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Classical Music Collection (#2)

"Unveiling the Timeless Beauty of Classical Music: From Brahms to Stravinsky" Step into a world where melodies transcend time and emotions are painted with musical notes

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Austria, Vienna, Composer Franz Peter Schubert Plays Piano for his Friends in Vienna, lithograph

Austria, Vienna, Composer Franz Peter Schubert Plays Piano for his Friends in Vienna, lithograph
Austria - 19th century. Composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) plays piano for his friends in Vienna. Lithography

Background imageClassical Music Collection: France, Paris, Costume sketch for Tosca in act II inopera tosca by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

France, Paris, Costume sketch for Tosca in act II inopera tosca by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), " Tosca". Costume sketch for Tosca by Jacques Noel, act III, for a performance at Paris OpA

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959), 1908

Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959), 1908
Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos (Rio de Janeiro, 1887 - 1959) in 1908

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber
Portrait of composer Carl Maria von Weber. Digitally tinted photograph of a painting

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Claudio Monteverdis opera Orpheus (engraving)

Claudio Monteverdis opera Orpheus (engraving)
7149743 Claudio Monteverdis opera Orpheus (engraving) by Italian School, (17th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian compser Claudio Monteverdis opera Orpheus)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Scene from Richard Wagners opera, Tannhauser (colour litho)

Scene from Richard Wagners opera, Tannhauser (colour litho)
3641279 Scene from Richard Wagners opera, Tannhauser (colour litho) by Wichera, Raimund Ritter Von Brennerstein (Raimund Wichera) (1862-1925); Private Collection; (add.info)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (engraving)

Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (engraving)
977926 Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Robert Franz, German composer (1815-1892) (b / w photo)

Robert Franz, German composer (1815-1892) (b / w photo)
814164 Robert Franz, German composer (1815-1892) (b/w photo) by German Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Robert Franz)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Schubert, c1820s, (1907). Creator: Unknown

Schubert, c1820s, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Schubert, c1820s, (1907). Portrait of Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828). After a lithograph by Josef Kriehuber in the Austrian National Library, Vienna

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian composer and pianist

Bela Bartok (1881-1945), Hungarian composer and pianist. He was also a collector of East European folk music

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Portrait of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) (engraving)

Portrait of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) (engraving)
XJF1072700 Portrait of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) (engraving) by Anonymous; Private Collection; out of copyright

Background imageClassical Music 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 imageClassical Music Collection: France, Paris, Caricature of composer Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)

France, Paris, Caricature of composer Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869)
Hector Berlioz (Cote-Saint-Andre, 1803 - Paris, 1869), French composer. Caricature by Etienne Carjat

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Did not you say could sing at sight? - Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight

Did not you say could sing at sight? - Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight
" Did not you say could sing at sight?" - " Yes, sir, but not at FIRST sight!", (1907). The German composer Handel works on his " Messiah" in 1741

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Austria, Vienna, Portrait of Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), waterlcolor

Austria, Vienna, Portrait of Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), waterlcolor
Portrait of Austrian composer Franz Peter Schubert (Vienna, 1797 - 1828), 1825. Detail

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Germany, Munich, Concert in Ismaning

Germany, Munich, Concert in Ismaning
Peter Jacok Horemans (1700-1776), Concert in Ismaning

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (litho)

Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (litho)
2776664 Joseph Haydn, Austrian composer (litho) by European School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Sullivan
3874931 Arthur Sullivan; Royal Academy of Music, London, UK; (add.info.: Sir Arthur Sullivan (13 May 1842 - 22 November 1900), composer, after a painting by Sir John Everett Millais. Oil on canvas

Background imageClassical Music Collection: William Sterndale Bennett

William Sterndale Bennett
3874936 William Sterndale Bennett; Royal Academy of Music, London, UK; (add.info.: Sir William Sterndale Bennett (13 April 1816 - 1 February 1875), composer

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Achilles after the death of Patrocles

Achilles after the death of Patrocles
3788950 Achilles after the death of Patrocles; (add.info.: Achilles after the death of Patrocles. Character design after the production of the opera Achilles, for the Academie Royale de Musique)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Karl Marx portrait

Karl Marx portrait
3770178 Karl Marx portrait; (add.info.: Karl Marx, portrait. German historian, economist & revolutionary, 1818-1883); Lebrecht Authors.

