Victor Emmerich Ritter von Herzfeld (October 8, 1856 – February 19, 1919)[a][1][2] was a Hungarian violinist and composer.

[5] In 1884, he was awarded the Beethoven Prize of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of the Friends of Music).

He was second violin in the original Budapest Quartet established by David Popper and Jenő Hubay.

Ernst von Dohnányi dedicated his Sonata in C♯ minor for Violin and Piano, Op.

[6] While serving as the music critic of the Neue Pester Journal, he wrote a negative review of his friend and colleague Gustav Mahler's First Symphony.