News From VHSource, LLC Vol 8 August 2017

An Affordable Way to Produce Herbert

fellowship hall or altar area with some room. There are Why not Give it a Shot! no permissions to obtain other than renting from VHSource! All materials are sent digitally by email ast month the topic was forming your own immediately upon signing a contract and paying the fee. company, and some of the pitfalls to avoid. We You can easily print them out at a Kinko’s or your own Lwill of course assume that the majority of you are computer at home. All materials are in 8 ½ x 11 format fans, and thus, may desire to launch a for ease of printer on most any printer. Victor Herbert company. However, you may not be ready to jump in with both feet and produce one of There are approximately 23 to 28 songs in each concert Herbert’s operettas or musical comedies. grouped into two halves with an intermission. From our experience in New York City, your audience will This month we’d like to alert you to some rental materials definitely appreciate an intermission. All songs are that will help you either stage an event or launch a composed by Victor Herbert and/or his grandfather. All company for a very reasonable rental fee. VHRP LIVE! materials are performance-ready and there is a short has already tested the New York City waters and paved libretto (script) included with each concert which assists the way for your own possibilities. You just may find an your audience as to the time period of the songs and some audience in your local area that would love this history of Victor Herbert. You can either have one person wonderful music. narrate or have your singers shared the narration. Each concert has a theme and all materials support such a Fortunately, VHRP LIVE! has already done the leg work theme. We’ve also suggested the proper voice range. of pulling together three concerts that have attracted audiences and are fairly easy to stage as long as you have The following concerts are available: experienced singers. Victor Herbert’s music is not necessarily for the beginner. Rhythms and ranges can be Art Is Calling For Me (27 Old Favorites) difficult at times as Herbert composed for the voices made available to him by producers. If the original cast The Fortune Teller - 1898 member was a non-singer, you will find very easy ranges “ Romany Life” Coloratura + chorus and harmonies in a song. If the original cast member was “Gypsy Love Song” Bass an opera star, the song will most likely be demanding. Cyrano de Bergerac - 1899 “Since I Am Not For You” //Mezzo What follows is a listing for each of the three copyrighted Babes In Toyland - 1903 concerts that you might be interested in producing in your “Barney O’Flynn” Mezzo local area. We decided to actually list the programs so “Toyland” Mezzo/soprano you could see the songs explored. Some are common but Mlle Modiste - 1905 “Kiss Me Again” Mezzo some are very rare indeed. You need 8-12 singers, a great “I Want What I Want” Baritone accompanist and a few hand props. Each concert can be - 1905 performed on a small stage or in a church with either a “A Woman Is Only A Woman” Baritone 2 News From VHSource, LLC Vol 8 August 2017

Red Mill - 1906 “Letters I Write All Day” Coloratura or Soprano “Moonbeams/Isle of our dreams” Soprano/Tenor Babette (1903) “Everyday is Ladies Day” Baritone Lyrics by Harry B. Smith - 1910 “The Ossified Man” Two Men “Beware of the Hawk” Soprano Wonderland (1905) Naughty Marietta - 1910 Lyrics by Glen MacDonough “‘Neath the Southern Moon” Mezzo/Contralto “Call Around Again” Soprano + Quartet “I’m Falling In Love” Soprano/Tenor The Debutante (1914) Red Mill - 1906 Lyrics by Robert B. Smith “Streets of New York” Tenor or Baritone “I Wish I Was An Island Baritone /Co mpany On an Ocean of Girls” Intermission (1915) Lyrics by Henry Blossom The Enchantress - 1911 “Only in the Play” Mezzo, Tenor “Art Is Calling for Me” Coloratura The Fortune Teller (1898) “To The Land Lyrics by Harry B. Smith of My Own Romance” Mezzo “All Men Have Their Troubles” Bass - 1913 The Viceroy (1900) “Jeannette and Her Mezzo + Tenor, Baritone, Lyrics by Harry B. Smith Wooden Shoes” Bass “Mrs. Grundy” Mezzo “Every Lover Must Meet Old Dutch (1909) His Fate” Baritone Lyrics by George V. Hobart “Angelus” Soprano/Baritone “Song of the Poet” Baritone + Company The Only Girl - 1914 Babes In Toyland (1903) “When You’re Away” Soprano Lyrics by Glen MacDonough The Princess Pat - 1915 “Neopolitan Love Song” Tenor Intermission - 1917 “If Eve Had Left The Apple” Baritone “Garden Party” Tenor, Baritone, Bass “Eileen” Tenor The Lady of the Slipper (1912) “Thine Alone” Soprano/Tenor Lyrics by James O’Dea Angel Face - 1919 “Come Little Fishes” Soprano “Angel Face” Mezzo The Enchantress (1911) Piano/Herbert - Words/Al Dubin Lyrics by Harry B. Smith “Indian Summer - (1919/1939) Man or Woman “I, and Myself, and Me” Tenor Orange Blossoms - 1922 Wonderland (1905) “A Kiss In The Dark’ Soprano Lyrics by Glen MacDonough Naughty Marietta - 1910 “Always Do As People Say Soprano + Quartet “Live For Today” Soprano/Tenor/Mezzo/ The Fortune Teller (1898) Baritone + Company Lyric by Harry B. Smith “The Shoes of Husband ******************************************* Number One” Baritone The Princess Pat (1915) “Opening Chorus” Company Lyrics by Henry Blossom and “Beatrice Barefacts” Mezzo, Tenor (1906 ) Babes In Toyland (1903) and Lyrics by Edgar Smith Babette (1903) “My Angeline” Bass + Quartet Lyrics by Glen MacDonough Wizard of the Nile (1895) “Make Him Guess” Soprano + two ladies Lyrics by Harry B. Smith The Princess Pat (1915) “Popular Pauline” Sop + 3 ladies Lyrics by Henry Blossom Wonderland (1905) Lyrics by Glen MacDonough 3 News From VHSource, LLC Vol 8 August 2017

