Born in Ireland and musically trained in Germany, Victor Herbert (1859-1924) was America's first great composer for the musical theatre. The creator of more than 40 operettas, Herbert produced a series of popular and enduringstage works, including Babes in Toyland and Naughty Marietta.
This treasury of tuneful favourites, reprinted directly from rare editions, comprises 37 beloved hits from Herbert's operettas. Selectionsinclude The Streets of New York, Moonbeams, Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life, Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!, Italian Street Song, Toyland, Gypsy Love Song, and many others. Also featured are four popular piano pieces — March oftheToys, Al Fresco, Dagger Dance, and Badinage — plus several rare vintage sheet music covers.
- 1. Badinage
- 2. Star Light, Star Bright
- 3. Always do as People Say You Should
- 4. Gypsy Love Song
- 5. Romany Life
- 6. Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep!
- 7. I Can't Do The Sum
- 8. March of the toys
- 9. Toyland
- 10. Absinthe Frappe
- 11. Al Fresco
- 12. A Good Cigar is a Smoke
- 13. If I Were on the Stage
- 14. I Want What I Want When I Want It
- 15. Because You're You
- 16. Every Day is Ladie's Day with Me
- 17. The Isle of Our Dreams
- 18. Moonbeams
- 19. The Streets Of New York
- 20. When You're Pretty and the World is Fair
- 21. Ask Her While The Band Is Playing
- 22. Love Is Like A Cigarette
- 23. Rose of the World
- 24. Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
- 25. Dance Of The Marionettes
- 26. I'm Falling in Love with Some One
- 27. Italian Street Song
- 28. Naughty Marietta
- 29. Neath the Southern Moon
- 30. Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
- 31. Dagger Dance
- 32. To The Land Of My Own Romance
- 33. Angelus
- 34. Every Lover Must Meet His Fate
- 35. Jeanette and Her Little Wooden Shoes
- 36. Pretty as a Picture
- 37. Sweethearts
