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Victor Herbert, an Uncommon card
Victor August Herbert was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 79
- DEF
- 95
- Power
- 174
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 25,000
Power 174 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 90 % of WikiCards cards.
Victor Herbert quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Victor Herbert card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
In the early 1880s, Herbert began a career as a ______ in Vienna and Stuttgart, during which he began to compose orchestral music.
Answer
cellist. In the early 1880s, Herbert began a career as a cellist in Vienna and Stuttgart, during which he began to compose orchestral music. From the Victor Herbert article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
List of concert halls. List of concert halls 97 · Sho Sakurai 94 · Victor Herbert 79 · Orlando Gibbons 75 ATK in WikiCards.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
B'z. B'z 61,000 · List of concert halls 34,000 · Victor Herbert 25,000 · Corona Australis 17,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I. He was also prominent among the Tin Pan Alley composers and was later a founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers.
- A prolific composer, Herbert produced two operas, a cantata, 43 operettas, incidental music to 10 plays, 31 compositions for orchestra, nine band compositions, nine cello compositions, five violin compositions with piano or orchestra, 22 piano compositions and numerous songs, choral compositions and orchestrations of works by other composers, among other music.
- In the early 1880s, Herbert began a career as a cellist in Vienna and Stuttgart, during which he began to compose orchestral music.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Victor Herbert article was read about 25,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 79 and blocks with 95: each hit it takes is cut by 38 %.
How to get Victor Herbert
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Victor Herbert (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