“That’s Why They Say “Old Ireland Shall Be Free” Four Solos + I’m Crazy” Baritone Company Wonderland (1905) Old Irish Air -The Boys of Wexford Lyrics by Glen MacDonough Lyrics - Jerome Rooney “Love By Telephone” Soprano, Tenor Arr - Victor Herbert 1909 Dream City and The Magic Knight (1906) Intermission Lyrics by Edgar Smith “The Tattooed Man” Baritone + Quartet “Irish Have A Great Day Tonight” Tenor, Baritone + The Idol’s Eye (1897) MEN Lyrics by Harry B. Smith “Eileen” Tenor “Don José of Sevilla” Mezzo, Bar + Company Music - Victor Herbert “Finale III” Co mpany Lyrics - Henry Blossom Eileen 1917 (1897) “Rory O'Moore” Baritone Lyrics by Harry B. Smith Music and Lyrics - Samuel Lover 1836 “Live in My Heart and Pay No Rent” Tenor ******************************************* Music and Lyrics - Samuel Lover “I'd Love To Be A Lady” Tenor, Soprano Son of Dublin – Songs by Victor Herbert/Samuel Lover Music - Victor Herbert Lyrics - Henry Blossom Eileen 1917 “I Love The Isle of the Sea” Baritone “Heart Of Mine” Soprano, 2 ladies Music - Victor Herbert Music - Victor Herbert Lyrics - Louis O’Connell Lyrics - Laurence Eyre Fanshastics 1924 “Sweet Harp of the Days The Bards of Ireland That Are Gone” Tenor “Minstrel Boy” Tenor Music - Victor Herbert “Remember the Glories Lyrics - Samuel Lover 1886 of Brien the Brave” Baritone “Mary Came Over To Me” Tenor “Lament for Owen Roe O’Neill” Piano Music - Victor Herbert “Believe Me” Tenor Lyrics - Irving Ceasar 1922 “Though the Last Glimpse “Molly” Baritone of Erin” Baritone Music - Victor Herbert “The Harp That Once” Tenor Lyrics - Rida Johnson Young 1919 Old Irish Airs “ My Little Irish Rose” Soprano Lyrics Thomas Moore Music - Victor Herbert Arr - Victor Herbert Lyrics - Henry Blossom 1917 “God Spare The Emerald Isle” Baritone “Barney Maguire” Tenor, Two Sops Music - Victor Herbert Music - Victor Herbert Lyrics - William Jerome 1923 Lyrics - Harry B. Smith “When The Sixty-Ninth Comes Back” Company (3solos) Miss Dolly Dollars (1906) Music - Lt. Victor Herbert “Angel's Whisper” Mezzo Lyrics - Sgt. Joyce Kilmer 1919 Music & Lyrics - Samuel Lover “When Ireland Stands Alone “The Cruiskeen Lawn” Men of Company Among the Nations of the World” Tenor + Company Music - Samuel Lover (1858) Music - Victor Herbert Lyrics - O’Keefe Lyrics - Henry Blossom Eileen 1917 Arr - Victor Herbert (around 1900) “Belle O'Brien” Baritone ****************************************** Music - Victor Herbert There you have it. Three complete concerts which come Lyrics - John Earnest McCann 1896 with all the individual songs, a libretto to guide your “Birth of St. Patrick” Tenor, Two audience through the songs, a piano accompaniment PV, Music and Lyrics along with program notes to assist your audience. With Samuel Lover (1839) regards to the libretto, again you could either hire a local personality or divide up the lines among your singers. 4 News From VHSource, LLC Vol 8 August 2017

