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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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Still imageSupervised use *MGZFX Anon Bel 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Blessner, Gustav, 1808-1888.
  • J.H. Bufford's Lith. ltg
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.
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Added Author
Blessner, Gustav, 1808-1888. Composer
J.H. Bufford's Lith. Lithographer
Moore, Lillian. Donor
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Anon Bel 1
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