Victor Herbert: A Theatrical Life

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notes chapter 1. ireland, my sireland 1. ‘‘Victor Herbert,’’ New York Review (October 3, 1909). 2. Karl Marx to Richard Froelich, ALS (November 2, 1964); ASCAP. 3. F. H. Martens, ‘‘A Little Talk with Victor Herbert,’’ Musical Observer 18, no. 4 (April 1909). 4. New Jersey Telegram (November 20, 1906). 5. Janice McWilliams, interview with the author (December 12, 2000). 6. Frederik Stahlberg, ‘‘Yesterthoughts,’’ unpublished memoir of Victor Herbert, Yale University Music Library. 7. Cornelia Dyas, ‘‘Victor Herbert, Musician,’’ Metropolitan Magazine (November 11, 1899). 8. Herbert’s first attempt at stage music was an operetta, La Vivandiere, written for Lillian Russell. She eventually decided not to appear in the piece and plans for a production were dropped. In a letter dated 1893 from Herbert to the librettist Harry B. Smith, stored in the Smith archive at TA, he writes, ‘‘I have sent you the ‘Vivandiere’ material.’’ A search of the archive does not reveal the presence of the missing score. 9. Stanley Olmstead, ‘‘The Boy Who Played Cello,’’ New York Morning Telegraph (December 13, 1914). 10. Ibid. 11. Olmstead, ‘‘The Boy Who Played Cello.’’ 12. Isaac Goldberg, American Mercury (October 1930). 13. ‘‘Interview with Victor Herbert,’’ Broadway Magazine (March 1915). 14. Ibid. 15. Jenkintown (Pa.) Post (July 2, 1937). 16. Ibid. 17. William Armstrong, ‘‘In Musicland,’’ Amalie Magazine (September 1910). 18. Ibid. 19. Ibid. 20. Ibid. 21. Ibid. 22. Ibid. 23. Abbott Eames, in Entertaining (n.d.) 24. Ibid. 25. Unidentified newspaper clip, HLC (January 28, 1885). 26. M. F. Schlesinger, unpublished memoir, HLC. 27. Loc. cit. 28. The mention of a ‘‘joint contract’’ comes from a biographical article, approved by Ella V. Herbert Bartlett, in the ASCAP file. An archivist of the Metropolitan Opera Association , noting that the archive contains no contracts from this period, remarks that to his knowledge there are no ‘‘joint contracts’’ in any of the extant files. 571 Note: The letters and poems contained in this chapter are the author’s translations of holographs in HLC. chapter 2. in old new york 1. ‘‘Interview with Victor Herbert,’’ Christian Science Monitor (December 4, 1915). 2. Francis Neilson, My Life in Two Worlds (Appleton, Wisc.: Nelson, 1952). 3. James G. Huneker, ‘‘Notes on New York City,’’ Sun (May 8, 1910). 4. Unidentified clip, Herbert Scrapbook, HLC. 5. James G. Huneker, Steeplejack II (New York: Scribners, 1922). 6. Ibid. 7. Isidore Witmark, From Ragtime to Swingtime (New York: Furman, 1939). 8. Victor Herbert to James G. Huneker, ALS in BMI Archive, New York. 9. Heinrich Haas to F. L. Ritter, VCR, box 1. 10. Ibid. 11. American Musician (April 12, 1890). 12. A. S. Crockett, Peacocks on Parade (New York: Sears, 1931). 13. ‘‘Places in New York,’’ Century Magazine 53, no. 4. 14. Ibid. 15. Lily Lehmann, My Path Through Life (New York: Putnam, 1914). 16. M. F. Schlesinger, unpublished memoir, HLC. 17. New York Herald (October 25, 1886). 18. Lehmann, My Path Through Life. 19. Douglas Gilbert, American Vaudeville (New York: McGraw, 1940). 20. David Mannes, Music Is My Faith (New York: Norton, 1938). 21. Municipal archives of the City of New York: box 88—G. H.; box 41—J (Koster and Bial’s). 22. Mannes, Music Is My Faith. 23. VCR, box 11. 24. American Musician (April 12, 1891). 25. Lehmann, My Path Through Life. 26. Ibid. 27. American Art Journal (January 22, 1987). 28. A. Steinberg, in the Worcester Festival Program (1889). 29. New York Herald (October 18, 1887). 30. H. T. Finck, My Adventures in the Golden Age of Music (New York: Funk, 1926). 31. C. L. Purdy, Victor Herbert—America’s Music Master (New York: Messner, 1944). 32. Musical Courier (October 1887). 33. DH. 34. Ibid. 35. Joseph Kaye, Victor Herbert (New York: Watt, 1931). 36. Baltimore Sun (December 27, 1931). 37. New York Times (May 20, 1924). 38. Souvenir Program, Brighton Beach Concert Season (1889). 39. At this time, 1891, Mrs. John G. Curtis was beginning her support of music education . Her philanthropy sponsored an orchestra of men, women, boys, and girls that performed a regular series of concerts at Chickering Hall in New York City. 572 n o t e s 40. American Musician (April 1891). 41. VCR, box 3. 42. Finck, My Adventures in the Golden Age of Music. 43. Franko, Sam, Chords and Dischords (New York: Viking, 1938). 44. Op. cit. 45. ALS in HLC. 46. Huneker, op. cit. 47. Franko, Chords and Dischords. 48...