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Polka-mazurka sur L'étoile du nord de G. Meyerbeer

Title
Polka-mazurka sur L'étoile du nord de G. Meyerbeer [graphic] / pour le piano par Adrien Talexy.
Publication
Mayence : les fils de B. Schott, [1854?]

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Additional Authors
Talexy, Adrien, 1821-1881.
Description
1 print : lithograph, b&w; 32 x 25 cm. +
Summary
Sheet music cover illustration depicting two dancing couples in military uniforms, with similarly dressed observers around them. In the background, a thatched roof is visible at left, with trees and mountains behind.
Alternative Title
Étoile du nord
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Sheet music covers.
  • Lithographs.
Note
  • Caption title.
  • At upper right: À Madme. Marie Larmande.
  • Pl. no. : 13398.
Source (note)
  • Lillian Moore.
Biography (note)
  • The opera L'étoile du nord (music, Giacomo Meyerbeer; libretto, Eugène Scribe) was first presented at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1854. This print may depict a scene from the second act, in which the czar Peter the Great, disguised as a captain, follows his lady-love Catherine, disguised as a man, to a military camp.
  • The polka-mazurka, popular in the 1840s, consisted of polka steps danced to the 3/4 time of the mazurka.
Call Number
*MGZFX Anon Eto 1
OCLC
825075204
Title
Polka-mazurka sur L'étoile du nord de G. Meyerbeer [graphic] / pour le piano par Adrien Talexy.
Imprint
Mayence : les fils de B. Schott, [1854?]
Biography
The opera L'étoile du nord (music, Giacomo Meyerbeer; libretto, Eugène Scribe) was first presented at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1854. This print may depict a scene from the second act, in which the czar Peter the Great, disguised as a captain, follows his lady-love Catherine, disguised as a man, to a military camp.
The polka-mazurka, popular in the 1840s, consisted of polka steps danced to the 3/4 time of the mazurka.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Library's copy may have been trimmed at top.
Source
Gift; Lillian Moore.
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Local Subject
Polka-mazurka (Dance)
Added Author
Talexy, Adrien, 1821-1881. Composer
Moore, Lillian. Donor
Publisher No.
13398 les fils de B. Schott
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Anon Eto 1
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