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Polka-mazurka sur L'étoile du nord de G. Meyerbeer
- Title
- Polka-mazurka sur L'étoile du nord de G. Meyerbeer [graphic] / pour le piano par Adrien Talexy.
- Publication
- Mayence : les fils de B. Schott, [1854?]
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- Additional Authors
- Talexy, Adrien, 1821-1881.
- Description
- 1 print : lithograph, b&w; 32 x 25 cm. +
- Summary
- Sheet music cover illustration depicting two dancing couples in military uniforms, with similarly dressed observers around them. In the background, a thatched roof is visible at left, with trees and mountains behind.
- Alternative Title
- Étoile du nord
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sheet music covers.
- Lithographs.
- Note
- Caption title.
- At upper right: À Madme. Marie Larmande.
- Pl. no. : 13398.
- Source (note)
- Lillian Moore.
- Biography (note)
- The opera L'étoile du nord (music, Giacomo Meyerbeer; libretto, Eugène Scribe) was first presented at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1854. This print may depict a scene from the second act, in which the czar Peter the Great, disguised as a captain, follows his lady-love Catherine, disguised as a man, to a military camp.
- The polka-mazurka, popular in the 1840s, consisted of polka steps danced to the 3/4 time of the mazurka.
- Call Number
- *MGZFX Anon Eto 1
- OCLC
- 825075204
- Title
- Polka-mazurka sur L'étoile du nord de G. Meyerbeer [graphic] / pour le piano par Adrien Talexy.
- Imprint
- Mayence : les fils de B. Schott, [1854?]
- Biography
- The opera L'étoile du nord (music, Giacomo Meyerbeer; libretto, Eugène Scribe) was first presented at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1854. This print may depict a scene from the second act, in which the czar Peter the Great, disguised as a captain, follows his lady-love Catherine, disguised as a man, to a military camp.The polka-mazurka, popular in the 1840s, consisted of polka steps danced to the 3/4 time of the mazurka.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.Library's copy may have been trimmed at top.
- Source
- Gift; Lillian Moore.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Polka-mazurka (Dance)
- Added Author
- Talexy, Adrien, 1821-1881. ComposerMoore, Lillian. Donor
- Publisher No.
- 13398 les fils de B. Schott
- Research Call Number
- *MGZFX Anon Eto 1