Funding: Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Biographical/Historical: Russian-born ballerina Irina Baronova, 1919-2008, the former owner of this collection, was one of the "baby ballerinas" discovered by choreographer George Balanchine in Paris in the 1930s. During the course of her career she danced with many of the most prominent ballet companies of the time, among them the Original Ballets Russes, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and Ballet Theatre, and appeared in films and musicals.
Acquisition: Purchase; Victoria Tennant, 2011.
Statement Of Responsibility: N. Currier's Lith. N.Y.
Content: Includes music score
Biographical/Historical: Marie Taglioni, considered the quintessential Romantic ballerina, excelled in ethereal and otherworldly roles such as the title role of La sylphide, choreographed by her father Filippo Taglioni in 1832. In La Gitana, created by Filippo in 1839, she ventured into the ballet of local color, conveying the exotic flavors of foreign lands. The sylphide, her most famous creation, inspired many imitations, among them the winged lady on the cover of Sylphide quadrille.
Additional Physical Form: For another copy, see: *MGZFB Tag M Git 1.

Physical Description

Lithographs
Extent: 1 print : lithograph, black & white ; 35 x 26 cm or smaller.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19758839
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e12678d0-4dd9-013d-4aef-0242ac110003

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image
Notated Music

Date Issued

1796

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "La mazurka danced in La Gitana, by Madame Taglioni" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1796 - 1840. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e12678d0-4dd9-013d-4aef-0242ac110003

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1796 - 1840). La mazurka danced in La Gitana, by Madame Taglioni Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e12678d0-4dd9-013d-4aef-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "La mazurka danced in La Gitana, by Madame Taglioni" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e12678d0-4dd9-013d-4aef-0242ac110003

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