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'''ESMERALDA POLKA, LA.''' Polka (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABACA. "La Esmeralda" takes its name from a ballet of the same name in 3 acts, 5 scenes, inspired by Victor Hugo's '''Notre Dame de Paris'''. It was originally choreographed by Jules Perrot, with music by Cesare Pugni (see also note for "[[Annotation:Opera Polka]]"). | '''ESMERALDA POLKA, LA.''' Polka (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABACA. "La Esmeralda" takes its name from a ballet of the same name in 3 acts, 5 scenes, inspired by Victor Hugo's '''Notre Dame de Paris'''. It was originally choreographed by Jules Perrot, with music by Cesare Pugni (see also note for "[[Annotation:Opera Polka]]"). | ||
[[File:esmeralda.JPG|200px|thumb|left|Fanny Cerrito in the title role of the Pugni/Perrot La Esmeralda, London, circa 1844.]] | [[File:esmeralda.JPG|200px|thumb|left|Fanny Cerrito in the title role of the Pugni/Perrot La Esmeralda, London, circa 1844.]] | ||
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The Esmeralda, sometimes called the Three-Slide Polka, was a ballroom dance popular in America in the second half of the 19th century. It consisted in a combination of steps of the polka and the galop. | |||
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ESMERALDA POLKA, LA. Polka (2/4 time). C Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). ABACA. "La Esmeralda" takes its name from a ballet of the same name in 3 acts, 5 scenes, inspired by Victor Hugo's Notre Dame de Paris. It was originally choreographed by Jules Perrot, with music by Cesare Pugni (see also note for "Annotation:Opera Polka").
The Esmeralda, sometimes called the Three-Slide Polka, was a ballroom dance popular in America in the second half of the 19th century. It consisted in a combination of steps of the polka and the galop.
Source for notated version:
Printed sources: Manson (Hamilton's Universal Tune Book, vol. 2), 1846; p. 145.
Recorded sources: