Research Catalog

Title

La belle savoyarde polka [graphic] : arrangée pour le piano forte [two pianos] et dediée aux demoiselles Dora A. Mumford et Clara S. Jackson / par Gustave Blessner.

Publication

New York : Charles Holt Jr., 1847.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Blessner, Gustav, 1808-1888.
• J.H. Bufford's Lith. ltg
• Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

1 print : lithograph on tinted ground, hand-colored; 35 x 26 cm. +

Summary

Sheet music cover illustration depicting a woman and a man in folk costume, dancing in an interior furnished with a chandelier, tasseled draperies, and tall freestanding lamps. They face front, joining hands; her left foot and his right leg are raised in a dance movement.

Donor/Sponsor

Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Subjects

• Sheet music covers
• Polka (Dance)
• Lithographs
• Polkas > Scores
• Piano music (Pianos (2)) > Scores

Genre/Form

• Sheet music covers.
• Lithographs.

Note

• J.H. Bufford's Lith.
• Music score contains primo and secondo parts, i.e., for two pianos.
• Caption title.

Indexed In (note)

• Chaffee, George, "American music prints of the Romantic ballet," Dance index, vol. I, no. 12, Dec. 1942

Funding (note)

• Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Biography (note)

• The polka enjoyed enormous popularity both as a dance and a musical form. Although opinions about its origins differ, it is believed to have roots in Poland or Bohemia. It was brought to Prague in 1837 and made its way to Vienna, St. Petersburg, Paris, and London. Capitalizing on its growing popularity as a ballroom dance, Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi introduced it to the ballet stage in 1844. In the mid 1800s, it rivalled the waltz as a dance craze. It has survived into the twenty-first century, and until 2009 was included as a category in the Grammy Awards.

Call Number

*MGZFD Pol 18

OCLC

792750569

Title

La belle savoyarde polka [graphic] : arrangée pour le piano forte [two pianos] et dediée aux demoiselles Dora A. Mumford et Clara S. Jackson / par Gustave Blessner.

Imprint

New York : Charles Holt Jr., 1847.

Indexed In:

Chaffee, George, "American music prints of the Romantic ballet," Dance index, vol. I, no. 12, Dec. 1942, p. [212], cat. no. 96. Described as "[p]robably a version of a Cerrito-St. Leon souvenir."

Biography

The polka enjoyed enormous popularity both as a dance and a musical form. Although opinions about its origins differ, it is believed to have roots in Poland or Bohemia. It was brought to Prague in 1837 and made its way to Vienna, St. Petersburg, Paris, and London. Capitalizing on its growing popularity as a ballroom dance, Jules Perrot and Carlotta Grisi introduced it to the ballet stage in 1844. In the mid 1800s, it rivalled the waltz as a dance craze. It has survived into the twenty-first century, and until 2009 was included as a category in the Grammy Awards.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Library's copy is stamped at upper right and left corners with numbers 35 to 44.

For another copy of this print, with slightly different coloration and a music score for one piano, see: *MGZFX Anon Bel 1.

Funding

Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Local Note

This item may be offsite for digitization. For additional information please contact dance@nypl.org.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Blessner, Gustav, 1808-1888. Composer

J.H. Bufford's Lith. Lithographer

Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder

Research Call Number

*MGZFD Pol 18