# Victor Jacobi

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{{Short description|Hungarian composer (1883–1921)}}
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'''Victor Jacobi''' (22 October 1883 – 10 December 1921) was a [Hungarian](/source/Hungary) [operetta](/source/operetta) [composer](/source/composer).

He studied at the [Zeneakadémia](/source/Zeneakad%C3%A9mia) (Academy of Music) in [Budapest](/source/Budapest) at the same time as the noted Hungarian composers [Imre Kálmán](/source/Imre_K%C3%A1lm%C3%A1n) and [Albert Szirmai](/source/Albert_Szirmai). Jacobi began his career as "''Jakabfi Viktor''" on 17 December 1904 with the operetta "''[A rátartós királykisasszony](/source/A_r%C3%A1tart%C3%B3s_kir%C3%A1lykisasszony)''".

His most famous operetta is "''[Szibill](/source/Szibill)''". The performance of this operetta was cancelled in [London](/source/London) because of the beginning of [World War I](/source/World_War_I).

After that, he left London for the United States and during his stay in [New York City](/source/New_York_City) he became very ill.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}} He died there on 10 December 1921 at 38 years old of [Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia](/source/Acute_lymphoblastic_leukemia).<ref>{{cite news |title=Victor Jacobi Dead |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun-victor-jacobi-dead/166017674/ |access-date=18 February 2025 |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=11 December 1921 |page=8}}</ref>

==Works==
*1904: ''[A rátartós királykisasszony](/source/A_r%C3%A1tart%C3%B3s_kir%C3%A1lykisasszony)'' (The Haughty Princess)
*1905: ''[Legvitézebb Huszár](/source/Legvit%C3%A9zebb_Husz%C3%A1r)'' (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](/source/Le%C3%A1nyv%C3%A1s%C3%A1r)'' (adapted in 1913 as ''[The Marriage Market](/source/The_Marriage_Market)'' and in 1914 as ''[Szibill](/source/Szibill)'' (''Sybill''))
*1919: ''[Apple Blossoms](/source/Apple_Blossoms),'' with [Fritz Kreisler](/source/Fritz_Kreisler)
*1921: ''The Love Letter''

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