Research Catalog

Title

The Hungarian flag dance [graphic] : as danced by 48 Danseuses Viennoises, at the principal theatres in Europe, and the United States / music by A. Adam.

Publication

Boston : Stephen W. Marsh, 1847.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856.
• White, Edward L. (Edward Little), 1809-1851.
• J.H. Bufford & Co. ltg

Description

1 print : chromolithograph; 34 x 26 cm. +

Summary

Sheet music cover illustration depicting an ensemble of female dancers dressed in red and white, manipulating flags in the same colors. The setting is a wooden-floored porch or pavilion with columns and pointed arches opening onto a wooded landscape. A fountain plays in the middle distance.

Alternative Title

Gallop des drapeaux

Subjects

• Danseuses Viennoises
• Sheet music covers
• Piano music
• Chromolithographs
• Galops > Scores

Genre/Form

• Sheet music covers.
• Chromolithographs.

Note

• Caption title.
• J.H. Bufford & Co.'s Lith.
• On score: Arranged for the piano forte by Edward L. White.

Indexed In (note)

• Chaffee, George, "American music prints of the Romantic ballet," Dance index

Biography (note)

• Les Danseuses viennoises was a troupe of child performers known for their precision dancing, organized by Josephine Weiss, ballet mistress at the Josephstadt Theatre in Vienna. The troupe, then composed of thirty-six little girls, made its debut at the Paris Opéra in 1845. They enjoyed great popularity, and toured in Europe, the United States, and Canada.

Call Number

*MGZFX Anon Hun 1

OCLC

825120853

Title

The Hungarian flag dance [graphic] : as danced by 48 Danseuses Viennoises, at the principal theatres in Europe, and the United States / music by A. Adam.

Imprint

Boston : Stephen W. Marsh, 1847.

Edition

2nd. ed.

Indexed In:

Chaffee, George, "American music prints of the Romantic ballet," Dance index, vol. I, no. 12, Dec. 1942, p. 211, cat. no. 84.

Biography

Les Danseuses viennoises was a troupe of child performers known for their precision dancing, organized by Josephine Weiss, ballet mistress at the Josephstadt Theatre in Vienna. The troupe, then composed of thirty-six little girls, made its debut at the Paris Opéra in 1845. They enjoyed great popularity, and toured in Europe, the United States, and Canada.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

For another copy of this print, with slightly different coloration and without the music score, see: *MGZFA Dan V Hun 1.

Connect to:

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Added Author

Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856. Composer

White, Edward L. (Edward Little), 1809-1851. Arranger

J.H. Bufford & Co. Lithographer

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Anon Hun 1