{"product_id":"16360-giraffe-drechsler-joseph-bauerle-adolf-die-giraffe-in-wien-original-1828-playbill","title":"[Giraffe] [Drechsler, Joseph. (1782–1852)] [Bäuerle, Adolf. (1786–1859)] \"Die Giraffe in Wien\" - Original 1828 Playbill","description":"Original playbill from the 1828 Singspiel \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eDie Giraffe in Wien, oder Alles à la Giraffe!\u003c\/i\u003e, by the Viennese playwright Adolf Bäuerle and composer Joseph Drechsler. The playbill features an engraving depicting a giraffe in the courtyard of the Leopoldstädter Theater in Vienna, with \"well-known characters from the best-loved plays of the author.\" The text below advertises the play's premiere on May 9, 1828, and lists the complete cast. Light toning, but overall in very fine condition. 6 x 9.5 inches (15 x 24.3 cm).\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eIn 1828, the Pasha of Egypt, Muhammad Ali, sent three giraffes as diplomatic gifts to France, Britain, and Austria. The giraffe that arrived at Vienna's Schönbrunn Zoo caused a sensation. Historian Olivier Lebleu writes: \"Austrian women were soon styling their hair ‘à la Girafe’, wearing giraffe-patterned clothes, gloves and earrings, scenting themselves with ‘Esprit à la Girafe’ and even redecorating their boudoirs with special wallpaper. Three days after the animal’s arrival there was a great Giraffe Ball at the ‘Blue Grape’ inn at Penzing (now Vienna’s 14th district) [...] Two musical pieces were created for the occasion by Austrian composers: a ‘Giraffengalopp’ by Henri Herz and a ‘Giraffen-Rondeau’ by Wenzel Plachy. The upright harpsichord (Harfenklavier in German), which first appeared around 1798, became remarketed as the Giraffe-piano.\" Bäuerle and Drechsler's musical play was part of this cultural phenomenon.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093615202463,"sku":"16360","price":650.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Drechsler_Bauerle_Giraffe_16360.jpg?v=1722189204","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/16360-giraffe-drechsler-joseph-bauerle-adolf-die-giraffe-in-wien-original-1828-playbill","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}