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Background imageClassical Music Collection: Franz Liszt at 30 Years of Age

Franz Liszt at 30 Years of Age
Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) at the age of 30. Original Artwork: Reproduced from a daguerreotype, the first commercially successful photographic process

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827). Original Artwork: Portrait August von Kloeber (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
Russian-born American composer, conductor and pianist Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) conducting at a recording session in London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Double Bass Scroll

Double Bass Scroll
The scroll of a double bass belonging to one of the London Mozart Players, 3rd May 1972. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams

Composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
(Original Caption) Portrait of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), English composer. Undated photograph

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Joan Sutherland as Lucia in Lucia Di Lammermoor

Joan Sutherland as Lucia in Lucia Di Lammermoor
(Original Caption) Joan Sutherland performs her most famous role, Lucia in Lucia Di Lammermoor, for the television show she is filming

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Illustration, string quartet, four sitting men in tuxedos playing two violins

Illustration, string quartet, four sitting men in tuxedos playing two violins, a viola and cello, front view

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Illustration, sitar and musical note

Illustration, sitar and musical note

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Copland Conducts

Copland Conducts
American composer Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990). (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer and condutor, Igor Stravinsky (1882 -1971)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Franz Liszt, (1811-1886), Austrian-Hungarian composer, wood engraving, published in 1882

Franz Liszt, (1811-1886), Austrian-Hungarian composer, wood engraving, published in 1882
Franz Liszt (Austrian-Hungarian composer, 1811-1886). He was one of the most prominent piano virtuoso and one of the most prolific composers of the 19th century. Wood engraving, published in 1882

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Display of Musical Score by Ludwig Beethoven

Display of Musical Score by Ludwig Beethoven
Composer Ludwig Van Beethoven's music score for the last movement of the ninth symphony

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Portrait of Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

Portrait of Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, the internatianally renound Russian composer, also founded the Russian nationalist school

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Gustave Mahler

Gustave Mahler
(Original Caption) Portrait of young Gustave Mahler (standing) 1860-1911; Austrian composer. Undated photo

Background imageClassical Music Collection: French Composer Louis Hector Berlioz

French Composer Louis Hector Berlioz
Louis-Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), French composer

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky

Composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1879 in a very productive period when he had just written Eugene Onegin

Background imageClassical Music Collection: German Composer Johannes Brahms

German Composer Johannes Brahms
Ca. 1880-Head and shoulder portrait of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), German composer. Photograph by Luckhardt (Vienna)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Composer Anton Bruckner by Grand Piano

Composer Anton Bruckner by Grand Piano
(Original Caption) Bruckner in work room sitting at the side of his grand piano

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Beethoven's Piano in Beethoven-Haus

Beethoven's Piano in Beethoven-Haus
Composer and musician Ludwig Van Beethoven's piano as preserved in the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn in Germany

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Manuscript Page from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis

Manuscript Page from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis
A manuscript page from classical composer Ludwig van Beethoven's Missa Solemnis mass

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Les Six Group Of French Composers

Les Six Group Of French Composers
(Original Caption) The group of French composers who banded together in 1916 to form Les Six

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Young Francis Poulenc Profile Portrait

Young Francis Poulenc Profile Portrait
(Original Caption) Portrait of French composer Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) as a young man. Undated photograph

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Nikolay Andreyevich Rimski-Korsakov

Nikolay Andreyevich Rimski-Korsakov
(Original Caption) Portrait of Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov (1844-1908) Russian composer. Photograph in St. Petersburg. Undated photo

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Sheet Music for Franz Schubert's 'Die Forelle'

Sheet Music for Franz Schubert's "Die Forelle"
Sheet music for Schubert's "Die Forelle, " 1817 or 1818, (Dedication copy, 1821). Undated photograph

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Anton von Webern

Anton von Webern, Austrian composer and pupil of Arnold Schoenberg

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Richard Strauss by Max Liebermann

Richard Strauss by Max Liebermann
Richard Strauss (1864-1949), German composer. Painting by Max Liebermann. Undated

Background imageClassical Music Collection: American Conductor Leonard Bernstein

American Conductor Leonard Bernstein
(Original Caption) Photo of famous American conductor Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), seated at a piano, conducting a group of musicians during a practice session

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Composer Virgil Thomson

Composer Virgil Thomson
(Original Caption) USA: Photograph of composer, Virgil Thomson

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Mozart Directing His Requiem by Mihaly Munkacsy

Mozart Directing His Requiem by Mihaly Munkacsy
Picture shows Austrian musician, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), on his deathbed directing his requiem

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini
(Original Caption) 1904-Formal waist up portrait of Italian opera composer, Giacomo Puccini, (1858-1924)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Luisa Tetrazzini Wearing White Robe

Luisa Tetrazzini Wearing White Robe
(Original Caption) Luisa Tetrazzini (1871-1940) as Lucia in Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor". Ca. 1905 photo

Background imageClassical Music Collection: French Composer Claude Debussy

French Composer Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) French composer

