. A CoxFßßHsif srvß Baiajbtj—The new ballet" Das Tanzmlrchen, or the Legend of the Dance," came oat lately at the Vienna Opera, and promises to be one of the events of the season. It is an object lesson in the history of dancing, from heathen times to the present day, and includes every characteristic national dance there is. It is to be staged regardless of extfense, and the music, by Joseph Bayer, is said to be appropriate and tuneful. Its scope extends from the dance of David before the Ark to the clow measures of the French and German Courts in the Middle Ages, and from the old Caatilian /fctn»Aß to the Highland fling aud the Irish
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7778, 4 February 1891, Page 5
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