Victor Jacobi (22 October 1883 – 10 December 1921) was a Hungarian

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. He studied at the Zeneakadémia (Academy of Music) in

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at the same time as the noted Hungarian composers Imre Kálmán and Albert Szirmai. 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 on 10 December 1921 at 38 years old.

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'' (adapted in 1913 as '' The Marriage Market'' and in 1914 as '' Szibill'' (''Sybill'')) *1919: '' Apple Blossoms,'' with

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*1921: ''The Love Letter''

References

1883 births 1921 deaths Hungarian classical composers Hungarian operetta composers Hungarian male opera composers 20th-century Hungarian male musicians Franz Liszt Academy of Music alumni {{Hungary-composer-stub