Offered here, complete with music, is LA CRACOVIENNE, AS DANCED BY FANNY ELSSLER. New York, Published by FIRTH & HALL, No. 1, Franklin Square, J. L. Hewitt & Co., Broaday. 4 sheets (cover + 3 sheets of music. VERY RARE to find with the music attached!
Fanny Elssler (born Franziska Elßler, 1810 – 1884) was an Austrian ballerina of the Romantic period. She was a rival of Marie Taglioni and a contemporary of Fanny Cerrito, Carlotta, Grisi, Lucile Grahn, and Pauline Duvernay. When she danced "La Cachucha" in the ballet LE DIABLE BOITEUX, she became a European sensation. Lithographs and statues of Elssler in this Spanish-style dance were created to celebrate and promote her success.
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