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Operatic quadrilles selected and arranged for the piano forte; from the most celebrated operas

Title
Operatic quadrilles [graphic] : selected and arranged for the piano forte; from the most celebrated operas / [illustration by] C.E. Lewis.
Author
Lewis, C. E. (Artist)
Publication
Boston : Oliver Ditson, 1839.

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Additional Authors
  • Martin, William.
  • N. Currier (Firm) ltg
Description
1 print : lithograph, b&w; 34 x 26 cm. +
Summary
Sheet music cover illustration depicting a formal gathering in a long vaulted hall with three levels of galleries. Many of the women wear plumes in their hair, and a number of the men wear ermine-trimmed robes suggesting those worn by the British peerage. The four couples at center appear to be dancing a quadrille, a ballroom dance performed in a square formation.
Alternative Title
Quadrilles, selected from Boildieu's [sic] opera, La dame blanche, and the Georgina waltz
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Sheet music covers.
  • Lithographs.
Note
  • Caption title.
  • At lower right: C.E. Lewis del.
  • At lower left: N. Currier's Lith.
  • "No. 1. La dame blanche -- William Martin"
  • William Martin is identified as the arranger on the score.
Call Number
*MGZFX Lew C Ope 1
OCLC
825114128
Author
Lewis, C. E. (Artist)
Title
Operatic quadrilles [graphic] : selected and arranged for the piano forte; from the most celebrated operas / [illustration by] C.E. Lewis.
Imprint
Boston : Oliver Ditson, 1839.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Library's copy has pencil markings on first page of score.
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Added Author
Martin, William. Arranger
N. Currier (Firm) Lithographer
Research Call Number
*MGZFX Lew C Ope 1
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