapsody of the Prairie"; "Moons Are a Dime a Dozen"; "Clover Blossoms"; "There's No Country Like My Country"; "Too Busy Makin' Money." Also wrote special material for radio, stage, and screen performers. Home: 3572 Bronx Blvd., New York, N.Y.
Herbert, Victor, composer, conductor, cellist; b. Dublin, Ireland, Feb. 1, 1859; d. New York, N.Y., May 26, 1924. Ascap 1914 (one of nine founders of ASCAP, director and vice president 1914-24). Maternal grandson Samuel Lover, Irish painter, composer, and author. At seven to Germany for education; began studies to become doctor of medicine but at fifteen decided on music as vocation and chose violoncello as instrument. |
Studied with Bernhardt Cossmann, Baden-Baden, 1876-78; toured Germany, France, Italy, as cellist; 1882 first cellist of Strauss Orch., Vienna; 1883-86 first cellist Royal Court Orch., Stuttgart, same time studying composition with Max Seifritz. To U.S. 1886, first cellist at Met. Opera House, New York; also often appeared as soloist with other orchestras; first cellist Theodore Thomas' Orchestra; first cellist and asst. conductor Seidl Orch.; 1889-91 associate conductor Worcester, Mass. Festival for which he composed oratorio "The Captive," 1891; on death of Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore, succeeded him as bandmaster of 22nd Regiment Band, 1894-98; 1898-1904 conductor of Pittsburgh Symph. Orchestra; 1904 organized Victor Herbert's N.Y. Orchestra for a series of Sunday night concerts in New York and engagements in other cities throughout the country, and remained active in this field for twenty years—almost until his death. Member Natl. Inst. Arts and Letters, American Academy of Arts and Letters. Compositional activities began during his studies with Seifritz in early '80's, comprising chiefly songs, a Suite for cello and orchestra in F, and a Cello Concerto in D Major. Best known as composer of operettas (more than forty) although works include two grand operas, pieces for piano, violin, cello, band, and choral works. Grand operas Natoma (Phila. Feb. 23, 1911 and Metropolitan Opera House, New York, N.Y., Feb. 28, 1911) and Madeleine (Metropolitan Opera House, New York, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1914). Orchestral works include symphonic poem Hero and Leandcr; Serenade for string orchestra in five movements; a second cello Concerto; Suite Romantique; the Suites, Woodland Fancies and Columbus; Irish Rhapsody; Pan Americana; Badinage; Indian Summer, a tone poem; "Air de Ballet"; Suite of Serenades; VEncore. Began |
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