Research Catalog

Title

Ballroom polkas [graphic] / by various authors, as danced by the pupils of Monsr. Ernest and other distinguished & fashionable circles.

Publication

[S.l.] : W.C. Peters ; Louisville : Peters & Webster ; Cincinnati : Peters & Field, 1846.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Webster, F. J.
• Guérard, Eugène Charles François, 1821-1866.
• Desmaisons, Emilien, 1812-1880.

Description

1 print : steel engraving, b&w; 34 x 28 cm., image 9 x 8 cm. +

Summary

Sheet music cover illustration depicting a female dancer in an outdoor setting.

Alternative Title

New Orleans polka

Subjects

• Dumilâtre, Adèle, 1821-1909
• Engravings
• Polkas > Scores
• Polka (Dance)
• Sheet music covers
• Piano music

Genre/Form

• Sheet music covers.
• Engravings.

Note

• Caption title.
• Pl. no. : 944.
• On score: The New Orleans polka, as danced by the pupils of Madam Arraline Brooks, arranged for the Piano Forte & dedicated to Miss Mary Trabue, by F.J. Webster.

Source (note)

• Lillian Moore.

Biography (note)

• This print reproduces an image originally published as a hand-colored lithograph by Desmaisons after Guérard in 1844 as part of the series Les annales de l'Opéra. It depicts the ballerina Adèle Dumilatre performing the polka at the Paris Opéra.
• 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 Pol 2

OCLC

825120324

Title

Ballroom polkas [graphic] / by various authors, as danced by the pupils of Monsr. Ernest and other distinguished & fashionable circles.

Imprint

[S.l.] : W.C. Peters ; Louisville : Peters & Webster ; Cincinnati : Peters & Field, 1846.

Biography

This print reproduces an image originally published as a hand-colored lithograph by Desmaisons after Guérard in 1844 as part of the series Les annales de l'Opéra. It depicts the ballerina Adèle Dumilatre performing the polka at the Paris Opéra.

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 the colored lithograph by Desmaisons after Guerard, see *MGZFB Dum A Pol 1.

For another copy of this print, without music score, see: *MGZFB Dum A Pol 2.

Source

Gift; Lillian Moore.

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Added Author

Webster, F. J. Arranger

Guérard, Eugène Charles François, 1821-1866. Associated name

Desmaisons, Emilien, 1812-1880. Associated name

Moore, Lillian. Donor

Publisher No.

944 : W.C. Peters

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Pol 2