JPS World's Fairs: 1855-1862

JON PAUL SANK'S WORLD'S FAIRS PAGE (Continued)

1855 PARIS (BIE World Expo):

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Pictures:
- L'Exposition Universelle de 1855 (YouTube, pictures with added music, 6m48s)
- L'Exposition Universelle de 1855 à Paris (pictures with added music, 1m29s, at DailyMotion)
- Exposition Universelle and the Palais de l'Industrie in Pictures (at The Hector Berlioz Website)
- Exposition Universelle (1855) (at Wikimedia Commons)
- L'Exposition Universelle de 1855 à Paris du 15 Mai au 31 Octobre 1855 (at L'Art Nouveau)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- L'Entente Cordiale: A Self-Interpreting Guide to Paris for the Exhibition, 1855 (book, 229pp, at Internet Archive)
- Plan-guide du Palais des beaux-arts (map, 2pp, at Internet Archive)
- Catalogue Officiel (book, 692pp, at Hathi Trust)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows:
- Pavillons (webpage, at worldsfairs.info)
- Canada:
  - Le Canada et l'Exposition Universelle de 1855 (exhibitor report, 477pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Exposition Universelle de 1855: Canada (booklet, 18pp, at Hathi Trust)
- China:
  - Notice sur la Chine (book, 96pp, at Internet Archive)
- Fine Arts
  - Les Dessous de L'Atelier du Peintre: La Première Présentation de l'Œuvre au Public en 1855 (YouTube, museum talk, 1m59s)
  - Exposition Universelle de 1855: Beaux Arts (book, 267pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Explication des Ouvrages de Peinture, Sculpture, Gravure, Lithographie et Architecture des Artistes Vivants, Étrangers et Français, Exposés au Palais des Beaux-Arts (book, 634pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Les Beaux-Arts à l'Exposition Universelle de 1855 (book, 298pp, at Hathi Trust)
  - Le Salon de 1855 (booklets, at Internet Archive):
    - Première Partie (85pp)
    - Deuxième Partie (96pp)
- Great Britain
  - Reports on the Paris Universal Exhibition (book, 1400pp, at Internet Archive)
- Palais de l'Industrie
  - Exposition Universelle de 1855 à Paris: Palais de l'Industrie (YouTube, 3-D model with added music, 6m17s)
  - Interior (pictures, at Wikimedia Commons)
- Pavilion of Realism:
  - Gustave Courbet and the Art of Self-Promotion (PDF, essay, 4pp, at The Getty)
- Sculptures:
  - France Crowning Art and Industry (sculpture group) (pictures, at Wikimedia Commons)
  - Prayer (Jean-Louis-Nicolas Jaley) (pictures, at Wikimedia Commons)
- Trehala:
  - The Right Chemistry: Trehalose and C. Difficile (article, at canada.com)
- Wine:
  - 1855 Classification Bordeaux Wine: How, Why, What Now? (YouTube, documentary episode, 17m22s)
  - Warm Up: The 1855 Classification of Bordeaux (article, at Vinography: A Wine Blog)
Music:
- L'Impériale: Hymne à Napoléon III (Hector Berlioz) (YouTube, audio, 9m31s)
- Berlioz in Paris: Le Palais de l'Industrie, Exposition Universelle 1855 (article, with pictures, at The Hector Berlioz Website)
- Jouer sur un Piano Pleyel de 1855 (YouTube, music performance, 1m04s)
- Antique 1855 Piano/Organ, Paris World Fair Medal Winner (YouTube, artifact description, 7m48s)
- Paris Premieres in 1855:
  - Ba-ta-clan (Jacques Offenbach) (YouTube, audio, 40m30s)
  - La Cour de Célimène (Ambroise Thomas) (YouTube):
    - Ouverture (Philharmonia Orchestra under Andrew Litton) (audio, 6m17s)
    - Hélas, croyez donc (Luigi Boccia, Nathalie Pauline, with the Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra under Carlos Izcaray) (audio, 4m25s)
    - Quartet, Act 2 (Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra under Carlos Izcaray) (audio, 3m30s)
    - Je vais la revoir (Luigi Boccia, with the Wexford Festival Opera Orchestra under Carlos Izcaray) (audio, 3m48s)
    - Wexford Festival Opera 2011 (performance preview, 3m23s)
  - Jenny Bell (Daniel-François-Esprit Auber):
    - Overture (Gothenburg Opera Orchestra) (YouTube, audio, 7m39s)
    - Au theatre le secret par qui l'on plait (YouTube, aria performance, 4m19s)
  - Te Deum (Hector Berlioz, Opus 22):
    - European Community Youth Orchestra under Claudio Abbado (YouTube, music performance, 48m46s)
    - Radio France Philharmonic under Kazuki Yamada (YouTube, music performance, 58m34s)
    - Orchestre de Paris under Daniel Barenboim (YouTube, audio, 40m37s)
  - Jaguarita l'Indienne (Fromental Halévy) (score, 127pp, at Internet Archive)
