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Title: Nozze Slave dance notation and costume design drawings,
Date (inclusive): circa 1895
Collection number: MS-P057
Creators:
Coppini, Cesare, director. Graeb, Emilio, choreographer. Zamperoni, Luigi, costume designer.
Extent:
0.2 linear feet (2 oversize folders)
Repository:
University of California, Irvine. Library.
Special Collections and Archives.
Irvine, California 92623-9557
Abstract: This collection comprises two groups of material documenting work on a ballet in one act,
Nozze slave: divertimento danzante in un atti, (
Slave wedding: a ballet in one act), which appears to have been staged by Cesare Coppini at La Scala, an opera house in Milan, on January 22, 1895. The first
group includes two manuscripts relating to the choreography of the ballet by Emilio Graeb, to music by P. Hertel. One is
a hand-written and illustrated choreographic synopsis, possibly fragmentary, reproduced and signed by Coppini, showing the
placement of dancers in fifteen scenes. The other is a listing of the order of the dances written in Coppini's hand. The
second group includes thirteen costume drawings from the ballet by Luigi Zamperoni, drawn in ink on tracing paper and mounted
on stiff backing, annotated in black and red ink, and featuring costumes for the major dances.
Language:
English.
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. These materials are in the public domain. For permissions to reproduce
or to publish, please contact the Head of Special Collections and University Archives.
Nozze Slave dance notation and costume design drawings. MS-P57. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries,
Irvine, California.
Acquired, 2002.
Processed by Karen Rosen, 2004.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection comprises two groups of material documenting work on a ballet in one act,
Nozze slave: divertimento danzante in un atti, (
Slave wedding: a ballet in one act), which appears to have been staged by Cesare Coppini at La Scala, an opera house in Milan, on January 22, 1895. The first
group includes two manuscripts relating to the choreography of the ballet by Emilio Graeb, to music by P. Hertel. One is
a hand-written and illustrated choreographic synopsis, possibly fragmentary, reproduced and signed by Coppini, showing the
placement of dancers in fifteen scenes. The other is a listing of the order of the dances written in Coppini's hand. The
second group includes thirteen costume drawings from the ballet by Luigi Zamperoni, drawn in ink on tracing paper and mounted
on stiff backing, annotated in black and red ink, and featuring costumes for the major dances.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Nozze slave (Choreographic work: Graeb) -- Archives.
Costume design -- Italy -- Archives.
Genres and Formats of Materials
Costume design drawings -- Italy -- 19th century.
Dance notation -- Italy -- 19th century.
Graeb, Emilio, choreographer.
Zamperoni, Luigi, costume designer.
Hertel, Peter Ludwig, 1817-1899, composer.