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Les étoiles polka-mazurka, sur l'opéra-ballet de A. Pilati

Title
Les étoiles [graphic] : polka-mazurka, sur l'opéra-ballet de A. Pilati / par Alphonse Leduc.
Publication
Paris : Alphonse Leduc, [1854? or later]

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Additional Authors
Leduc, A. (Alphonse), 1804-1868.
Description
1 print : lithograph, b&w; 34 x 26 cm. +
Summary
Sheet music cover illustration of a scene from the opera ballet Les étoiles. In an exotic landscape, a young man reacts in amazement at the sight of a star, represented by a beautiful young woman in a Romantic tutu (long ballet skirt), with a star above her head.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Sheet music covers.
  • Lithographs.
Note
  • Caption title.
  • Pl. no. : A. L. 1457.
  • At upper right: à Mr. Wagner.
  • Although the print is signed on stone, the artist has not been identified.
Source (note)
  • Lillian Moore.
Biography (note)
  • Les étoiles (music, Auguste Pilati; libretto, M. Clairville; choreography, Jean Baptiste Barré) was first presented at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, in 1854. This print probably portrays Menjaud in the role of Azor, the son of the Shah of Persia, and Laure Monier as L'étoile or the star.
  • The polka-mazurka, a ballroom dance that first became popular in the 1840s, consisted of polka steps danced to the 3/4 time of the mazurka.
Call Number
*MGZFX Eto 1
OCLC
825119677
Title
Les étoiles [graphic] : polka-mazurka, sur l'opéra-ballet de A. Pilati / par Alphonse Leduc.
Imprint
Paris : Alphonse Leduc, [1854? or later]
Biography
Les étoiles (music, Auguste Pilati; libretto, M. Clairville; choreography, Jean Baptiste Barré) was first presented at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, in 1854. This print probably portrays Menjaud in the role of Azor, the son of the Shah of Persia, and Laure Monier as L'étoile or the star.
The polka-mazurka, a ballroom dance that first became 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.
Source
Gift; Lillian Moore.
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Local Subject
Opera ballet. Les étoiles.
Added Author
Leduc, A. (Alphonse), 1804-1868. Composer
Moore, Lillian. Donor
Publisher No.
A. L. 1457 : Alphonse Leduc
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Eto 1
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