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (engraving)

Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (engraving)
6366067 Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Portrait of Johann Michael Haydn (engraving)

Portrait of Johann Michael Haydn (engraving)
6366064 Portrait of Johann Michael Haydn (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (engraving)

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (engraving)
6366061 Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Ludwig van Beethoven (pencil & charcoal)

Ludwig van Beethoven (pencil & charcoal)
6365962 Ludwig van Beethoven (pencil & charcoal); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Portrait of Henry Purcell (engraving)

Portrait of Henry Purcell (engraving)
6365942 Portrait of Henry Purcell (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Austrian soprano Caterina Maddalena Giuseppa Cavalieri

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Austrian soprano Caterina Maddalena Giuseppa Cavalieri
6365929 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and the Austrian soprano Caterina Maddalena Giuseppa Cavalieri, born Katharina Magdalena Josepha Cavalier (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Portrait of Franz Schubert

Portrait of Franz Schubert
6365912 Portrait of Franz Schubert; Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; (add.info.: Lithograph based on a pencil - charcoal drawing.); Ghigo Roli

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn

Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn
6365909 Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn; Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; (add.info.: Lithograph based on a pencil - charcoal drawing.); Ghigo Roli

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Title page for Grand traite d'instrumentation et d'orchestration modernes by Berlioz (print)

Title page for Grand traite d'instrumentation et d'orchestration modernes by Berlioz (print)
AIS5368609 Title page for Grand traite d'instrumentation et d'orchestration modernes by Berlioz (print); (add.info.: French composer edition Schonenberger, 1844, Paris)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Countess Almalviva and Susanna, from The Marriage of Figaro (engraving)

Countess Almalviva and Susanna, from The Marriage of Figaro (engraving)
8631131 Countess Almalviva and Susanna, from The Marriage of Figaro (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Countess Almalviva and her maid Susanna)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven
5308220 Ludwig van Beethoven.; (add.info.: Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) a German composer and pianist. Dated 19th century. 01/01/1850); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageClassical Music Collection: The corner of old Vienna

The corner of old Vienna
5308218 The corner of old Vienna.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the corner of old Vienna where Ludwig van Beethoven lived. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) a German composer and pianist

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Autograph and portrait of Vilem Blodek, 19th century (photo)

Autograph and portrait of Vilem Blodek, 19th century (photo)
7206703 Autograph and portrait of Vilem Blodek, 19th century (photo); Muzeum Bedricha Smetany (Music Museum), Prague, Czech Republic; (add.info.: Vilem Blodek was a Czech composer, flautist)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Autograph and portrait of Leoš Janaček, 1926 (photo)

Autograph and portrait of Leoš Janaček, 1926 (photo)
7206701 Autograph and portrait of Leoš Janaček, 1926 (photo); Muzeum Bedricha Smetany (Music Museum), Prague, Czech Republic; (add.info)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Mass in C major, 1770, autograph

Mass in C major, 1770, autograph
7210257 Mass in C major, 1770, autograph; Muzeum Bedricha Smetany (Music Museum), Prague, Czech Republic; (add.info.: František (Franz) Xaver Brixi was a Czech 18th-century composer

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Frederic Chopin, Polish composer (b/w photo)

Frederic Chopin, Polish composer (b/w photo)
8655925 Frederic Chopin, Polish composer (b/w photo) by French Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Polish composer

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Carl Maria von Weber

Carl Maria von Weber
3586475 Carl Maria von Weber; (add.info.: Portrait of Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) a German composer, conductor, pianist, guitarist, and critic. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Sheet music from Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi

Sheet music from Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
3586247 Sheet music from Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi; (add.info.: Sheet music from Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) an Italian composer. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Music. Singing contest in Liege. Art Nouveau poster by Auguste Donnay, Belgium, 1895 (poster)

Music. Singing contest in Liege. Art Nouveau poster by Auguste Donnay, Belgium, 1895 (poster)
3434530 Music. Singing contest in Liege. Art Nouveau poster by Auguste Donnay, Belgium, 1895 (poster); (add.info.: Coll. Part. Music. Singing contest in Liege)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: DRESDEN - Royal Opera House at Night Late 19th century