You may rent each concert with all its materials for the either traveling or living in Europe. Performances will flat rate of $300, leaving you only the cost of copying and again take place at Christ & St. Stephens Church, 120 W. distributing the songs, hiring the hall and advertising your 69th Street, New York, NY. Tickets will officially go on concert. We don’t think there’s a better deal in the sale August 15, 2017 at the VHRP LIVE Box Office. concert rental business. Of course, you could go hunting For more information visit the VHRP LIVE! Website. down all of these songs, but why expend energy when you have no need? Tuesday, Wednesday, April 24, 25, 2018, 8 pm, VHRP LIVE! will end its 4th season with Herbert’s 1911 We think this is a great way to test the waters with your The Enchantress, featuring the New Victor Herbert local audience. Contact [email protected] and Orchestra and the famous “Art Is Calling For Me.” The schedule your concert today. scores and orchestra parts are being restored specifically for VHRP LIVE! by Bruce Herman of Mountain View, Upcoming Herbert Events CA. Performances will be held at Christ & St. Stephens Church, 120 W. 69th Street, New York, NY. Tickets will officially go on sale August 15, 2017 at the VHRP LIVE Summer of 2017, Ohio Light Opera, Steven Daigle, Box Office. For more information visit the VHRP LIVE! Artistic Director, will present Victor Herbert’s 1912 Website. extravaganza Lady of the Slipper as part of its 39th season. Dates have now been set: Wednesday, July 26, 2pm - Opening; Sunday, July 30, 2pm; Wednesday, Aug Alyce's Musings . . . 2, 2pm; Saturday, Aug 5, 2pm; and Wednesday, Aug 9, 2pm - closing. VHSource will be attending the Saturday, t’s summer time folks and the August 5, 2pm performance. Please note that ALL Lady living is easy - or so the lyric of the Slipper performances are matinees. Other offerings Igoes. That’s not to say I’m not will be Willson’s The Music Man; Porter’s Anything hard at work creating new materials Goes; Gershwin’s Primrose; Gilbert & Sullivan’s H.M.S. to entertain Herbert fans. Pinafore; Romberg’s The Student Prince; and Kalman’s Countess Maritza. Purchase your tickets on the OLO It does mean I’m off this month to website. If you go, check out the VHSource AD in the the land of the Ohio Light Opera program. Company to see VHRP LIVE! Company members in action and take in a rare performance of Victor Herbert’s Tuesday, Wednesday, 1912 Lady of the Slipper. Turns out there are also many November 14, 15, 2017, 8pm good friends gathering the same week I’ll be in VHRP LIVE! launches its 4th attendance. My Lady ticket is for Saturday, August 5 at Season, entitled “Americans 2:00 pm, so if you are still wavering and thinking about Abroad,” with a production of joining me, it’s time to hustle and get your tickets. Looks Victor Herbert’s 1906 musical like there are roughly 74 tickets still available for that comedy, , with a Saturday matinee. I look forward to seeing some of you new libretto by Alyce Mott. there. Performances will again take place at Christ & St. Stephens Given the fact that it’s August and the fish are jumping... Church, 120 W. 69th Street, New That’s it for this month. I wish you all a comfortable rest York, NY. Tickets will officially go on sale August 15, of the month and a wonderful upcoming Fall Season! 2017 at the VHRP LIVE Box Office. For more information visit the VHRP LIVE! Website. See you next month!

February 27, 28, 2018, 8 pm. VHRP LIVE! will produce a concert entitled Americans Abroad showcasing Victor Herbert songs from various operettas/musical comedies which contain Americans