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Fanny Elssler in America : comprising seven facsimiles of rare Americana--never before offered the public--depicting her astounding conquest of America in 1840-42, a memoir, a libretto, two verses, a penny-terrible blast, letters and journal, and an early comic strip--the sad tale of her impresario's courtship / [edited] with an introduction and notes by Allison Delarue.

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Fanny Elssler in America : comprising seven facsimiles of rare Americana--never before offered the public--depicting her astounding conquest of America in 1840-42, a memoir, a libretto, two verses, a penny-terrible blast, letters and journal, and an early comic strip--the sad tale of her impresario's courtship / [edited] with an introduction and notes by Allison Delarue.
Publication
Brooklyn : Dance Horizons, 1976.

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  • Delarue, Allison.
  • John Milton and Ruth Neils Ward Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection) the
  • Edwin Binney 3rd Collection (Harvard Theatre Collection) the
Description
219 p. : chiefly facsims.; 26 cm.
Summary
A collection of seven pamphlets issued during Fanny Elssler's 1840-42 trip to America. These souvenirs include: a "Memoir" and her "Letters and Journals" (all actually written by her impresario, Henry Wikoff), the libretto for the ballet La Tarentule, two long poems "No Sur, Else-slur: a Dancing Poem," and "La Deesee," "A Short and Correct Sketch of the Life of Mad'lle Fannie Elssler" (actually a sensational "penny dreadful" designed to shock the public), and a cartoon story. The pamphlets are reproduced in facsimile with carefully selected illustrations largely drawn from the editor's own collection.
Subject
  • Elssler, Fanny, 1810-1884
  • 1800-1899
  • Ballerinas > Austria > Biography
  • Concert tours > United States > History > 19th century > Sources
Genre/Form
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Sources
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Historical background to America's Elsslermania, by Allison Delarue. -- Memoir of Fanny Elssler. -- Libretto for La Tarentule. -- No slur, Else-slur: a dancing poem. -- La déesse, an Elssler-atic romance. -- A short and correct sketch of the life of Mad'lle. Fanny Elssler. -- The letters and journal of Fanny Elssler. -- Sad tale of the courtship of Chevalier Slyfox-Wikof.
ISBN
0871270846
LCCN
^^^75037381^
OCLC
  • 3029013
  • SCSB-12111965
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library