The Herbert-Dvorak Connection
Linking the cello concertos of Antonin Dvorak (top) and Victor Herbert
Today, when people think of Victor Herbert—if they do at all—it’s because of classic operettas like Naughty Marietta, The Red Mill, and Babes in Toyland.
But it was Herbert’s now mostly forgotten second cello concerto that prompted Antonin Dvorak to write his great, enduring masterwork, the Cello Concerto in B minor.
In this hour, the remarkable story of the connection between these two composers.
