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Les étoiles polka-mazurka, sur l'opéra-ballet de A. Pilati

Title
  1. Les étoiles [graphic] : polka-mazurka, sur l'opéra-ballet de A. Pilati / par Alphonse Leduc.
Published by
  1. Paris : Alphonse Leduc, [1854? or later]

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Additional authors
  1. Leduc, A. (Alphonse), 1804-1868.
Description
  1. 1 print : lithograph, b&w; 34 x 26 cm. +
Summary
  1. Sheet music cover illustration of a scene from the opera ballet Les étoiles. In an exotic landscape, a young man reacts in amazement at the sight of a star, represented by a beautiful young woman in a Romantic tutu (long ballet skirt), with a star above her head.
Subject
  1. Opera ballet > Les étoiles
  2. Sheet music covers
  3. Pilati, Auguste, 1810-1877 > Étoiles
  4. Lithographs
  5. Polka-mazurkas > Scores
Genre/Form
  1. Sheet music covers.
  2. Lithographs.
Call number
  1. *MGZFX Eto 1
Note
  1. Caption title.
  2. Pl. no. : A. L. 1457.
  3. At upper right: à Mr. Wagner.
  4. Although the print is signed on stone, the artist has not been identified.
Source (note)
  1. Lillian Moore.
Biography (note)
  1. Les étoiles (music, Auguste Pilati; libretto, M. Clairville; choreography, Jean Baptiste Barré) was first presented at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, in 1854. This print probably portrays Menjaud in the role of Azor, the son of the Shah of Persia, and Laure Monier as L'étoile or the star.
  2. The polka-mazurka, a ballroom dance that first became popular in the 1840s, consisted of polka steps danced to the 3/4 time of the mazurka.
Title
  1. Les étoiles [graphic] : polka-mazurka, sur l'opéra-ballet de A. Pilati / par Alphonse Leduc.
Imprint
  1. Paris : Alphonse Leduc, [1854? or later]
Biography
  1. Les étoiles (music, Auguste Pilati; libretto, M. Clairville; choreography, Jean Baptiste Barré) was first presented at the Théâtre Lyrique, Paris, in 1854. This print probably portrays Menjaud in the role of Azor, the son of the Shah of Persia, and Laure Monier as L'étoile or the star.
  2. The polka-mazurka, a ballroom dance that first became popular in the 1840s, consisted of polka steps danced to the 3/4 time of the mazurka.
Local note
  1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Source
  1. Gift; Lillian Moore.
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  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Local subject
  1. Opera ballet. Les étoiles.
Added author
  1. Leduc, A. (Alphonse), 1804-1868. Composer
  2. Moore, Lillian. Donor
Publisher no.
  1. A. L. 1457 : Alphonse Leduc
Research call number
  1. *MGZFX Eto 1
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