Pianist Collection (#7)

The Frohlich sisters
3585715 The Frohlich sisters; (add.info.: The Frohlich sisters (friends of Franz Schubert). Josephine Frohlich Anna Frolich (1793-1880), Barbara Frohlich (1797-1879)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski
3733764 Ignacy Jan Paderewski.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) a Polish pianist and composer, politician, statesman and spokesman for Polish Independence

Moriz Rosenthal
3733205 Moriz Rosenthal.; (add.info.: Photograph of Moriz Rosenthal (1862-1946) a Polish Jewish pianist and composer. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Celebrated pianists: Sophie Menter (b/w photo)
8665209 Celebrated pianists: Sophie Menter (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sophie Menter)

Celebrated pianists: Mortier de Fontaine (b/w photo)
8665171 Celebrated pianists: Mortier de Fontaine (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mortier de Fontaine)

Celebrated pianists: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (litho)
8665206 Celebrated pianists: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)

Celebrated pianists: Ignaz Moscheles (b/w photo)
8665165 Celebrated pianists: Ignaz Moscheles (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ignaz Moscheles)

Celebrated pianists: Henri Ketten (b/w photo)
8665202 Celebrated pianists: Henri Ketten (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henri Ketten)

Celebrated pianists: Clara Schumann (b/w photo)
8665146 Celebrated pianists: Clara Schumann (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Clara Schumann)

Celebrated pianists: Ferdinand Hiller (b/w photo)
8665194 Celebrated pianists: Ferdinand Hiller (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ferdinand Hiller)

Celebrated pianists: Louis Thern (b/w photo)
8665134 Celebrated pianists: Louis Thern (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Louis Thern)

Celebrated pianists: Henri Herz (b/w photo)
8665186 Celebrated pianists: Henri Herz (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henri Herz)

Celebrated pianists: Erika Lie (b/w photo)
8665261 Celebrated pianists: Erika Lie (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Erika Lie)

Celebrated pianists: Stephen Heller (b/w photo)
8665250 Celebrated pianists: Stephen Heller (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Stephen Heller)

Celebrated pianists: Dr Hans von Bulow (b/w photo)
8665236 Celebrated pianists: Dr Hans von Bulow (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dr Hans von Bulow)

Celebrated pianists: Johann Baptist Cramer (b/w photo)
8665230 Celebrated pianists: Johann Baptist Cramer (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Johann Baptist Cramer)

Celebrated pianists: Franz Bendel (b/w photo)
8665215 Celebrated pianists: Franz Bendel (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Franz Bendel)

Celebrated pianists: Henry Bertini (litho)
8665214 Celebrated pianists: Henry Bertini (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Henry Bertini)

Celebrated pianists: Karl Czerny (litho)
8665210 Celebrated pianists: Karl Czerny (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Karl Czerny)

Celebrated pianists: Anton Door (b/w photo)
8665177 Celebrated pianists: Anton Door (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton Door)

Celebrated pianists: Fanny Davies (b/w photo)
8665208 Celebrated pianists: Fanny Davies (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Fanny Davies)

Celebrated pianists: Emile Prudent (b/w photo)
8665167 Celebrated pianists: Emile Prudent (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Emile Prudent)

Celebrated pianists: Charles Mayer (b/w photo)
8665203 Celebrated pianists: Charles Mayer (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Charles Mayer)

Celebrated pianists: Franz Rummel (b/w photo)
8665154 Celebrated pianists: Franz Rummel (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Franz Rummel)

Celebrated pianists: Anton von Kontski (litho)
8665196 Celebrated pianists: Anton von Kontski (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Anton von Kontski)

Celebrated pianists: Ilona Eibenschutz (b/w photo)
8665191 Celebrated pianists: Ilona Eibenschutz (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Ilona Eibenschutz)

Celebrated pianists: Joseph Wieniawski (b/w photo)
8665130 Celebrated pianists: Joseph Wieniawski (b/w photo) by European Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Joseph Wieniawski)

Celebrated pianists: John Field (litho)
8665182 Celebrated pianists: John Field (litho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: John Field)

Ticket to the London Paladium, 1937 (b/w photo)
8635914 Ticket to the London Paladium, 1937 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Autograph and portrait of Bedřich Smetana, 1863-1866 (photo)
7206695 Autograph and portrait of Bedřich Smetana, 1863-1866 (photo); Muzeum Bedricha Smetany (Music Museum), Prague, Czech Republic; (add.info)

Ludwig van Beethoven
5308221 Ludwig van Beethoven.; (add.info.: Painting of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) a German composer and pianist, with his friends