DRESDEN - Royal Opera House at Night Late 19th century
3913350 DRESDEN - Royal Opera House at Night Late 19th century; (add.info.: DRESDEN - Royal Opera House at Night Late 19th century.); Photo © Brian Morris

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Jenny Lind - in Figlia del Reggimento Performed London 27 May 1847 at Her Majesty's Theatre with

Jenny Lind - in Figlia del Reggimento Performed London 27 May 1847 at Her Majesty's Theatre with Lind and Lablache
3922144 Jenny Lind - in Figlia del Reggimento Performed London 27 May 1847 at Her Majesty's Theatre with Lind and Lablache; (add.info)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Niccolo Paganini, 19th century (engraving)

Niccolo Paganini, 19th century (engraving)
3733769 Niccolo Paganini, 19th century (engraving; (add.info.: Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) an Italian violinist, guitarist, and composer

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Frederic Chopin - Monument

Frederic Chopin - Monument
3849907 Frederic Chopin - Monument by Szymanowski, Waclaw (1859-1930); (add.info.: Frederic Chopin - Monument, in Lazienki Park, Warsaw Polish composer (1810-1849) #34); © Joanne Harris

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Gramophone and ebonite discs, 1850

Gramophone and ebonite discs, 1850
3480059 Gramophone and ebonite discs, 1850; (add.info.: Gramophone and ebonite discs.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Religion. Norse Mythology. The Valkyrie. Illustration by Erwin Braune, Germany, c.1900 (postcard)

Religion. Norse Mythology. The Valkyrie. Illustration by Erwin Braune, Germany, c.1900 (postcard)
3434138 Religion. Norse Mythology. The Valkyrie. Illustration by Erwin Braune, Germany, c.1900 (postcard); (add.info.: Religion. La Walkyrie. Coll. Part. Religion. Norse Mythology. The Valkyrie)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Concert at the spa of Marienbad, Czech Republic. 1905 (postcard)

Concert at the spa of Marienbad, Czech Republic. 1905 (postcard)
3434102 Concert at the spa of Marienbad, Czech Republic. 1905 (postcard); (add.info.: Geography. Czech Republic. Concert at the spa of Marienbad (Marianske Lazne)

Background imageClassical Music Collection: Music. Opera. Rienzi, opera by Richard Wagner (1842). Postcard, Austria, c.1910 (postcard)

Music. Opera. Rienzi, opera by Richard Wagner (1842). Postcard, Austria, c.1910 (postcard)
3434042 Music. Opera. Rienzi, opera by Richard Wagner (1842). Postcard, Austria, c.1910 (postcard); (add.info.: Opera. Rienzi, opera de Richard Wagner (1842). Coll. Part. Music. Opera




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"Unveiling the Timeless Beauty of Classical Music: From Brahms to Stravinsky" Step into a world where melodies transcend time and emotions are painted with musical notes. Classical music, an enchanting realm that has captivated hearts for centuries, is a testament to the genius of composers like Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt at 30 Years of Age, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Richard Wagner, and many more. In this captivating journey through history's greatest compositions, we witness the birth of masterpieces that have stood the test of time. A Punch cartoon warns us about the epic magnitude of Wagner's Ring Cycle while Puccini's La Boheme transports us to bohemian Paris in all its romantic glory. The virtuosity and passion of Franz Liszt come alive as his fingers dance across piano keys in mesmerizing performances. Verdi's Otello takes center stage on a poster from its groundbreaking premiere at Teatro Fenice, leaving audiences spellbound with its dramatic intensity. Igor Stravinsky challenges conventions with his avant-garde compositions that push boundaries and redefine classical music. Meanwhile, Johann Sebastian Bach's Mass in B minor (BWV 232) reveals his divine mastery as seen in his autograph score - a true treasure from one of history's greatest composers. Schubert enchants listeners with his ethereal melodies that evoke deep emotions while Robert Schumann paints vivid musical landscapes filled with tenderness and introspection. Classical music transcends language barriers; it speaks directly to our souls, and is an art form capable of evoking joy or sorrow within seconds - transporting us to different eras and allowing us glimpses into the minds behind these timeless creations. So let yourself be immersed in this symphony of human expression; let classical music guide you through moments both grandiose and intimate.