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"Captivating Composers: A Glimpse into the Musical Masters" Step into the world of renowned composers through captivating portraits that reveal their artistic essence

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) british composer

Portrait of Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) british composer
LRI557933 Portrait of Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625) british composer by English School, (17th century); Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of polish composer Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)

Portrait of polish composer Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880)
LRI557774 Portrait of polish composer Henryk Wieniawski (1835-1880) by Italian Photographer, (19th century); Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Richard Strauss (1864-1949) german composer

Portrait of Richard Strauss (1864-1949) german composer
LRI557756 Portrait of Richard Strauss (1864-1949) german composer. by Italian Photographer, (19th century); Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna

Background imageCompositore 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 imageCompositore 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 imageCompositore 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 imageCompositore 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 imageCompositore 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 imageCompositore 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 imageCompositore 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 imageCompositore 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 imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach (engraving)

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach (engraving)
6365951 Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn (litho)

Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn (litho)
6365960 Portrait of Franz Joseph Haydn (litho); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Georg Friedrich Handel (engraving)

Portrait of Georg Friedrich Handel (engraving)
6365948 Portrait of Georg Friedrich Handel (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Alessandro Scarlatti (engraving)

Portrait of Alessandro Scarlatti (engraving)
6365945 Portrait of Alessandro Scarlatti (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Georg Friedrich Handel (litho)

Portrait of Georg Friedrich Handel (litho)
6365941 Portrait of Georg Friedrich Handel (litho); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Fthe composers Saverio Mercadante, Gioacchino Rossini and Carl Maria von Weber

Portrait of Fthe composers Saverio Mercadante, Gioacchino Rossini and Carl Maria von Weber (engraving)
6365965 Portrait of Fthe composers Saverio Mercadante, Gioacchino Rossini and Carl Maria von Weber (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (litho)

Portrait of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (litho)
6365954 Portrait of Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (litho); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach
6365950 Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach; Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lully (engraving)

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lully (engraving)
6365949 Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lully (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (engraving)

Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (engraving)
6365943 Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Engraving representing portraits of the major composers, with a dedication to the Marquis A

Engraving representing portraits of the major composers, with a dedication to the Marquis A. Corsi (engraving)
6365940 Engraving representing portraits of the major composers, with a dedication to the Marquis A. Corsi (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli

Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli
6365936 Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli; Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; (add.info.: Engraving by John Smith.); Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Richard Wagner

Portrait of Richard Wagner
6365916 Portrait of Richard Wagner; Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; (add.info.: Lithograph based on a pencil - charcoal drawing.); Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Niccolo Paganini, engraving at Artaria (engraving)

Portrait of Niccolo Paganini, engraving at Artaria (engraving)
6366069 Portrait of Niccolo Paganini, engraving at Artaria (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Gustav Mahler (b/w photo)

Portrait of Gustav Mahler (b/w photo)
6366068 Portrait of Gustav Mahler (b/w photo); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (engraving)

Portrait of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (engraving)
6366062 Portrait of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Domenico Scarlatti (litho)

Portrait of Domenico Scarlatti (litho)
6365957 Portrait of Domenico Scarlatti (litho); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach (litho)

Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach (litho)
6365953 Portrait of Johann Sebastian Bach (litho); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Henry Purcell (engraving)

Portrait of Henry Purcell (engraving)
6365946 Portrait of Henry Purcell (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of child Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1766 (litho)

Portrait of child Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1766 (litho)
6365944 Portrait of child Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1766 (litho); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli (engraving)

Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli (engraving)
6365938 Portrait of Arcangelo Corelli (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Johann Christian Bach

Portrait of Johann Christian Bach
6365934 Portrait of Johann Christian Bach; Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; (add.info.: Engraving by Agostino which represents the musician in a medallion)

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini (engraving)

Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini (engraving)
6365915 Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Franz Liszt (engraving)

Portrait of Franz Liszt (engraving)
6365910 Portrait of Franz Liszt (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (litho)

Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (litho)
6365904 Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (litho); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (engraving)

Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (engraving)
6366071 Portrait of Niccolo Paganini (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini, by Augustin Dupre (engraving)

Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini, by Augustin Dupre (engraving)
6365964 Portrait of Gioacchino Rossini, by Augustin Dupre (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Francois Couperin (litho)

Portrait of Francois Couperin (litho)
6365956 Portrait of Francois Couperin (litho); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (engraving)

Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (engraving)
6365931 Portrait of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Clara and Robert Schumann at the piano (engraving)

Portrait of Clara and Robert Schumann at the piano (engraving)
6365913 Portrait of Clara and Robert Schumann at the piano (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Johannes Brahms

Portrait of Johannes Brahms
6365907 Portrait of Johannes Brahms; Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Niccolo Paganini playing the violin (heliogravure)

Portrait of Niccolo Paganini playing the violin (heliogravure)
6366070 Portrait of Niccolo Paganini playing the violin (heliogravure); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (engraving)

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (engraving)
6366059 Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (engraving); Museo Civico Bibliografico Musicale, Bologna, Italy; Ghigo Roli

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Thomas Christian Walther (1749-1788) danish composer

Portrait of Thomas Christian Walther (1749-1788) danish composer
LRI557885 Portrait of Thomas Christian Walther (1749-1788) danish composer. by Crescimbeni, Angelo (1734-81); Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna

Background imageCompositore Collection: Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) italian composer. Bologna, civico museo musicale

Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) italian composer. Bologna, civico museo musicale
LRI557882 Portrait of Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) italian composer. Bologna, civico museo musicale by Tivoli, Giuseppe (1845-1925); Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna

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"Captivating Composers: A Glimpse into the Musical Masters" Step into the world of renowned composers through captivating portraits that reveal their artistic essence. Orlando Gibbons, a British composer from the 17th century, is immortalized in his portrait, showcasing his talent and contribution to music history. Henryk Wieniawski, a Polish composer of the Romantic era, captivates us with his intense gaze and hints at the passion he poured into his compositions. Richard Strauss, a German composer known for his operas and symphonic poems, exudes confidence in his portrait as he revolutionized classical music during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Thomas Christian Walther's Danish roots are evident in his portrait as he stands tall among other composers. His works continue to inspire musicians today. Giuseppe Verdi's Italian heritage shines through in Bologna's civic museum where we find him captured forever. His operatic masterpieces have left an indelible mark on musical culture worldwide. The Mozart family concert engraving transports us back to 1764 when Leopold Mozart proudly showcased the prodigious talents of young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart alongside Marianne. A testament to their musical genius. Georg Friedrich Handel receives an apotheosis tribute through an enchanting engraving that celebrates his immense contributions to Baroque music—a fitting homage for this legendary German composer. Giuseppe Verdi graces another portrait during Nabucco period; one can almost hear echoes of "Va pensiero" resonating from this image—Verdi's powerful voice still reverberating across time. Francesco Geminiani’s Italian charm radiates from every brushstroke capturing both his compositional prowess and virtuosity as a violinist—an artist whose legacy endures beyond generations. Roland de Lassus' Flemish origins come alive in this striking portrayal.