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Original Esmeralda as taught by M. St. Ody

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Ballet or dance scenes from theatrical works, with or without people in them

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Esmeralda images on 19th-century music covers

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Title
Original Esmeralda as taught by M. St. Ody
Names
Moore, Lillian (Donor)
Sage & Sons (Publisher)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Ballet or dance scenes from theatrical works, with or without people in them

Esmeralda images on 19th-century music covers

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1856
Place: Buffalo
Publisher: J. Sage & Sons
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFA-19 Esm 3
Topics
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Notre-Dame de Paris
Esmeralda (Choreographic work : Perrot)
Esmeralda (Fictitious character)
Genres
Prints
Sheet music covers
Notes
Acquisition: Gift; Lillian Moore.
Biographical/historical: Esmeralda, a beautiful and good-hearted gypsy girl, was created by Victor Hugo as the charismatic central figure of his 1831 novel Notre-Dame de Paris, also called The hunchback of Notre Dame. She attracts the love or lust of several of the male characters, among them the hunchback Quasimodo, the sinister archdeacon Claude Frollo, the poet Pierre Gringoire, and the soldier Phoebus de Chateaupers. In 1836 Hugo wrote the libretto for Louise Bertin's opera La Esmeralda, presented at the Académie Royale de Musique in Paris, but it was not a success. Jules Perrot's ballet adaptation, also titled La Esmeralda, was staged at Her Majesty's Theatre in London in 1844. It gave the story a happy ending, and perhaps not coincidentally enjoyed much greater longevity.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : wood engraving?, black & white ; 34 x 25 cm.
Description
Music cover depicting the image of the gypsy girl Esmeralda dancing with her pet goat Djali, her right leg crossed over her left as she holds her tambourine high. Djali dances on its hind legs to her right, responsive to her movement.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 759399461
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19376906
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 1ba2ba50-4b6a-013c-15f3-0242ac110005
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1856: Created
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Original Esmeralda as taught by M. St. Ody" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1856. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70bda220-bb3c-0130-08f0-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Original Esmeralda as taught by M. St. Ody" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70bda220-bb3c-0130-08f0-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1856). Original Esmeralda as taught by M. St. Ody Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/70bda220-bb3c-0130-08f0-58d385a7bbd0

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Original Esmeralda as taught by M. St. Ody