1. Victor August Herbert (February 1, 1859 – May 26, 1924) was an American composer, cellist and conductor of Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I. He was also prominent among the Tin Pan Alley composers and was later a founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP).
2. Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (November 25, 1862 – February 17, 1901) was an American pianist and composer. His best-remembered compositions are the piano piece “Narcissus” from Water Scenes and the songs “The Rosary” and “Mighty Lak’ a Rose” (lyrics of the latter by Frank Lebby Stanton).
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1. March of the Toys, Toy Land from the Opera Babes in Toyland (1903) (0:00)
Arranged by Otto Langey (1851-1922)
2. Narcissus from Water Scenes, Op. 13, No. 4 (1891) (3:53)
Arranged by W H Myddleton (c1858-1917
New London Orchestra, conducted by Robert Corp
Hyperion CDA67067
Babes in Toyland is an operetta composed by Victor Herbert with a libretto by Glen MacDonough, which wove together various characters from Mother Goose nursery rhymes into a musical extravaganza. Following the extraordinary success of their stage musical The Wizard of Oz, which was produced in New York beginning in January 1903, producer Fred R. Hamlin and director Julian Mitchell hoped to create more family musicals. MacDonough had helped Mitchell with revisions to the Oz libretto by L. Frank Baum. Mitchell and MacDonough persuaded Victor Herbert to join the production.[citation needed] Babes in Toyland features some of Herbert’s most famous songs – among them “Toyland”, “March of the Toys”, “Go to Sleep, Slumber Deep”, and “I Can’t Do the Sum”. The theme song “Toyland”, and the most famous instrumental piece from the operetta, “March of the Toys”, occasionally show up on Christmas compilations.
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Narcissus is a piece of music composed for the piano in 1891 by Ethelbert Nevin. It is fourth of the five pieces in the suite Water Scenes. The composer recalled the Greek myth of Narcissus and, upon rereading the story, the music came quickly. The first draft was written immediately and was revised after a break for dinner. It was then sent for publication as the composer was so confident in the work that he did not play it until receiving the proofs. When published, it was a great success, selling over 125,000 copies of sheet music and has been a musical standard ever since.
It has a simple, sweet structure which flows easily and so is a standard piece used in piano teaching.
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my secondary school would play this music after morning assembly as we walked back to our classrooms….never expected to hear it again. To think it's titled March of the Toys!
also the Ethelbert Nevin Narcissus in the second half of this video
how adorable
3:53 II
Two of my favorite pieces. Is Narcissus originally for piano or symphony?
Lebhafte und wunderschöne Interpretation deiser beiden kompakten und fein komponierten Meisterwerke mit farbenprächtigen doch perfekt entsprechenden Tönen aller Instrumente. Der intelligente und erfahrene Dirigent leitet das perfekt trainierte Orchester im rhythmischen Tempo und mit effektiver Dynamik. Echt hörenswert!