Sheet Music Collection (#4)

Steam! Steam!! Steam!!!, c1835 (lithograph on paper)
8836232 Steam! Steam!! Steam!!!, c1835 (lithograph on paper); 33 x 25 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire, UK; (add.info.: sheet music cover for STEAM! STEAM!! STEAM!!! Sung by Mr)

The position of the notes - Music Alphabet - For use by young students in Schools, Education Houses and Families
DUV4219868 The position of the notes - Music Alphabet - For use by young students in Schools, Education Houses and Families, 1897 (lithograph); 31x24.5 cm; (add.info.: Paul Dupont, editor, Paris)

The intervals - Music Alphabet - For use by young students in Schools, Education Houses and Families, 1897 (lithograph)
DUV4219822 The intervals - Music Alphabet - For use by young students in Schools, Education Houses and Families, 1897 (lithograph); 31x24.5 cm; (add.info.: Paul Dupont, editor, Paris, 1897)

Sheet music by Jean-Pierre Guignon
3118853 Sheet music by Jean-Pierre Guignon; (add.info.: Sheet music by Jean-Pierre Guignon (1702-1774) an Italian violinist and composer. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Cover of musical score of Alexander's feast by G F Handel
LRI4567009 Cover of musical score of Alexander's feast by G F Handel; Museo internazionale e biblioteca della musica, Bologna

Musical notation. 10th century (manuscript)
528012 Musical notation. 10th century (manuscript); (add.info.: First page of Notker's Easter Sequence, Laudes Salvatori showing Neums notation for Gregorian chant)

King Dagobert and his minister Saint Eloi, c. 1900 (chromo)
1790173 King Dagobert and his minister Saint Eloi, c. 1900 (chromo); (add.info.: King Dagobert and his minister Saint Eloi, traditional children's song); Photo © CCI

Fanny Cerrito, 1840 (colour lithograph)
3740463 Fanny Cerrito, 1840 (colour lithograph); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: Francesca "Fanny" Cerrito (1817-1909) Italian ballet dancer and choreographer

Shipyard Sally (1939 film) - score cover
3855106 Shipyard Sally (1939 film) - score cover; (add.info.: Shipyard Sally (1939 film) - score cover to song Wish Me Luck (As you Wave Me Goodbye)'. Performed by Gracie Fields

Rule Britannia by Thomas Arne (1710-78), song sheet (printed paper)
CWA97274 Rule Britannia by Thomas Arne (1710-78), song sheet (printed paper); City of Westminster Archive Centre, London, UK; © Westminister Archives

Cover for the first edition of the opera Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi
FGL5474255 Cover for the first edition of the opera Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi; (add.info.: (1813-1901), lyrical comedy in three acts by Arrigo (or Enrico) Boito

MacLennan & Easton, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service. MacLennan & Easton, between c1915 and c1920
MacLennan & Easton, between c1915 and c1920. Shows opera singer Francis Maclennan (1873-1935) with his wife, opera singer Florence Easton (1882-1955)

"Old Christmas", 1862. Creator: Unknown. "Old Christmas", 1862. Creator: Unknown
"Old Christmas", 1862. Lyrics by John George Watts, music by Thomas Murby. Fling wide the portals of the heart, Let fullest bliss abound

"The Home that Waits for Me", 1864. Creator: Unknown. "The Home that Waits for Me", 1864
"The Home that Waits for Me", 1864. Sheet music: words by Mary Sidwell, music composed by M. W. Balfe. I feel our joyful meeting near, My mother bids me come

The serenade, c.1875. Creator: Spitzweg, Carl (1808-1885)
The serenade, c.1875. Private Collection

Portrait of Princess Sophie of France (1734-1782), ca 1765. Creator: Drouais, François-Hubert (1727-1775)
Portrait of Princess Sophie of France (1734-1782), ca 1765. Found in the Collection of the Musee des beaux-arts d'Agen

Scene from the new opera, "Love's Triumph", at Covent Garden, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Scene from the new opera, "Love's Triumph", at Covent Garden, 1862. London stage production. The Engraving represents the scene in the gardens of the Regent's palace

Frederic Chopin (1810-49) playing in the salon of the musician and composer Prince Anthony Radziwill (1775-1833)
BAL55738 Frederic Chopin (1810-49) playing in the salon of the musician and composer Prince Anthony Radziwill (1775-1833) in 1829 (litho); Private Collection

Page of musical manuscript by Claude Debussy, 19th century (manuscript)
CH15828 Page of musical manuscript by Claude Debussy, 19th century (manuscript); Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Autograph manuscript, Cantata BWV 180 Schmucke dich o liebe Seele by J.S. Bach (ink on paper)
CH15836 Autograph manuscript, Cantata BWV 180 Schmucke dich o liebe Seele by J.S. Bach (ink on paper) by Bach, Johann Sebastian (1748-78); Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Music of Light
John Fan