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy
(Original Caption) Head and shoulder portrait of French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918). Photograph by Nadar, 1908

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy
(Original Caption) 1908-Close up portrait of French composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918), looking directly at camera (1862-1918) French composer. Photograph by P. Nader

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Gustav Mahler

Gustav Mahler
(Original Caption) 1909-Portrait of composer Gustav Mahler, taken in America

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Composer Sergei Prokofiev Playing Piano as a Child

Composer Sergei Prokofiev Playing Piano as a Child
(Original Caption) Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Russian composer. In his early youth when he already composed and became a fine pianist under the tutorship of his mother

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky

Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky
(Original Caption) Claude Debussy and Igor Stravinsky

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Choreographer Nijinsky and Composer Ravel Sitting at Piano

Choreographer Nijinsky and Composer Ravel Sitting at Piano
Choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky and composer Maurice Ravel at the piano playing a score from Daphnis and Chloe

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Cellist Pablo Casals

Cellist Pablo Casals
1915-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Portrait of Pablo Casals (1876-1973), with cello. Spanish violincellist, composer and conductor. Photograph, 1915. BPA2# 3242

Background imageClassical Music Collection: 'Les Six' Composers with Jean Cocteau

"Les Six" Composers with Jean Cocteau
French composers known together as Les Six include Jean Cocteau (at piano) as their spokesman, (from left to right); Darius Milhaud, a drawing to represent Georges Auric, Arthur Honegger

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Igor Stravinsky at Piano

Igor Stravinsky at Piano
(Original Caption) At his home in Paris, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), demonstrates virtuoso piano with an agile hand-over-hand technique

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Pianist and Composer Ignacy Paderewski at Piano

Pianist and Composer Ignacy Paderewski at Piano
Ignacy Paderewski, a Polish pianist and patriot, became director of Warsaw Conservatory and later president of Poland's provisional Parliament in 1940

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Darius Milhaud Arriving In New York

Darius Milhaud Arriving In New York
(Original Caption) 1/3/1923-New York, NY: Darius Milhaud, noted composer, arrival in New York to conduct a concert of French music with the Philadelphia Symphony Ochestra

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Russian American Violinist Jascha Heifetz Holding His Violin

Russian American Violinist Jascha Heifetz Holding His Violin
Jascha Heifetz, (1901-1987), the Russian-American violinist is shown

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Jascha Heifetz and Arthur Rubinstein Practicing Together

Jascha Heifetz and Arthur Rubinstein Practicing Together
Violinist Jascha Heifetz and pianist Arthur Rubinstein practice for a concert in aid of British War Relief and the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Conductor Announcing Radio Show

Conductor Announcing Radio Show
Otto Klemperer, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, announces a concert for children from the Hollywood Bowl to be broadcast on radio

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Igor Stravinsky Conducting Musicians

Igor Stravinsky Conducting Musicians
(Photo by Bettmann Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Singer Roland Hayes Returning to New York City

Singer Roland Hayes Returning to New York City
Tenor Roland Hayes, from Boston, arriving in New York City, June 14th, aboard the S.S. Normandie. He is returning after filling engagements in London and Paris

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Composer Igor Stravinsky

Composer Igor Stravinsky
(Original Caption) Photo shows Igor Stravinsky perhaps the most famous of the modern composers of our day. Born in Russia, he is now a naturalized Frenchman

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Tenor Richard Tauber And Wife

Tenor Richard Tauber And Wife
Viennese lyric tenor Richard Tauber leans against a piano played by his wife before a concert in Los Angeles

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Prominent Conductor Arturo Toscanini

Prominent Conductor Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957), operatic and symphonic conductor. Head and shoulders photograph, 1938

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Todd Duncan and Anne Brown in Porgy and Bess

Todd Duncan and Anne Brown in Porgy and Bess
(Original Caption) Todd Duncan and Anne Broun starring in George Gershwin's "Porgy and Bess." Exact date of photograph unknwon; either 1935 or 1942 production

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Sergei Prokofiev at Piano

Sergei Prokofiev at Piano
(Original Caption) 2/16/1939-New York

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev

Background imageClassical Music Collection: New Yorker Conducting California Orchestra

New Yorker Conducting California Orchestra
Conductor of the New York Philharmonic, John Barbirolli conducts the California Junior Symphony Association Orchestra

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Leonard Bernstein Seated at Piano

Leonard Bernstein Seated at Piano
(Original Caption) 11/15/1943- The goal that musicians dream of, was reached by Leonard Bernstein at the musically tender age of 25

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Composer Leonard Bernstein

Composer Leonard Bernstein
(Original Caption) 1/4/1945 Closeup photograph of Leonard Bernstein

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Sir Thomas Beecham Conducting Orchestra

Sir Thomas Beecham Conducting Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham conducts a rehearsal of the Blue Network Orchestra

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Igor Stravinsky Conducting Orchestra

