Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

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

Description

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

Summary

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

Alternative title

1. New Orleans polka

Subject

1. Dumilâtre, Adèle, 1821-1909.
2. Polka (Dance)
3. Polkas -- Scores.
4. Piano music.

Genre/Form

1. Sheet music covers.
2. Engravings.

Call number

1. *MGZFX Pol 2

Language

1. English

Note

1. Caption title.
2. Pl. no. : 944.
3. 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)

1. Lillian Moore.

Biography (note)

1. 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.
2. 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

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
2. For the colored lithograph by Desmaisons after Guerard, see *MGZFB Dum A Pol 1.
3. For another copy of this print, without music score, see: *MGZFB Dum A Pol 2.

Source

1. Gift; Lillian Moore.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Webster, F. J. Arranger
2. Guérard, Eugène Charles François, 1821-1866. Associated name
3. Desmaisons, Emilien, 1812-1880. Associated name
4. Moore, Lillian. Donor

Publisher no.

1. 944 : W.C. Peters