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Famous Music Composers Collection (page 3)

A collection of images and illustrations featuring some of the greatest music composers of all time

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Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
circa 1948: American big band leader and legendary jazz pianist Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974). (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
American pianist, conductor and composer, Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990). (Photo by Baron/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
1947: Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), American symphony conductor and composer. (Photo by Baron/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Franz Liszt, composer, 1811-1886

Franz Liszt, composer, 1811-1886
Illustration from 19th century

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
Composer Leonard Bernstein conducting at Londons Royal Festival Hall. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers 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 imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Wolfgang Mozart

Wolfgang Mozart
circa 1789: Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers 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 imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Melody

Melody
A Victorian musician composing a song on a type of lute, 1858. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Wagners Grave

Wagners Grave
circa 1920: The grave of the composer Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) at Bayreuth. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: City Of Music

City Of Music
circa 1840: The gothic Cathedral of St Stephen in Vienna with its 370 ft steeple, which so impressed Liszt. Vienna is the city where young Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Lola Montez

Lola Montez
circa 1840: The Irish-born dancer Lola Montez (Marie Gilbert) (1818 - 1861) who danced throughout Europe, had an affair with the composer Franz Liszt

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland
American composer Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) reading a musical score. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) Hungarian composer born in Raiding. He played in public at the age of nine, and then went to study in Vienna

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
A rare short of the World famous Russian composer and conductor Igor Stravinsky (1862 - 1971) conducting the Royal Danish Symphony Orchestra in his famous Firefly. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Ludwig Van Beethoven

Ludwig Van Beethoven
German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827). (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Haydn Monument

Haydn Monument
circa 1900: The monument in Berlin to the German composer Franz Joseph Haydn. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Wolfram Von Eschenbach

Wolfram Von Eschenbach
Illustration of a German poet Wolfram Von Eschenbach (c.1170 - c.1220), minnesinger at the court of Herman of Thuringia, wrote eight epic poems including Parzifal

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Improviser, by Francisque Joseph Duret

Improviser, by Francisque Joseph Duret
Illustration of Improviser, by Francisque Joseph Duret

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Light poetry, by James Pradier

Light poetry, by James Pradier
Illustration of Light poetry, by James Pradier

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Franz Joseph Haydn Silhouette

Franz Joseph Haydn Silhouette
Silhouette of Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), c. 1790. (Image from Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Birthplace Of J. S. Bach

Birthplace Of J. S. Bach
An engraving of the Bach House, the house where German composer and musician J.S. Bach was born in 1685 in Eisenach, Germany. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Schloss Wartburg

Schloss Wartburg
An engraving of Schloss Wartburg, an 11th century castle which overlooks the town of Eisenach, Germany, birthplace of composer J.S. Bach. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Leipzig, Germany

Leipzig, Germany
An engraving of Leipzig, Germany at the time J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) became choirmaster at St. Thomas church in May 1723. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Schloss Wartburg

Schloss Wartburg
An engraving of Schloss Wartburg, an 11th century castle which overlooks the town of Eisenach, Germany, birthplace of composer J.S. Bach. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Lubeck, Germany

Lubeck, Germany
An engraving by J.L. Williams of the senate house, marketplace, and cathedral in the town of Lubeck, Schleswig Holstein region, Germany, as it looked when visited by composer J.S. Bach in 1705

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Treble clef, sharp sign and musical note on stave, close up

Treble clef, sharp sign and musical note on stave, close up

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
circa 1974: American big band leader and legendary jazz pianist Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington (1899 - 1974), composer of between 2000 and 5000 tunes. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Monument to Franz Liszt, 1902, by sculptor Hermann Hahn, Carrara marble, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

Monument to Franz Liszt, 1902, by sculptor Hermann Hahn, Carrara marble, Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Sir Arthur Sullivan

Sir Arthur Sullivan
1875: British composer Arthur Sullivan (Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan, 1842 - 1900) who achieved noteriety during his partnership with Sir William Gilbert

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
15th September 1965: Russian born composer Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) one of the most influential composers this century whose works include The Firebird and The Rite Of Spring

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Leningrad Opera House

Leningrad Opera House
circa 1930: The Opera House in Leningrad (St Petersburg). St Petersburg was the home of composer and pianist Alexander Dargomyzhsky. He wrote a few operas, one, Rusalka was base on a tale by Pushkin

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Theatre De L Odeon

Theatre De L Odeon
1910: The Theatre National De l Odeon in Paris, associated with composers Francois Boieldieu and Giacomo Meyerbeer. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington
12th 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

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
20th February 1970: American composer, conductor and pianist Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990). (Photo by William H. Alden/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Musical Hands

Musical Hands
The 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)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990), the American composer. Original Publication: People Disc - HJ0247 (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
Russian-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)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
11th September 1965: Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971) at a press conference at the Savoy Hotel, London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Copland Smiles

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

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Copland Conducting

Copland Conducting
US composer Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) conducting. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) the conductor, pianist and composer. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland
US composer of ballets, film scores, operas and symphonies Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) conducting. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: The Firebird

The Firebird
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971), Russian composer, conducting the recording of his works in London. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein
American composer Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990), writer of symphonic music as well as Broadway shows. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky
Russian composer and condutor, Igor Stravinsky (1882 -1971). As well as composing operas and symphonies he gained fame with his music for the Diaghilev ballets including The Firebird, Petrushka

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland
9th February 1962: American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990). (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imageFamous Music Composers Collection: Aaron Copland

Aaron Copland
circa 1970: Influential American composer, pianist and conductor, Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990). Won the Pulitzer prize for Music in 1944



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