Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Barbizet, A.
2. Graf, C.
3. Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907
4. Lynch, James Henry, -1868
5. Teichel, Franz, 1816-
6. Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791-1860
7. T. Sinclair's Lith. ltg

Description

1. 7 prints : lithograph, b&w or one color; 35 x 28 cm. or smaller.

Summary

1. Sheet music cover illustrations depicting images of theatrical, ballroom, and folk dancing. They adorned music scores (for the most part, not included here) intended for home performance.

Subject

1. Lablache, Luigi, 1794-1858. - [Browse in index]
2. Sontag, Henriette, 1806-1854. - [Browse in index]
3. Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Elisir d'amore. - [Browse in index]
4. Dancers -- 19th century. - [Browse in index]
5. Entertainers -- 19th century. - [Browse in index]
6. Ballroom dancing. - [Browse in index]
7. Ballroom dancing -- 19th century -- Caricatures and cartoons. - [Browse in index]
8. Folk dancing, Scottish. - [Browse in index]
9. Polka (Dance) - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Sheet music covers.

Contents

1. Balladine, souvenirs d'enfance, pour piano par J. Leybach; Paris, A. Cotelle / Barbizet, lith.; Imp[rimerie] Grandjean, Paris -- La bohemienne. Ballerina-polka, pour le piano, par J. Strauss; La Haye -- No. 1. The original Cellarius mazurka waltz, the choreography by T. Mason, the music composed by J. Szczapinski; London, Duff & Hodgson and Addison & Hodson / C. Graf, Lith. -- Danse des roses, par G. Marcailhou; Philadelphia, Lee & Walker / T. Sinclair's Lith. -- Deux polkas gracieuses, pour le piano composée par Hermann A. Wollenhaupt; Vienne, C.A. Spina / Lith. de la Cour Imp[ériale] et R[oya]le de A. Grube -- The favorite dances of the celebrated Clodoche Troupe! as danced in "Sindbad the sailor" at Niblo's Garden; New York, Wm. A. Pond, 1869 / Major & Knapp Eng. Mfg. & Lith. Co. -- Fenella, a brilliant waltz, by G. Marcailhou; Philadelphia, A. Fiot; New York, W. Dubois / P. Kramer del.; P.S. Duval, Lith. -- Gallopading, written and composed by G.M. Rycot; London, Mayhew & Lee / embellished with humourous designs [including images on the verso] by N. Whittock; printed by G.W. Lauder -- Invitation to the polka. The celebrated Bohemian dance, arranged as a divertimento for the piano-forte by Chas. W. Glover; London, Leoni Lee / [signed on stone by the artist] J.H. Lynch; M & N Hanhart, Litho Printers -- Polkas de A. Wallerstein; Paris, Brandus / [signed on stone] F.S. [?] Teichel; Lith. Thierry Frères -- Sontag polka [depicts singers Henriette Sontag as Adina and Luigi Lablache as Dulcamara in the opera L'elisir d'amore], arranged by Chas. d'Albert; [New York, Firth, Pond] -- Trois airs à danser (dans le vieux style) [op. 88, with music score for Gigue ecossaise (2 p.)], par Theodore Lack; Paris, J. Kybourtz / [signed on stone] L. Denis -- Where the bee sucks, [by] Dr. Arne; London, Musical Bouquet.

Call number

1. *MGZFX Mus 27-39

Language

1. Multiple languages

Note

1. Title devised by cataloger.

Source (note)

1. Lillian Moore.

Local note

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
2. For another copy of Fenella, with music score, see: *MGZFX Kra P Fen 1.
3. Another copy of Sontag polka, with partial music score, is held in the Josephine Butler collection of music covers; see: *MGZFX Mus 18.

Source

1. Balladine, Polkas de A. Wallerstein Gift; Lillian Moore.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Spanish dancing.

Added author

1. Barbizet, A. Artist
2. Graf, C. Lithographer
3. Kramer, Peter, 1823-1907. Artist
4. Lynch, James Henry, -1868. Artist
5. Teichel, Franz, 1816- Artist
6. Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791-1860. Artist
7. T. Sinclair's Lith. Lithographer
8. Moore, Lillian. Donor