Classical Music Collection (#9)

The Artist's Family Making Music Together, 1728-1732. Creator: Balthasar Denner
The Artist's Family Making Music Together, 1728-1732

Van Dyck à Londres, 1837. Creator: Camille Joseph Etienne Roqueplan
Van Dyck a Londres, 1837. Van Dyck in London. The Flemish painter Van Dyck (1599-1641) sits at a table, while four musicians in the foreground prepare to play

Reception of the Abbe Liszt at the Grosvenor Gallery, 1886. Creator: Unknown
Reception of the Abbe Liszt at the Grosvenor Gallery, 1886. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

The Graphic, Front Cover April 10th.1886, 1886. Creator: Unknown
The Graphic, Front Cover April 3. 1886, 1886. Celebrities of the day - the Abbe Liszt. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 33. January to June, 1886"

The Mozart Centenary - "Mozart's Last Moments"; after Hermann Kaulbach, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Mozart Centenary - "Mozart's Last Moments"; after Hermann Kaulbach, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

A Matinee, after Herr Mayer Mainz, 1891. Creator: Unknown
A Matinee, after Herr Mayer Mainz, 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891

The Performance of Mascagni's Opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" before Her Majesty, 1891. Creator: Unknown
The Performance of Mascagni's Opera "Cavalleria Rusticana" before Her Majesty in the Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle, 1891. From "The Graphic

Mozart plays the harpsichord for King George III, ca 1891. Creator: Mantegazza, Giacomo (1853-1920)
Mozart plays the harpsichord for King George III, ca 1891. Found in the Collection of the Accademia Carrara, Bergamo

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

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, between 1880 and 1886. Creator: Unknown
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing slightly left, between 1880 and 1886

Still life with violin and lilac flowers
Andrey Morozov

The Soldiers Message - World War 1 song
3786803 The Soldiers Message - World War 1 song; (add.info.: The Soldiers Message - World War 1 song written by Harry Rees and composed by Con Baga. 1914. Score cover)

Olomouc / Olmutz: Dolni square in the Czech city, 19th century (postcard)
3793910 Olomouc / Olmutz: Dolni square in the Czech city, 19th century (postcard); (add.info.: Olomouc / Olmutz - coloured photograph of the Dolni square in the Czech city)

St Nicolai Church, Leipzig. 1749
3789852 St Nicolai Church, Leipzig. 1749.; (add.info.: St Nicolai Church, Leipzig. 1749. From Scenographia Lipsiacae Bach book p 158); Lebrecht History

Electric lamp with mirror used to light point on stage
3788509 Electric lamp with mirror used to light point on stage; (add.info.: Electric lamp with mirror used to light point on stage, 19th century - from engraving published 1885)

Theatre of Ostrava (formerly Mahr Ostrau) in Czechoslovakia end of 19th century beg of 20th century (postcard)
3793911 Theatre of Ostrava (formerly Mahr Ostrau) in Czechoslovakia end of 19th century beg of 20th century (postcard); (add.info.: Ostrava (formerly Mahr)

Representation of december month from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 15th century (manuscript)
3913554 Representation of december month from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, 15th century (manuscript) by Limbourg Brothers (fl.1400-1416); (add.info.: Hunting scene - 15th Century)

May from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry ('The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry)
3913557 May from Les Tres Riches Heures du Duc de Berry ('The Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry, 15th century prayerbook)

Children playing instruments
3780659 Children playing instruments; (add.info.: Two children play the mandolin and spinet. Based on an oil painting by Seymour Lucas)

Southwold Suffolk England Postcard
3793635 Southwold Suffolk England Postcard; (add.info.: Southwold, Suffolk, England. Postcard scene of quaint English high street. Picturesque. Britten connection); Lebrecht History

Electric lamp used to light a person on stage
3788508 Electric lamp used to light a person on stage; (add.info.: Electric lamp used to light a person on stage, 19th century - from engraving published 1885)

Promenade Quadrille score cover
3776657 Promenade Quadrille score cover; (add.info.: Promenade Quadrille score cover-performed at the Promenade Concerts, Covent Garden Theatre by Charles Coote Jr. Lithograph by H. C)

Electric stage light used in Meyerbeer's The Prophet
3788506 Electric stage light used in Meyerbeer's The Prophet; (add.info.: Electric stage light used in Giacomo Meyerbeer's The Prophet (Le Prophete)

Electric light used to project rainbow on stage
3788507 Electric light used to project rainbow on stage; (add.info.: Electric light used to project rainbow on stage, 19th century - from engraving published 1885)

Copenhagen Tivoli Gardens
3782461 Copenhagen Tivoli Gardens; (add.info.: Copenhagen. Tivoli Gardens Early 20th century postcard. Denmark); Lebrecht History

The Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem - Bible
3793681 The Garden of Gethsemane, Jerusalem - Bible; (add.info.: The Garden of Gethsemane in Jerusalem where Christ fell on his face and wept according to the book of Matthew.); Lebrecht History

Lucy Vauthrin in tile role in Manon
3752897 Lucy Vauthrin in tile role in Manon by Rousseau, Cheri (1826-1908); (add.info.: Lucy Vauthrin in tile role in Manon by Jules Massenet at Opera Comique, Paris. Cover of Le Theatre, 1913)

Mascagnis opera Cavalleria Rusticana - final act, 1890 (engraving)
3923777 Mascagnis opera Cavalleria Rusticana - final act, 1890 (engraving) by Bonamore, A. (fl.1901) (after) ; (add.info.: Mascagnis opera Cavalleria Rusticana - final act - from watercolour by A)

Portrait of the members of the Joachim quartet, c. 1900 (b/w photo)
LRI4725686 Portrait of the members of the Joachim quartet, c. 1900 (b/w photo) by Unknown photographer, (19th century); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna

Opera House in Algiers, late 19th century (postcard)
3794209 Opera House in Algiers, late 19th century (postcard); Lebrecht History

Berlin - Unter den Linden boulevard and the Berlin State Opera House, end of 19th /beg of 20th century (print)
3794085 Berlin - Unter den Linden boulevard and the Berlin State Opera House, end of 19th /beg of 20th century (print); (add.info)

Frederic Chopin, Polish composer and pianist (1810-1849) (colour litho)
814093 Frederic Chopin, Polish composer and pianist (1810-1849) (colour litho) by Polish School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Frederic Chopin)

David Garrett, Bournemouth, Dorset, 2008. Creator: Brian Foskett
David Garrett, Bournemouth, Dorset, 2008

Haydn, late 18th century, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Haydn, late 18th century, (1907). Portrait of Austrian composer Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). From " Story-Lives of Great Musicians", by F.J. Rowbotham. [Wells Gardner, Darton & Co

Portrait of the Composer Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev (1856-1915), Early 1880s. Found in the Collection of State P. Tchaikovsky Memorial Museum, Klin

Portrait of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), 1940. Found in the Collection of Russian National Library, St. Petersburg

Portrait of the composer Alexander Serov (1820-1871), 1889. Artist: Serov, Valentin Alexandrovich (1865-1911)
Portrait of the composer Alexander Serov (1820-1871), 1889. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Beethoven, 1906. Artist: Franz Hanfstaengl
Beethoven, 1906. A portrait of German composer Ludwig von Beethoven (1770-1827) sitting in a wood. A print from The Girls own Paper, 18 August 1906

Franz Peter Schubert, Austrian composer, 1825 (1956). Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was a prolific composer. Interest in his work increased in the last year of his life

Stage design for the ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) by I. Stravinsky. From a private collection

Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1880s. Artist: Konstantin Schapiro
Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1880s. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote music across a broad range of genres. Amongst his best known and most popular works are the ballets Swan Lake

Cleopatra, ballet costume design, 1909. Artist: Leon Bakst
Cleopatra, ballet costume design, 1909. Costume sketch for Ida Rubinstein for the ballet Cleopatra performed during the 1909 season of the Ballets Russes in Paris

Fairy Carabosse, costume design for Tchaikovskys ballet Sleeping Beauty, early 19th century. Artist: Leon Bakst
Fairy Carabosse, costume design for Tchaikovskys ballet The Sleeping Beauty, early 19th century

Le Dieu Bleu ( The Blue God ), ballet costume design, 1911. Artist: Leon Bakst
Le Dieu Bleu ( The Blue God ), ballet costume design, 1911. Costume Design for Nijinsky in a Ballets Russes production of Le Dieu Bleu, story by Jean Cocteau and Frederigo de Madrazo

Set design for Act II of a Ballet Russes production of Ravels Daphnis and Chloe, 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
Set design for Act II of a Ballet Russes production of Ravels Daphnis and Chloe, 1912. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From the Museum of Decorative Arts, Paris

Chopin Monument, Lazienki Park (Royal Baths Park), Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, Europe

Thomas Morell
3780266 Thomas Morell by Hogarth, William (1697-1764) (after); (add.info.: Thomas Morell. Engraving by James Basire the Elder (1730-1802), 1762, after work by William Hogarth (1697-1764)

Thomas Morell
3779634 Thomas Morell by Hogarth, William (1697-1764); (add.info.: Thomas Morell. Engraving by James Basire the Elder (1730-1802), 1762, after work by William Hogarth (1697-1764)

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