Still life with violin and roses
Andrey Morozov

Old times
Carola Kayen-Mouthaan

A Violinist and a Flutist Playing Music together (The Musicians), 1755. Creator: Julius Quinkhard
A Violinist and a Flutist Playing Music together (The Musicians), 1755

English Songs and Melodies - "Joys of the Past", 1858. Creator: Unknown
English Songs and Melodies - "Joys of the Past", 1858. Illustration to sheet music. Joys of the past! are they vanish'd for ever

English Songs and Melodies - "Joys of the Past", 1858. Creator: Unknown
English Songs and Melodies - "Joys of the Past", 1858. Illustration to sheet music. Joys of the past! are they vanish'd for ever

English Songs and Melodies - "The Day has Gone", 1858. Creator: J. L. Williams
English Songs and Melodies - "The Day has Gone", 1858. Illustration to sheet music: Poetry by Charles MacKay; Symphonies and Accompaniments by Frank Mori'

English Songs and Melodies - "The Day has Gone", 1858. Creator: M. Jackson
English Songs and Melodies - "The Day has Gone", 1858. Poetry by Charles MacKay; Symphonies and Accompaniments by Frank Mori

English Songs and Melodies - "The Cheerful Heart", 1858. Creator: Smyth
English Songs and Melodies - "The Cheerful Heart", 1858. The Poetry [lyrics] by Charles MacKay; the Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir H. R

Marie-Sophie de Courcillon, Duchesse de Pecquigny, Princesse de Rohan, between 1738 and 1742

Jenny Lind, 1845. Creator: Louis Asher
Jenny Lind, 1845

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Handel, 18th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Handel, 18th century, (2023). German Baroque composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), lived much of his life in England, where he composed his masterpiece

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Handel, 18th century, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Handel, 18th century, (2023). German Baroque composer George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), lived much of his life in England, where he composed his masterpiece

Feasting and musicians, 1290. Creator: Unknown
Feasting and musicians, 1290. Page from the Beaupre Antiphonary, vol. 2

Letter A, the Beaupré Antiphonary (Volume I), 1290. Creator: Unknown
Letter A, the Beaupre Antiphonary (Volume I), 1290. Illuminated initial depicting the Resurrection: Christ rises from the tomb, (top); the Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalen find the discarded shroud

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mozart playing the piano, 1780s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mozart playing the piano, 1780s, (2023). Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mozart playing the piano, 1780s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mozart playing the piano, 1780s, (2023). Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western

AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mozart playing the piano, 1770s, (2023). Creator: Heritage Images
AI IMAGE - Portrait of Mozart playing the piano, 1770s, (2023). Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of Western

Illuminated initial letter, c1380. Creator: Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni
Illuminated initial letter, c1380. Detail from a page in an antiphonary, (a book of religious music)

Portrait of a violinist , 1773. Creator: Anne Vallayer-Coster
Portrait of a violinist , 1773

Folio from an Antiphonary with Initial P Containing The Ascension of Christ, c1365

The Love Lesson, early 18th century. Creator: Jean-Antoine Watteau
The Love Lesson, early 18th century

Leaf from an Antiphonary with the Initials E and S. Paul, 14th century. Creator: Unknown
Leaf from an Antiphonary with the Initials E and S. Paul, 14th century

"Hymn of Universal Harmony", 1858. Creator: Smyth. "Hymn of Universal Harmony", 1858
"Hymn of Universal Harmony", 1858. Music by Jullien. Translated from the French by Desmond Ryan. Behold, a brighter morning Than e'er in Heav'n had birth Awakes

"Hymn of Universal Harmony", 1858. Creator: Smyth. "Hymn of Universal Harmony", 1858
"Hymn of Universal Harmony", 1858. Music by Jullien. Translated from the French by Desmond Ryan. Behold, a brighter morning Than e'er in Heav'n had birth Awakes

Mozart and the mysterious stranger, 1791, (c1914). Artist: Charles A Buchel
Mozart and the mysterious stranger, 1791, (c1914). The stranger was a messenger from Count Walsegg-Stuppach with a commission for a Requiem for voices and orchestra

L'Ariette, 1874. Creator: Félicien Rops
L'Ariette, 1874

"The Night March of the Volunteers", 1860. Creator: Thomas Robert Macquoid
"The Night March of the Volunteers", 1860. Song - music by W. M. Balfe, words by Mark Lemon. Step together! All together! Close together

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