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Grand polka di bravura pour piano
- Title
- Grand polka di bravura [graphic] : pour piano / par Guill[aume] Kuhe.
- Publication
- Vienne : Pietro Mechetti qm. Carlo, [184-?]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Kuhe, Wilhelm, 1823-1912.
- Description
- 1 print : lithograph, b&w; 33 x 26 cm. +
- Summary
- Sheet music cover illustration including small images of three dancing couples, the largest pair only about 5 cm. high. Their costumes indicate that they are theatrical dancers, though they are framed by decorative trellises, draperies, and foliage rather than a stage set. Musicians on an elevated stand play behind the central couple. Although the dancers are not dressed in folk costume, their poses may be meant to suggest a theatricalized form of the polka.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sheet music covers.
- Note
- Caption title.
- Pl. no. : P. M. No. 4379.
- Oeuvre 19.
- At head of title: À son ami F. Schulhoff.
- Lith. de la Cour Imp. et Rle. de A. Grube, Vienne.
- 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 Pol 7
- OCLC
- 825122199
- Title
- Grand polka di bravura [graphic] : pour piano / par Guill[aume] Kuhe.
- Imprint
- Vienne : Pietro Mechetti qm. Carlo, [184-?]
- 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 score, published by C.A. Spina, see: *MGZFX Pol 8.
- Source
- Gift; Lillian Moore.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Kuhe, Wilhelm, 1823-1912. ComposerMoore, Lillian. Donor
- Publisher No.
- P. M. No. 4379 : Pietro Mechetti
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFX Pol 7