composers

Claudio Monteverdi, [no. 3] - Public domain portrait engraving

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Public domain portrait engraving

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Signor Piozzi ravishing Mrs. Thrale

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[Jean Baptiste Lully, head-shoulders portrait facing front]

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composers from "[The history of England from the Revolution to the dea...

This image has been taken from scan 000006 from volume 04 of "[The history of England from the Revolution to the death of George the Second ... A new edition. With the author's last corrections and improvements... More

Vernon Duke Collection, 1918-1968

Fr. Chopin - Public domain portrait print

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collection of the most admired polkas by the most eminent European com...

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Gottschalk at Chickering piano, [no. 14]

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W. A. Mozart, [no. 73] - Public domain portrait engraving

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Jenny Lind in the opera of La Somnambula

Portrait of Jenny Lind, in full costume, on stage with other actors. On lower right: Lith of Sarony New York. Below image: Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by William Hall & Son, in the Cl... More

Louis Moreau Gottschalk, [no. 83]

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Photo of Clavichord - Public domain dedication

In the clavichord each string is struck by a small piece of metal called a tangent. Its touch-sensitive action allows great expressiveness in playing, although its small size and softness of sound make it unsui... More

Mendelssohn at 12 years old - Public domain portrait engraving

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Meyerbeer, portrait - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows German composer Giacomo Meyerbeer, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing right.

Caricature, Un nouvel Almaviva.., public domain cartoon image

Un nouvel Almaviva venant essayer de séduire Rosine-Véron en lui donnant une sérénade sur l'air de Vive Henri V Courtesy of Boston Public Library

J'ai des Miots dans l'assemblée..

J'ai des Miots dans l'assemblée, j'ai des Ségurs marqués de roux, la sonnette est en fer creusée et le manche en branche de houx. C'est par leurs soins, montagne et plaine, que chacun crie hiver, été, ils crien... More

Alphonse Legros - Portrait de Hector Berlioz

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Alphonse Legros - Portrait de Hector Berlioz

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Alphonse Legros - Portrait de Hector Berlioz

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Alphonse Legros - Portrait de Hector Berlioz

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Alphonse Legros - Portrait de Hector Berlioz

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Ambroise Thomas, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Photograph shows Amboise Thomas, French composer, head-and-shoulders portrait, chin resting on left hand, facing left. 1302 hand written on mount. Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. R... More

Philip Hale Collection - Teresa Carreño

Photograph of a young girl in a white dress standing in front of a piano. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Telegram], 1865 August 22, Baden [to] Levi

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31 décembre. Table des matières

31st of December. Table of contents Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Auber - Public domain portrait print

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A Munich. Après une heure de Wagner par ordre

In Munich. After one hour of Wagner by command Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Group portrait (left to right) of composers Bob Cole, James Weldon Joh...

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Henry Squires, American tenor in the Lyster Opera Company, repertoire,...

Squires sang in one of Australia's earliest opera companies. His repertoire of 44 roles by 20 composers would be impossible today with specialisation, higher standards of performance and completeness. Without g... More

Johannes Brahms - [Letter, undated to Levi ]

J.B. [Johannes Brahms]. (statement of responsibility) Holograph, signed. An autograph letter of Johannes Brahms, written to Hermann Levi, conductor. Published in: Johannes Brahms in Briefwechsel mit Hermann Lev... More

[Telegram, 1871, unknown month 6, Baden to] Levy

Brahms. (statement of responsibility) A telegram of Johannes Brahms, written to Hermann Levi. Published in: Johannes Brahms in Briefwechsel mit Hermann Levi, Friedrich Gernsheim, sowie den Familien Hecht und Fe... More

[Telegram, 1871 Oct.] 9, Baden [to] Levi

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[Telegram, 1871 April] 7, Bremen [to] Levi

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Henri Fantin Latour - A la mémoire de Robert Schumann

A figure of a young girl is seen standing naked to her hips and her lower body is covered with black drapery. Her hair is loose and she brings a bouquet of flowers to Schumann's tomb. On the monument, half hidd... More

Henri Fantin Latour - A la mémoire de Robert Schumann

A figure of a young girl is seen standing naked to her hips and her lower body is covered with black drapery. Her hair is loose and she brings a bouquet of flowers to Schumann's tomb. On the monument, half hidd... More

Henri Fantin Latour - A la mémoire de Robert Schumann

A figure of a young girl is seen standing naked to her hips and her lower body is covered with black drapery. Her hair is loose and she brings a bouquet of flowers to Schumann's tomb. On the monument, half hidd... More

Henri Fantin Latour - L'Anniversaire

On the steps of Berlioz's tomb, the Muse, upright and in front, darkly dressed, indicates with one hand the name of the Master and the date 1803 (the birth of Berlioz). In the other hand, she holds a scroll on ... More

Henri Fantin Latour - L'Anniversaire

On the steps of Berlioz's tomb, the Muse, upright and in front, darkly dressed, indicates with one hand the name of the Master and the date 1803 (the birth of Berlioz). In the other hand, she holds a scroll on ... More

Henri Fantin Latour - L'Anniversaire

On the steps of Berlioz's tomb, the Muse, upright and in front, darkly dressed, indicates with one hand the name of the Master and the date 1803 (the birth of Berlioz). In the other hand, she holds a scroll on ... More

