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Additional authors

1. Gamborg, Knud
2. Hogan, Thomas
3. Léveillé, Auguste-Hilaire, 1840-1900
4. Marie, Adrien-Emmanuel, 1848-1891
5. Méaulle, F. (Fortuné), 1844-
6. Morin, Edmond, 1824-1882
7. Vierge, Daniel, 1851-1904
8. Moore, Lillian. dnr
9. Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd

Description

1. 12 prints : wood engraving, b&w; 41 x 41 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. 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

1. Dance Committee Purchase Fund.

Uniform title

1. Monde Illustré.
2. Univers Illustré.
3. Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper.
4. Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News.
5. Illustreret tidende.
6. Mode illustrée.

Subject

1. Zucchi, Virginia, 1849-1930.
2. Petipa, Lucien, 1815-1898. Sacountalâ.
3. Fandango (Choreographic work : Mérante)
4. Yedda (Choreographic work : Mérante)
5. Korrigane (Choreographic work : Mérante)
6. Spielmann (Choreographic work)
7. Sieba; o La spada di Wodan (Choreographic work : Manzotti)
8. Farandole (Choreographic work : Mérante)
9. Rêve (Choreographic work : Hansen)
10. Ballet -- 19th century.
11. Ballet -- France -- 19th century.

Genre/Form

1. Wood engravings.

Contents

1. 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.
2. 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].
3. 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

1. *MGZFX Dan 1-12

Language

1. Multiple languages

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.

Funding (note)

1. Sacountala, Yedda, and Farandole (two prints) purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source (note)

1. Lillian Moore.

Biography (note)

1. 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

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Source

1. White fawn Gift; Lillian Moore.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Gamborg, Knud. Artist
2. Hogan, Thomas. Artist
3. Léveillé, Auguste-Hilaire, 1840-1900. Engraver
4. Marie, Adrien-Emmanuel, 1848-1891. Engraver
5. Méaulle, F. (Fortuné), 1844- Artist
6. Morin, Edmond, 1824-1882. Engraver
7. Vierge, Daniel, 1851-1904. Artist
8. Moore, Lillian. Donor
9. Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder