Research Catalog
Dance prints from nineteenth-century illustrated periodicals
- Title
- Dance prints from nineteenth-century illustrated periodicals [graphic].
- Publication
- [1858-1890]
Available Online
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZFX Dan 1-12 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 12 prints : wood engraving, b&w; 41 x 41 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Representations of ballets and other theatrical dance performances, chiefly from French nineteenth-century illustrated periodicals. All are full-page illustrations. They have been arranged in three groups according to the periodical in which they appeared: Le Monde Illustré, L'Univers Illustré, and Others.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Dance Committee Purchase Fund.
- Uniform Title
- Monde Illustré.
- Univers Illustré.
- Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper.
- Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.
- Illustreret tidende.
- Mode illustrée.
- Subjects
- Sacountalâ (Choreographic work : Petipa, L)
- Fandango (Choreographic work : Mérante)
- Zucchi, Virginia, 1849-1930
- Korrigane (Choreographic work : Mérante)
- Wood engravings
- Ballet > 19th century
- Yedda (Choreographic work : Mérante)
- Farandole (Choreographic work : Mérante)
- Sieba; o La spada di Wodan (Choreographic work : Manzotti)
- Rêve (Choreographic work : Hansen)
- Mauri, Rosita, 1856-1923
- Ballet > France > 19th century
- Spielmann (Choreographic work)
- Genre/Form
- Wood engravings.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Funding (note)
- Sacountala, Yedda, and Farandole (two prints) purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source (note)
- Lillian Moore.
- Biography (note)
- The ballets and theatrical works that appear in this collection are, in chronological order: Sacountala (choreography, Lucien Petipa), presented at the Paris Opéra in 1858; The white fawn, a musical by Howard Glover, presented at Niblo's Garden, New York, in 1868; Le fandango (choreography, Louis Mérante), presented at the Académie Nationale de Musique in 1877; Yedda (choreography, Mérante), presented at the Opéra in 1879; La korrigane (choreography, Mérante), presented at the Opéra in 1880; Der Spielmann, a ballet to music by Josef Förster, presented at the Vienna Staatsoper in 1881; Sieba, o la spada di Wodan (choreography, Luigi Manzotti), first performed in Turin in 1876, presented at the Éden Théâtre, Paris, in 1882; La farandole (choreography, Mérante), presented at the Opéra in 1883; La rêve (choreography, Joseph Hansen), presented at the Opéra in 1890. No information is available about En Skærsommernatsdrom; however, the engraver Knud Gamborg was active in the second half of the 19th century.
- Contents
- Le Monde Illustré (4 sheets; each print bears the series title Le théâtre illustré): Yedda, ballet en trois actes, de MM. Philippe Gille, Arnold Mortier et L. Mérante, musique de M. Olivier Métra, représenté au théâtre de l'Opéra [composite of seven scenes] / dessins de M. [Daniel?] Vierge -- Éden-Théâtre. Siéba, ballet de M. Manzatti [sic], musique de MM. Marenco et Venanzi. Une scène de l'enfer. Mlle Zucchi / dessin de M. Adrien Marie -- Opéra. La farandole, ballet de MM. Ph. Gille, A. Mortier et Mérante; musique de M. Théodore Dubois. La farandole fantastique dans les arènes d'Arles [title page of Dec. 22, 1883 issue] / dessin de M. Adrien Marie -- Le rêve, ballet de M. Edouard Blau, musique de M. Gastinel, représenté a l'Opéra. La mikagouva, danse pantomime exécutée par Mlle Mauri (Daita); Ysanami (Mlle Torri) / dessin de M. Adrien Marie.
- L'Univers Illustré (3 sheets): Théâtre National de l'Opéra. Le fandango, ballet-pantomime en un acte, de MM. H. Meilhac, Lud. Halévy et L. Mérante, musique de M.G. Salvatore [includes two smaller images at top] / F. Méaulle -- Théâtre de l'Opéra. La korrigane, ballet en deux actes, de MM. F. Coppée et L. Mérante; musique de M. Ch. Widor. Acte second / [signed on matrix] A. Leveille -- Théâtre National de l'Opéra. La farandole, ballet en deux actes et trois tableaux, de MM. Arnold Mortier, Ph. Gille et L. Mérante; musique de Th. Dubois. Mlle. Rosita Mauri [includes inset image].
- Others (5 sheets): Opéra. Sacountala, ballet-pantomime, décor du premier acte [from an unidentified French periodical] / [signed on matrix] H. Linton; [engraved by E. Morin] -- Scene from the spectacle of the White fawn, now performing at Niblo's Garden, New York City; Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper [New York], Feb. 8, 1868 / [signed on matrix] Thos. Hogan -- Scene from Forster's ballet, Der Spielmann; The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News [London], Sept. 24, 1881 -- Scene af anden Act i, En Skærsommernatsdrom; Illustreret Tidende [Copenhagen], nr. 1020 / tegnet af Knud Gamborg -- La fête des fleurs; La mode illustrée, journal de la famille [includes partial review, signed by E.R. Sainfoin, on the verso] / A. v. A. Gern, Berlin.
- Call Number
- *MGZFX Dan 1-12
- OCLC
- 825110355
- Title
- Dance prints from nineteenth-century illustrated periodicals [graphic].
- Imprint
- [1858-1890]
- Funding
- Sacountala, Yedda, and Farandole (two prints) purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Biography
- The ballets and theatrical works that appear in this collection are, in chronological order: Sacountala (choreography, Lucien Petipa), presented at the Paris Opéra in 1858; The white fawn, a musical by Howard Glover, presented at Niblo's Garden, New York, in 1868; Le fandango (choreography, Louis Mérante), presented at the Académie Nationale de Musique in 1877; Yedda (choreography, Mérante), presented at the Opéra in 1879; La korrigane (choreography, Mérante), presented at the Opéra in 1880; Der Spielmann, a ballet to music by Josef Förster, presented at the Vienna Staatsoper in 1881; Sieba, o la spada di Wodan (choreography, Luigi Manzotti), first performed in Turin in 1876, presented at the Éden Théâtre, Paris, in 1882; La farandole (choreography, Mérante), presented at the Opéra in 1883; La rêve (choreography, Joseph Hansen), presented at the Opéra in 1890. No information is available about En Skærsommernatsdrom; however, the engraver Knud Gamborg was active in the second half of the 19th century.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- White fawn Gift; Lillian Moore.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Gamborg, Knud. ArtistHogan, Thomas. ArtistLéveillé, Auguste-Hilaire, 1840-1900. EngraverMarie, Adrien-Emmanuel, 1848-1891. EngraverMéaulle, F. (Fortuné), 1844- ArtistMorin, Edmond, 1824-1882. EngraverVierge, Daniel, 1851-1904. ArtistMoore, Lillian. DonorCommittee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder
- Added Title
- Monde Illustré.Univers Illustré.Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper.Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.Illustreret tidende.Mode illustrée.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFX Dan 1-12