In 1904, Victor Herbert (above) resigned as conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony to form the Victor Herbert Orchestra. A classically trained cellist with an ear for popular music, Herbert was determined to take a run at commercial success by writing operettas for Broadway and performing them. The operetta predated the musical and was immensely popular i…
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