SHEET MUSIC – THE FLYING TRAPEZE – 1868 – HAND COLORED
Sheet music  “The Flying Trapeze” 13 ½ x 10, 5pp complete. Published by Ditson, NY. 1868., hand colored illustration.
Early sheet music regarding the recently invented form of entertainment .The flying trapeze is a specific form of the trapeze in which a performer jumps from a platform with the trapeze so that gravity makes the trapeze swing. The performance was invented in 1859 by a Frenchman named Jules Léotard, who connected a bar to some ventilator cords above the swimming pool in his father's gymnasium in Toulouse, France. After practicing tricks above the pool, Leotard performed his act in the Cirque Napoleon (now known as the Cirque d'hiver). The traditional flier's costume, the leotard, is named after him.
From bound volume, minor bindery markings along spine, overall Fine condition. sm et 222 65.