Today is the birthday of the great Irish-German-Austrian-American stage composer Victor Herbert (1859-1924). (He was born in Ireland, raised in Germany and Austria and moved to the U.S. as a young man. Funny to be writing this now — I spoke about him in my recent talk at the Greater Astoria Historical Society last weekend. [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 02:49PM on February 1, 2013