1859-1924. Herbert was born in Dublin, Ireland. Herbert received his early musical training with Max Seifriz at the Stuttgart Conservatory in 1876, where he developed into an outstanding cellist. He played cello in the orchestra of Johann Strauss in Vienna. Herbert began his career in America playing the cello in the Met orchestra. In 1892, Victor Herbert exhibited another side of his musical life when he became conductor of the 22nd Regimental Band of the New York National Guard, In 1907 he founded the Victor Herbert Orchestra and conducted programs of light orchestral music on tours and at summer resorts for many years. An early rare recording with Bernard Greenhouse and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Max Schoenherr, displays a warm cello sound and a virtuoso technique produced by one of the greatest American cellists of the twentieth century. Antonín Dvořák claimed to have been inspired to write his Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 104 (1894-1895) after hearing this concerto.