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Stradivarius Violin13th February 1907: This Stradivarius violin, possibly the Soames when it was auctioned at the Argyll Rooms. (Photo by John Glendinning/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
At HomeSeptember 1908: A family concert party, on piano and violin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Stadium Phonographcirca 1908: Two Edwardian gentlemen setting up a large phonograph in a stadium. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Festival Of EmpireMay 1911: Children singing the national anthem in front of a huge audience for the Festival of Empire at Crystal Palace, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Enrico Carusocirca 1900: Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921), one of the first opera singers to achieve fame through gramophone recordings. (Photo by W. & D. Downey/Getty Images)
Piano Primatecirca 1900: Esau the ape at the piano. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Alhambra InteriorSeptember 1919: The interior of the Alhambra Music Hall, Leicester Square, London. It was demolished in 1936 to build the Odeon cinema. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Revelling Pups4th February 1926: Music lovers partner up for their favourite dance programme on the wireless. (Photo by M. Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
The state opera at pragueThe State Opera, is an opera house in Prague, Czech Republic. It is part of the National Theatre of the Czech Republic, founded by Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic in 1992
Saint Cecilia in Oaxaca CathedralSaint Cecilia is the patroness of musicians. It is written that as the musicians played at her wedding she -sang in her heart to the Lord
Metropolitan Cathedral Pipe OrgansThe cathedral has two Pipe Organs, they were made in Mexico by JoseNassarre (spanish) in 1736, incorporating elements from 17th century
Metropolitan Cathedral Pipe Organs detailDetail of the bottom part of the metropolitan Cathedral Pipe Organ, this is the walkway from the pipe Organ
Festival Force25th August 1973: Police keep an eye on the crowd at Windsor Pop Festival in Windsor Great Park. (Photo by Tim Graham/Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Toy Plays Xylophone1962: A toy manufactured by Fisher Price called Poodle Zilo. The poodle plays a tune on the xylophone as he is pulled along the floor. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)
Duke Ellington12th January 1963: American jazz musician and band leader Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974) smokes a cigarette on a sofa with a music score in his lap during the British phase of his European tour
Musical HandsThe hands of composer and pianist Leff Nicolas Pouishnoff (1891 - 1959), at the piano. In 1938 he was the first classical pianist to make a televised performance. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)
Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), the American composer. Original Publication: People Disc - HJ0247 (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Igor StravinskyRussian-born composer, conductor, pianist and writer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) conducting. Works include the opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex (1927) the melodrama Pers+phone (1934)
Igor Stravinsky11th September 1965: Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) at a press conference at the Savoy Hotel, London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Copland SmilesAmerican composer Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990). (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Copland ConductingUS composer Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) conducting. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) the conductor, pianist and composer. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Aaron CoplandUS composer of ballets, film scores, operas and symphonies Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) conducting. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
The FirebirdIgor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), Russian composer, conducting the recording of his works in London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Benny GoodmanJazz musician and band leader Benny Goodman (1909 - 1986) playing the clarinet. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Leonard BernsteinAmerican composer Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), writer of symphonic music as well as Broadway shows. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Aaron Copland9th February 1962: American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990). (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Aaron Coplandcirca 1970: Influential American composer, pianist and conductor, Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990). Won the Pulitzer prize for Music in 1944
Duke Ellington19th February 1967: American big band leader and legendary jazz pianist Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974), composer of between 2000 / 5000 tunes. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Stravinsky8th December 1958: Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) at work. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Bernstein Conducts8th December 1966: US composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) conducting. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Stravinsky Conducts8th December 1958: Russian-born composer, conductor, pianist and writer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) conducting
Conductors HomeAppletree Farm House in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire, the former country home of English conductor Sir Henry Wood, 26th May 1969. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)
Close up of microphone
Close up of acoustic six string guitar
Divan Japonais
Jane Avril
Metropolitan Opera HouseThe first Metropolitan Opera House in New York, late 1800s. The theatre, on Broadway, was demolished in 1967. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
WI DancersMembers of Eastgate Womens Institute practising country dancing to a gramophone in the fields of Weardale, County Durham, 27th June 1953. Original publication: Picture Post - 6557 - The W.I. - pub
Mozarts death placeExterior view of the Rauhensteingasse apartment building in which Mozart died, Austria, Vienna, Austria, 1791. (Engraving by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Penny GaffAn audience watching a performance at Bianchis Penny Gaff - a music hall, circa 1850 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Don GiovanniA scene from Mozarts opera Don Giovanni. Donna Anna tries to unmask her would-be seducer Don Giovanni, whilst his servant Leporello looks
Don GiovanniA performance of Mozarts opera Don Giovanni at Her Majestys Theatre, 1846. Accompanied by his servant Leporello, Don Giovanni attempts to woo the chaste Donna Anna
Leonard Bernstein LeaningFebruary 1970: American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Londons South Bank. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Toscanini ConductsItalian conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867 - 1957) conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra in a televised recording of Verdis Hymn of the Nations, 1944. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
L Ambigu ComiqueThe Theatre de l Ambigu Comique in Paris associated with composers Mehul, Auber, Donizetti, Berlioz, Adam and Ambroise Thomas. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)