Igor Stravinsky Conducting Orchestra
(Original Caption) Igor Stravinsky (1882-1972). Russian composer conducting rehearsal of La Baiser de la Fee with the Orchestra and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, in the New York City Center Theater

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Conductor Bruno Walter

Conductor Bruno Walter
(Original Caption) Bruno Walter, Opera and Symphony conductor, who was named musical adviser of the Philharmonic symphony Society for 1947-48 is shown

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Leonard Bernstein Playing Piano

Leonard Bernstein Playing Piano
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) conducting, and playing the piano

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Leonard Bernstein Smoking at Piano

Leonard Bernstein Smoking at Piano
Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) American Conductor and composer smoking a cigarette at the piano in his younger days

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Martha Graham in Appalachian Spring

Martha Graham in Appalachian Spring
(Original Caption) Martha Graham, noted innovator in modern dance, as the young bride in her ballet "Appalachian Spring." Undated photograph. Composer: Aaron Copland

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Francis Poulenc

Francis Poulenc
(Original Caption) Portrait of Francis Poulenc (1899-1963), French composer. Undated head and shoulders photograph

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Wynton Marsalis in Performance

Wynton Marsalis in Performance
Wynton Marsalis (1961- ) performs on trumpet at the 1984 Grammy Awards Ceremonies. That night he became the first artist to win awards in both classical and jazz album categories

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Pianist Vladimir Horowitz Straightening His Bow Tie

Pianist Vladimir Horowitz Straightening His Bow Tie
(Original Caption) Vladimir Horowitz, pianist, seated with back to piano, smiles and adjusts his bow tie

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Birthday Gala for Aaron Copland

Birthday Gala for Aaron Copland
Conductor Zubin Mehta assists composer Aaron Copland in cutting a cake for Copland's 85th birthday gala at Avery Fisher Hall

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Itzhak Perlman Performing

Itzhak Perlman Performing
(Original Caption) 10/7/1986-Columbia, SC: World-Famous violinist Itzhak Perlman performs Mendelssohn's Concerto in E minor with the South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra in Columbia, SC, 10/7

Background imageClassical Music Collection: New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall

New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall
New York Philharmonic performance at the renovated Carnegie Hall during the concert hall's gala reopening

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Norma Scala Poster

Norma Scala Poster
Poster for Norma Libretto by Vincenzo Bellini in 1834 at La Scalla Theater in Milan, Italy

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Enrico Caruso Dressed as Don Jose in Carmen

Enrico Caruso Dressed as Don Jose in Carmen
Ebrico Caruso from the opera Carmen. Composer: Georges Bizet

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Enrico Caruso & Geraldine Farrar/Carmen

Enrico Caruso & Geraldine Farrar/Carmen
(Original Caption) Enrico Caruso and Geraldine Farrar (1882-American dramatic soprano in Carmen). Photograph. Composer: Georges Bizet

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Russian Composer Igor Stravinsky

Russian Composer Igor Stravinsky
(Original Caption) Portrait of Russian composer Igor Fedorovich Stravinsky. Undated photograph

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Clara Schumann Seated at Piano

Clara Schumann Seated at Piano
(Original Caption) Portrait of German composer and pianist Clara Wieck, wife of Robert Schumann. She is shown seated at the piano. Undated photograph

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Motet, 'God Is Our Refuge', K. 20 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Motet, "God Is Our Refuge", K. 20 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Mozart's manuscript of his first effort in choral writing, the only one composed on an English text, given to the British Museum. Composed July 1765

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Charles Ives

Charles Ives
(Original Caption) Charles Edward Ives (1874-1954), American composer. Undated photograph

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Alban Berg

Alban Berg
(Original Caption) Portrait of Alban Berg (1885-1935) Austrian composer of songs, piano sonata, etc.Undated Photograph

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Sheet Music with Mozart's Signature

Sheet Music with Mozart's Signature
(Original Caption) The signature of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart taken from a page of one of his sonatas

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Musical Score of Don Giovanni by Mozart

Musical Score of Don Giovanni by Mozart
Sheet music for Don Giovanni. Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior on Stage

Kirsten Flagstad and Lauritz Melchior on Stage
(Original Caption) Kirstin Flagstad with Lauritz Melchior in Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan and Isolde." Stage photograph, undated. BPA2# 3476

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Arthur Honegger Seated In His Studio

Arthur Honegger Seated In His Studio
(Original Caption) Paris, France: Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Swiss composer in his studio, Rue Pigale, Paris

Background imageClassical Music Collection: B.Bates & R.Helland Playing Cards

B.Bates & R.Helland Playing Cards
Performance of the opera The Girl of the Golden West by Giacomo Puccini

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Illustration of Handel Presenting Water Music to King George I

Illustration of Handel Presenting Water Music to King George I

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Illustration of Mozart at Vienna, Playing His Opera Don Juan for the First Time

Illustration of Mozart at Vienna, Playing His Opera Don Juan for the First Time
Mozart at Vienna. He plays his opera Don Juan (also known as Don Giovanni) for the first time before an assembly of lords and artists



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