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Costume worn by Marius Petipa (Loys) for the ballet "Giselle" by Adolphe Charles Adam. Lithograph; 1841.
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Costume worn by Marius Petipa (Loys) for the ballet "Giselle" by Adolphe Charle...

Le foyer de la Danse au nouvel Opera. Palais Garnier, Paris, France. built by Charles Garnier (1825-1898)
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Le foyer de la Danse au nouvel Opera. Palais Garnier, Paris, France. built by Ch...

The piano of Jules Massenet (1842-1912).
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The piano of Jules Massenet (1842-1912).

Portrait of the dancers Therese (1808-1878) and Fanny Elssler (1810-1884) The Viennese ballerinas, particularly Fanny, became world famous. Their father was copyist to the composer Joseph Haydn.
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Portrait of the dancers Therese (1808-1878) and Fanny Elssler (1810-1884) The V...

Satyrical print showing Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) playing the violin. Caption calls him "the modern Orpheus" because of his virtuosity and fascination for his contemporaries.
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Satyrical print showing Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) playing the violin. Capt...

Richard Wagner came to Paris in September 1891 for the Paris firstnight of his "Lohengrin". Newspapers attacked him violently for his "bad music" and for having been a German nationalist 20 years previously. Wagner's glasses and a letter to the Princess of Saxe.
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Richard Wagner came to Paris in September 1891 for the Paris firstnight of...

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864). Two autographs of his music, and his tuning fork.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864). Two autographs of his mu...

Front-page of the satirical magazine "Le Drolatique" showing Johann Strauss conducting on the occasion of his concerts in Paris.
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Front-page of the satirical magazine "Le Drolatique" showing Johann Strauss c...

Marius Ivanovich Petipa (1822-1910), dancer and choreographer, creator of the realistic Russian ballet-style. His choreographies of Swanlake, La Belle au Bois Dormant and La Sylphide are still used.
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Marius Ivanovich Petipa (1822-1910), dancer and choreographer, creator o...

Marie Taglioni (1804-1884), most famous ballerina of her time. Coloured print shows her in "La Sylphide" by Adam, created in 1832.
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Marie Taglioni (1804-1884), most famous ballerina of her time. Coloured pr...

Auguste Armand Vestris (1760-1842), first dancer and ballet master of the Paris opera, and Mlle. Angiolini in the "Ballet of the Tyrolese," 1810. Coloured engraving.
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Auguste Armand Vestris (1760-1842), first dancer and ballet master of the Pa...

Carlotta Zambelli, (1875-1968). Her career lasted from 1894 to 1930, the longest at the Paris Opera. As a ballet teacher she formed several generations of dancers. Pastel by Claudie Chamerot, 1897
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Carlotta Zambelli, (1875-1968). Her career lasted from 1894 to 1930, the longes...