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Esmeralda images on 19th-century music covers

Title
Esmeralda images on 19th-century music covers [graphic].
Publication
[183-?-185-?]

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Still imageBy appointment only *MGZFA-19 Esm 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Description
  • 1 print : lithograph, b&w; image 15 x12 cm.
  • 1 print : chromolithograph ;
  • 1 print : wood engraving?, b&w ;
Summary
Music covers depicting the image of the gypsy girl Esmeralda dancing with her pet goat Djali. Although her costume varies, she strikes a similar pose in each image, with her right leg crossed over her left as she holds her tambourine high. Djali dances on its hind legs to her right, responsive to her movement.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sheet music covers.
Source (note)
  • Lillian Moore.
Biography (note)
  • Esmeralda, a beautiful and good-hearted gypsy girl, was created by Victor Hugo as the charismatic central figure of his 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris, also called The hunchback of Notre Dame. She attracts the love or lust of several of the male characters, among them the hunchback Quasimodo, the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, the poet Pierre Gringoire, and the soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers. In 1836 Hugo wrote the libretto for Louise Bertin's opera La Esmeralda, presented at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris, but it was not a success. Jules Perrot's ballet adaptation, also titled La Esmeralda, was staged at Her Majesty's Theatre in London in 1844. It gave the story a happy ending, and perhaps not coincidentally enjoyed much greater longevity.
Contents
La Esmeralda valse, par Bosisio [published in London as part of the series Musical bouquet] -- La bohémienne de Paris. Grande valse brillante pour le piano composée par Camille Schubert; Mayence, chez les fils de B. Schott -- Original Esmeralda as taught by M. St. Ody; Buffalo, J. Sage & Sons, 1856.
Call Number
*MGZFA-19 Esm 1-3
OCLC
759399461
Title
Esmeralda images on 19th-century music covers [graphic].
Imprint
[183-?-185-?]
Biography
Esmeralda, a beautiful and good-hearted gypsy girl, was created by Victor Hugo as the charismatic central figure of his 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris, also called The hunchback of Notre Dame. She attracts the love or lust of several of the male characters, among them the hunchback Quasimodo, the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, the poet Pierre Gringoire, and the soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers. In 1836 Hugo wrote the libretto for Louise Bertin's opera La Esmeralda, presented at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris, but it was not a success. Jules Perrot's ballet adaptation, also titled La Esmeralda, was staged at Her Majesty's Theatre in London in 1844. It gave the story a happy ending, and perhaps not coincidentally enjoyed much greater longevity.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Source
Gift; Lillian Moore.
Added Author
Moore, Lillian. Donor
Research Call Number
*MGZFA-19 Esm 1-3
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