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La belle savoyarde polka arrangée pour le piano forte [one piano] et dediée aux demoiselles Dora A. Mumford et Clara S. Jackson
- Title
- La belle savoyarde polka [graphic] : arrangée pour le piano forte [one piano] et dediée aux demoiselles Dora A. Mumford et Clara S. Jackson / par Gustave Blessner.
- Publication
- New York : Charles Holt Jr., 1847.
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- Description
- 1 print : lithograph on tinted ground, hand-colored; 33 x 25 cm. +
- Summary
- Sheet music cover illustration depicting a woman and a man in ethnic 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sheet music covers.
- Lithographs.
- Note
- Caption title.
- J.H. Bufford's Lith., Boston.
- Indexed In (note)
- Chaffee, George, "American music prints of the Romantic ballet," Dance index
- Source (note)
- Lillian Moore.
- 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
- *MGZFX Anon Bel 1
- OCLC
- 825067827
- Title
- La belle savoyarde polka [graphic] : arrangée pour le piano forte [one piano] 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.For another copy of this print, with slightly different coloration and a music score for two pianos, see: *MGZFD Pol 18.
- Source
- Gift; Lillian Moore.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Blessner, Gustav, 1808-1888. ComposerJ.H. Bufford's Lith. LithographerMoore, Lillian. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFX Anon Bel 1