Victor Herbert had always felt music in his blood. He knew he was to be a musician from an early age. Even his grandfather, Samuel Lover, was a musician of sorts. He wrote songs and for part of his life was a traveling performer. When Victor was three, his father died. When his mother remarried shortly after, Victor's mother took a great interest in her son's musical future. She enrolled him where he studied the cello, which would later become his primary instrument. Victor studied the cello his whole life, and when he was an adult, he became a cellist at the Stuttgart Opera in Stuttgart, Germany. While there, he met the leading soprano of the opera, Miss Theresa Foerster. They quickly fell in love and were married. Soon after, she was asked to move to America to become the leading soprano for The Metropolitan. Theresa wanted to go but said she would only comply if her husband, Victor Herbert, be asked to become the first cellist at The Metropolitan also. He was readily accepted, and they made their move to New York.
             During their time there they had five children, but sadly, only two survived. The eldest was a girl named Ella Victoria who later became the executive over her father's business affairs. The younger child was a boy named Clifford Victor. Neither child was ever musically inclined. However, Clifford did take violin lessons when he was young. Coincidentally, the only song he was ever able to learn was, "The Low-Backed Car." A song which had been written by his great-grandfather, Samuel Lover. Victor and Theresa had been completely in love when they married and moved to America, but as the years passed by they grew more and more distant. In 1887 Theresa left The Metropolitan. There were many speculations made as to why she left and why they didn't seem to be getting along anymore. Some said that he was jealous of her talent and made her quit. Others say he was jealous of her love scenes. Still, some say that she quit beca...