- Quinze Visites Musicales à l'Exposition Universelle de 1855 (book, 232pp, at Internet Archive)
- Les Orgues-Mélodium d'Alexandre Pè et Fils (book, 53pp, at Internet Archive)
Texts:
- Books:
  - L'Histoire Illustrée de l'Exposition Universelle (418pp, at Gallica)
  - The Paragreens on a Visit to the Paris Universal Exhibition (230pp, at Internet Archive)
  - A Vissit ta t'Great French Exhebishan (60pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Visite à l'Exposition Universelle de Paris, en 1855 (799pp, at Internet Archive)
    - PDF (at Wikimedia Commons)
  - The Exhibition of Art-Industry in Paris, 1855 (PDF, 68pp, at Wikimedia Commons)
  - Quinze Visites Musicales à l'Exposition Universelle de 1855 (252pp, at Internet Archive)
  - Rapport sur l'Exposition Universelle de 1855 (511pp, at Conservatoire Numérique des Arts et Métiers)
  - The Online Books Page: Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1855 (at University of Pennsylvania)
- Periodicals:
  - Kladderadatsch in Paris: Humor und Satyre auf der Industrie-Ausstellung (PDF, 5 issues, total 40pp, at Wikimedia Commons)
  - Paris en 1855: Journal de l'Exposition Générale et de l'Industrie Française (4 issues, at Gallica)
- Articles:
  - 1855 Exposition Universelle Paris (with pictures, at expositions-universelles.fr)
  - Fanfare for the New Empire (at Arthur Chandler)
  - Exposition Universelle of 1855 (at Geri Walton)
  - 1855: France's First International Exhibition (at napoleon.org)
  - Fanfare for the New Empire: The Paris Exposition Universelle of 1855 (World's Fair Magazine, Vol. 6 No. 2) (archived at Wayback Machine)
Collections:
- "Exposition Universelle de 1855" (search results, at Paris Musées Collections)
1862 LONDON (BIE World Expo):
Websites, Pages:
- Visit 1862: Exchanging the Experience (visit1862.com)
- The London World Exposition 1862 (at expo2000.de, archived)
Video:
- Book Review: 3D Expo 1862: A Magic Journey to Victorian England (YouTube, 8m56s)
Pictures:
- Remembrances of the Great International Exhibition 1862 (view book, 20pp, at Internet Archive)
- Expo 1862 (at Wikimedia Commons)
- "International Exhibition 1862" (search results, at Science and Society Picture Library)
Guides, Maps, Catalogues:
- Ground Plan and Gallery Plan of the International Exhibition of 1862 (maps, at Internet Archive)
- The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue of the International Exhibition 1862 (book, 490pp, at Internet Archive)
- The Illustrated Catalogue of the Industrial Department (books, at Internet Archive):
  - British Division (718pp)
  - British Division, Volume 2 (890pp)
  - Colonial and Foreign Divisions (564pp)
  - Foreign Division (780pp)
Exhibits, Pavilions, Shows, Events:
- Furniture:
  - The Robinson Crusoe Sideboard by Garrard Robinson (YouTube, antiques description, 1m52s)
- Kew Fountain
- Musical Instruments:
  - Manuel Ponce's Prelude on a Torres' Papier Maché Replica (YouTube, music performance, 4m10s)
- Opening Day:
  - Ode Sung at the Opening of the International Exhibition (Alfred, Lord Tennyson) (poem, at Plainquotes)
- Pulhamite and Terracotta Fountain
- Ross Fountain
Music:
- Grand Exhibition Overture (Daniel François Esprit Auber) (Modern Symphony Orchestra under Arthur Dennington (YouTube, audio, 9m10s)
  - Popular Daniel Auber and Overture Videos (YouTube Playlist, 61 videos)
- Inno delle Nazioni (Giuseppe Verdi) (Orchestra and Chorus from Teatro Regio, Torino) (YouTube, audio, 12m46s)
  - Performed by Luciano Pavarotti, tenor, with the Philharmonia Orchestra under James Levine (YouTube, audio, 13m44s)
  - Giuseppe Verdi, Classical Composer (YouTube Playlist, 29 videos)
- Fest-Ouvertüre im Marschstyl (Giacomo Meyerbeer) (score, at IMSLP)
Texts:
- The Record of the International Exhibition 1862 (book, 594pp, at Internet Archive)
- Cassell's Illustrated Exhibitor (book, 307pp, at Internet Archive)
- Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition (books, at Internet Archive):
  - Volume 1 (440pp)
  - Volume 2 (414pp)
  - Volume 3 (420pp)
- Nature and Art: or Reminiscences of the International Exhibition (book, poetry, with end notes, 319pp, at Internet Archive)
- Exhibition in 1862 (Once A Week, 1859-1860) (article, at Wikisource)
- The Exhibition Building of 1862 (book chapter, at British History Online)

Section Last Modified July 17, 2019