Victor Jacobi (22 October 1883 – 10 December 1921) was a Hungarian operetta composer. He studied at the

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(Academy of Music) in

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at the same time as the noted Hungarian composers Imre Kálmán and

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. Jacobi began his career as "''Jakabfi Viktor''" on 17 December 1904 with the operetta "'' A rátartós királykisasszony''". His most famous operetta is "'' Szibill''". The performance of this operetta was cancelled in

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because of the beginning of

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. After that, he left London for the United States and during his stay in

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he became very ill. He died there at the age of 38 and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.

Works

*1904: '' A rátartós királykisasszony'' (The Haughty Princess) *1905: '' Legvitézebb Huszár'' (The Brave Hussar) *1906: ''A tengerszem tündére'' (The Nautical Fairy) *1907: ''Tüskerózsa'' (Rambler Rose) *1908: ''Van, de nincs'' (There Is, But There Isn't) *1909: ''Jánoska'' *1911: '' Leányvásár'' (The Marriage Market) *1914: '' Szibill'' ( Sybill) *1919: ''Apple Blossoms,'' with

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*1921: ''The Love Letter'' 1883 births 1921 deaths Hungarian classical composers Hungarian opera composers Hungarian male classical composers Male opera composers 20th-century Hungarian male musicians {{Hungary-composer-stub