Title[The dragon of Wantley].
NamesCarey, Henry, 1687?-1743 (Librettist)Lampe, John Frederick, 1703?-1751 (Arranger)
CollectionPrints depicting dance
Ballet or dance scenes from theatrical works, with or without people in them
Dates / OriginDate Issued: 1730 (Inferred)Issuance: single unit
Table of ContentsMoor[e] circulating the cheerful glass [song from Act I: Zeno, Plato, Aristotle].
Library locationsJerome Robbins Dance DivisionShelf locator: *MGZFA-17 Anon Dra 1
TopicsFlute and continuo music
GenresPrints
NotesMoor circulating the cheerful glass is numbered at top right: 4.Acquisition: Gift; Lincoln Kirstein.Biographical/historical: The dragon of Wantley (music, John Frederick Lampe; libretto, Henry Carey) was first performed at the Little Theatre in the Haymarket, London, in 1737, and was so well received that it soon moved to the larger Covent Garden theatre, where it was presented in its definitive three-act form. Based on a Yorkshire legend, it featured a dragon (sung by a bass) that was vanquished by Moore of Moore-Hall, a man with two romantic interests, his current love Margery and his "cast-off mistress" Mauxalinda. Although this work was meant as a satire of the artificiality and overblown sentimentality of contemporary Italian opera, it was transcended by its score, the only one of Lampe's operas to survive in its entirety.Biographical/historical: Although these illustrations do not include the artist's name or signature, they may have been engraved by George Bickham, 1706?-1771, for the song collection The musical entertainer, the first edition of which appeared in 1737.Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Physical DescriptionEngravingExtent: 1 print : 40 x 25 cm. or smaller, image 11 x 19 cm.B&w
DescriptionIllustrated sheet music for songs from the burlesque opera The dragon of Wantley, each containing music for accompanied voice and flute. Both depict the principal male character, Moore of Moore-Hall (described in the libretto as a valiant knight), costumed in the tonnelet, a short hoop-skirt worn by male ballet dancers in the eighteenth-century.
Type of ResourceStill image
IdentifiersNYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19477877Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 943e20b0-8829-0130-17f9-58d385a7bbd0
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