IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND
Composer: Victor
Herbert
Lyricist: Glen MacDonough
Opened: December 5, 1904, Lew Fields’ Theatre, N.Y.C.
Performances: 154
Note: The show reopened
for a return engagement on August 31, 1905 at the Lew Fields’
Theatre where it ran for an additional 100 performances.
For the return engagement, IT HAPPENED IN NORDLAND was shortened
on September 21, 1905 to permit the interpolation of the
burlesque THE MUSIC MASTER. Unidentified medleys appear on
CYL/Edison 4M-229 (orchestra conducted by Victor Herbert) and CYL/Indestructible 3096
(John Lacalle's Band).
Absinthe Frappe (subsequently used in the Berlin production of BABES IN TOYLAND, WHEN SWEET SIXTEEN and ZIEGFELD FOLLIES OF 1924):
1. 78/Victor 31851 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone - Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
2. 78/Victor 9907 (Victor Salon Group directred by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [reissued on The Operetta World Of Victor Herbert, JJA
(M) 1980-5]
3. 78/Edison Wax Amberol 229 (Victor Herbert’s Orchestra)
4. Victor Herbert Melodies, Plymouth (M) P12-63 (The Viennese
Symphonic Orchestra)
5. A Victor Herbert Showcase, CD/Flapper PAST CD 9798 (Anton and
the Paramount Theatre Orchestra with Al Bollington at the organ)
6. Relax With Victor Herbert, RCA Victor (M) LPM-1023 (Al
Goodman and his Orchestra) [reissued on The Golden Age Of Light
Music: Marching And Waltzing, CD/Guild Light Music GLCD 5136]
7. Famous Composers: Leroy Anderson/Victor Herbert, CD/Compose
Records 9002 (London Philharmonic Orchestra)
8. A Treasury Of Early Musical Comedy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 014
(unknown performer)
9. It Happened In Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C
(Greg Wakefield and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
A radio transcription performed by the Harry Horlick Orchestra
is also known to exist.
Bandana Land:
1. 78/Victor 31851 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
2. It Happened In Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C
(Marla Bentley and Girls with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
Beatrice Barefacts (dropped for the
subsequent tour; originally used in BABES IN TOYLAND):
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Marla Bentley and
Glenn Perry with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
2. Babes In Toyland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CBT76O-1M (Ellen
Armstrong and Ronald Orenstein with orchestra conducted by Kerry
Thompson)
The Carnival (Al Fresco):
1. 78/Victor 60086
(orchestra conducted by Victor Herbert) [reissued on Broadway
Through The Gramophone – Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
2. 78/Victor 31851 (Victor Light Opera Company) [reissued on The
Early Victor Herbert, Smithsonian R-017]
3. 78/Decca 2688 (Harry Horlick and His Orchestra)
4. 78/Victor 20558 (Sam Herman, xylophone, with Frank Banta,
piano)
5. 78/Columbia 3194 (Prince’s Military Band)
6. 78/Victor L4501 (Victor Salon Group directed by Nathaniel
Shilkret) [also 78/Victor 9147]
7. 45EP/Decca ED600 (Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians)
8. Victor Herbert Serenades, 10”/Columbia AL 50 (Morton Gould
conducting the Rochester “Pops”)
9. It Happened In Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C
(Ensemble with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
10. A Treasury Of Early Musical Comedy,
CD/AEI AEI-CD 014 (unknown performer)
11. American Souvenirs: Piano Music For Four Hands, CD/Fleur De
Son 57928 (Nadia and Vladimir Zaitsev, pianos)
12. Victor Herbert: Beloved Songs And Classic Miniatures,
CD/Naxos 559026 (Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Keith Brion)
The Commanderess-In-Chief:
1. 78/Victor 31851 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
(Entrance Of) Dr. Blotz:
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Mitch Gillett and
Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Entr'acte:
1. CYL/Columbia 32867 (Prince's Orchestra)
Finale (Act I):
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Finale (Act II) (part of THE MUSIC
MASTER):
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Hiram Green, Good-Bye (M: C.M. Chapel;
L: Henry A. Gillespie) (part of THE MUSIC MASTER):
1. 78/Zonophone 260 (Billy
Murray with orchestra)
(The) Jack O’Lantern Girl:
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Cindy Boote with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Knot Of Blue:
1. 78/Victor 31851 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
2. It Happened In Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C
(Claudia Wier and Chorus with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson,
pianos)
3. A Treasury Of Early Musical Comedy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 014
(unknown performer)
4. Magical Music Box, Vol. 2, CD/Laserlight 12487 (unknown
performer) (unverified)
A Little Class Of One (added after opening):
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Greg Wakefield and
Marla Bentley with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Long Live The Queen (sheet music only):
1. 78/Victor 31851 (Victor
Light Opera Company) [reissued on Broadway Through The
Gramophone – Volume I, CD/Pearl GEMS 0082]
Matinee Maids (The Matinee Maid):
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Girls with Adam Aceto
and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Melodramatic Music (not in programs):
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
My Catamaran (added after opening):
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Greg
Wakefield and Cindy Boote with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Opening Chorus:
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Ensemble with Adam
Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Overture:
1. A Treasury Of Early
Musical Comedy, CD/AEI AEI-CD 014 (unknown performer)
Prologue:
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
She’s A Very Dear Friend Of Mine (ASCAP/Library of Congress
only):
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Marla Bentley with
Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Slippery James:
1. It Happened In
Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera Guild CNO05P-2C (Tom Petiet and Girls
with Adam Aceto and Patrick Johnson, pianos)
The Woman In The Case (added after
opening):
1. It Happened In Nordland, CDr/Comic Opera
Guild CNO05P-2C (Don Regan and Girls with Adam Aceto and
Patrick Johnson, pianos)
Unrecorded Material:
Any Old Tree (M/L:
Unknown) (interpolation added after opening)
Business Is Business (cut after opening)
Castles In The Air (M: Ralph Lemoyne; L: Joseph Herbert) (part
of THE MUSIC MASTER)
Chorus (M: Hans S. Linne; L: Joseph Herbert) (part of THE MUSIC
MASTER)
The Coon Banshee (not in programs)
Ding Dong Dell (M/L: Unknown) (interpolation)
Dream On (not in programs)
Exit Of Pony Ballet (M: Hans S. Linne; L: Joseph Herbert) (part
of THE MUSIC MASTER)
The Flag He Loved (added for the subsequent tour)
Folly Is Our King (ASCAP/Library Of Congress)
Friends That Are Staunch And True (ASCAP/Library of Congress
only)
Goodybe My Love (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
How Did The Story End? (added for the subsequent tour)
I Took Them Home To Mother (I Brought Them Home To Mother) (cut
after opening)
I’m Look For A Sweetheart (M/L: Raymond A. Browne)
(interpolated for the subsequent tour per sheet music)
If I Were The Governor Of Guam (added for the subsequent tour)
Little Houston Street (M: Hans S. Linne; L: Joseph
Herbert) (part of THE MUSIC MASTER)
The Man Meant Well (cut after opening)
My Hindoo Man (M/L: Unknown) (interpolation added after opening)
Nordland (not in programs)
Oyaneetah (Seminole Love Song) (not in programs)
Same Old Moon (M: Joseph E. Howard; L: Will M. Hough; Frank
Adams) (part of THE MUSIC MASTER)
Saturday Sadies (ASCAP/Library of Congress only)
Sneezing Quintette (M: Hans S. Linne) (part of THE MUSIC MASTER)
Tell It All (cut after opening)