Draft of Beethoven's Erlkonig
5308219 Draft of Beethoven's Erlkonig'.; (add.info.: Draft of Beethoven's Erlkonig'. Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) a German composer and pianist. Dated 19th century

Hans von Bulow
5308206 Hans von Bulow.; (add.info.: Portrait of Hans von Bulow (1830-1894) a German conductor, virtuoso pianist, and composer of the Romantic era. Dated 19th century

France, Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (86), Monthoiron: Chateau de Monthoiron, interior of the Chateau
LUX4806289 France, Poitou-Charentes, Vienne (86), Monthoiron: Chateau de Monthoiron, interior of the Chateau, a little girl plays the piano while adults reheat in front of the chimney

Adelaide de Gueidan and his sister at the harpsichord: Adelaide (1725-1786) and her sister Catherine (1726-1759)
JEB4960032 Adelaide de Gueidan and his sister at the harpsichord: Adelaide (1725-1786) and her sister Catherine (1726-1759) are members of a large Provencal family

Young lady tuning a piano, 1887
3478839 Young lady tuning a piano, 1887; (add.info.: Young lady tuning a piano. This was an occupation considered suitable for a young lady forced to earn her living)

Ignacy Jan Paderewski
3733761 Ignacy Jan Paderewski.; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) a Polish pianist and composer, politician, statesman and spokesman for Polish Independence

Silhouette of Franz Liszt
3118732 Silhouette of Franz Liszt; (add.info.: Silhouette of Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger, philanthropist, author

Carl Maria von Weber
3118673 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

Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, from L'Univers Illustre, pub. June 1863
3473147 Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, from L'Univers Illustre, pub. June 1863; (add.info.: Emile Racine Gauthier Prudent, 1817 - 1863. French pianist and composer)

Carl Maria von Weber
3586477 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

Carl Maria von Weber
3586474 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

La belle au piano: postcard 1920
JAB4120029 La belle au piano: postcard 1920; (add.info.: La belle au piano: postcard 1920); Photo ©Jaime Abecasis

Letter Q: quartet. Unbreakable abecedary on canvas c.1900 (print)
DUV4216267 Letter Q: quartet. Unbreakable abecedary on canvas c.1900 (print); 27x23.5 cm; (add.info.: Letter Q: quartet. Unbreakable abecedary on canvas around 1900)

Portrait of Franz Liszt
673248 Portrait of Franz Liszt; (add.info.: Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 - 31 July 1886) was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher); Universal History Archive/UIG

Portrait of Anton Rubinstein
673255 Portrait of Anton Rubinstein; (add.info.: Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein (28 November 1829 - 8 November 1894) was a Russian pianist, composer and conductor

Portrait of Frederic Francois Chopin
672803 Portrait of Frederic Francois Chopin; (add.info.: Frederic Francois Chopin 1810 - 17 October 1849, Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of French-Polish parentage)

Alfred Cortot, pianist (b/w photo)
8641325 Alfred Cortot, pianist (b/w photo) by Lambert, Herbert (1882-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alfred Cortot, pianist)

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"Pianist: Masters of the Keys and Melodies" From the soulful compositions of Johannes Brahms to the virtuosic performances of Franz Liszt at 30 years of age, pianists have mesmerized audiences throughout history. Their fingers dance across the ivory keys, breathing life into music that transcends time. Leonard Bernstein's passionate interpretations ignite emotions in every note he plays, while Ludwig Van Beethoven's revolutionary compositions continue to inspire generations. McCoy Tyner's captivating performance at the Newport Jazz Festival in July 1978 brought jazz enthusiasts to their feet, showcasing the versatility and improvisation skills of a true maestro. Even beyond classical realms, George Gershwin enchanted listeners with his fusion of jazz and classical elements. Meanwhile, ballet dancers rehearsing Coppelia find solace in the delicate accompaniment provided by talented pianists who bring their movements to life. Clara Schumann not only showcased her prowess as a German pianist but also composed beautiful works that challenged societal norms during her time. Sergei V. Rachmaninov poured his heart into each composition as he meticulously crafted melodies at his piano in the late 1920s. Vladimir Horowitz captivated audiences with his electrifying performances on both sides of the Atlantic, leaving an indelible mark on Carnegie Hall during his concert there in April 1966. And let us not forget Franz Liszt himself - a pioneer who pushed boundaries and redefined what it meant to be a pianist. These extraordinary individuals embody passion, dedication, and artistry within their fingertips. As they navigate through intricate harmonies and unleash powerful crescendos upon enraptured audiences worldwide, these pianists remind us why this instrument holds such timeless allure for both performers and listeners alike.