Henri Fantin Latour - L'Anniversaire

On the steps of Berlioz's tomb, the Muse, upright and in front, darkly dressed, indicates with one hand the name of the Master and the date 1803 (the birth of Berlioz). In the other hand, she holds a scroll on ... More

Henri Fantin Latour - L'Anniversaire

On the steps of Berlioz's tomb, the Muse, upright and in front, darkly dressed, indicates with one hand the name of the Master and the date 1803 (the birth of Berlioz). In the other hand, she holds a scroll on ... More

Henri Fantin Latour - L'Anniversaire

On the steps of Berlioz's tomb, the Muse, upright and in front, darkly dressed, indicates with one hand the name of the Master and the date 1803 (the birth of Berlioz). In the other hand, she holds a scroll on ... More

H. Berlioz / E. Hader, pinxit ; phot. u. verl v. Sophus Williams, Berl...

Photograph of painting by Ernst Hader shows composer Hector Berlioz, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left Stamped on verso: Gift, Virginia S. Benjamin, Feb. 12, 1946. Reference copy in BIOG FILE.

Aaron Copland Collection, 1841-1991

Henri Fantin Latour - Frontispice. Le génie de la musique

A winged figure is moving up and to the left. With both hands, he carries a cartouche that reads, in white on a black background, the names of R. Schumann, H. Berlioz, R. Wagner, J. Brahms. Against the edges of... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Frontispice. Le génie de la musique

A winged figure is moving up and to the left. With both hands, he carries a cartouche that reads, in white on a black background, the names of R. Schumann, H. Berlioz, R. Wagner, J. Brahms. Against the edges of... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Frontispice. Le génie de la musique

A winged figure is moving up and to the left. With both hands, he carries a cartouche that reads, in white on a black background, the names of R. Schumann, H. Berlioz, R. Wagner, J. Brahms. Against the edges of... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Frontispice. Le génie de la musique

A winged figure is moving up and to the left. With both hands, he carries a cartouche that reads, in white on a black background, the names of R. Schumann, H. Berlioz, R. Wagner, J. Brahms. Against the edges of... More

August Haupt organist - cartes de visite

Photograph of a man with glasses, shot from above the waist. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Henri Fantin Latour - Évocation d'Erda (3e planche)

Standing in profile with right arm raised, left hand on bosom, and eyes toward the sky, Erda prophesies the end of the Gods. On the left and below, the figure of Wotan, cut off and dressed in traditional costum... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Frontispice. Vérité

At the top of the composition, Fame flies by blowing her trumpet which she holds with her right hand. With her left hand, she supports one end of a tablet. The other end of the tablet is supported by a little c... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Frontispice. Vérité

At the top of the composition, Fame flies by blowing her trumpet which she holds with her right hand. With her left hand, she supports one end of a tablet. The other end of the tablet is supported by a little c... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Frontispice. Vérité

At the top of the composition, Fame flies by blowing her trumpet which she holds with her right hand. With her left hand, she supports one end of a tablet. The other end of the tablet is supported by a little c... More

Henri Fantin Latour - La muse - Engraving, Public domain image

Wagner, in profile, turned to the left, sits at his desk, illuminated by a lamp flame. A book is open before him and his hand, which holds a feather, is placed on it. The Muse stands behind Wagner, his bare che... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Immortalité

Music sits before a monument whose facade occupies the whole depth of the composition and even surpasses it at the top and on both sides. Her body is turned so as to appear almost from the back. Naked to the hi... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Réveil

Glory, winged, flame on the forehead, descends. With one hand she holds a palm and her other hand drops flowers. In the distance, the night covers the sky and the horizon. On the grave, one reads, "Richard Wagn... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Tristan et Iseult. Acte II. Signal dans la nuit

In the middle of a landscape of descending hills, Isolde is seen from behind, standing. With one hand she leans on the torch whose flaming tip smokes and dies against the earth. With her other hand, she waves a... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Parsifal. Acte II. Évocation de Kundry

At the top of the tower whose circular enclosure allows a view of a corner of the sky. Klingsor is sitting to the left, at the foot of a square base. His hair and his costume are reminiscent of Rembrandt's Jews... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Tannhaeuser. Acte III. L'Étoile du Soir

On the left, in the foreground, Wolfram d'Eschenbach sits at the foot of a bunch of trees, his right hand rests on his lyre. He turns away and looks at Elizabeth, walking away along the hilly terrain. In the sa... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Lohengrin. Acte III. Scène d'amour

Elsa is sitting on the daybed near the "open bay window" of the bridal chamber and she looks up toward the sky. Lohengrin is on his knees and he holds her and draws her to him. On the left, in the distance, the... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Immortalité

Music sits before a monument whose facade occupies the whole depth of the composition and even surpasses it at the top and on both sides. Her body is turned so as to appear almost from the back. Naked to the hi... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Le Vaisseau-Fantôme. Acte III

The Dutchman and Senta are seen transfigured above the waves. Their eyes are turned, and the Dutchman's right arm is lifted to a bright light that radiates to the left in the sky. The Dutchman is seen from behi... More

Henri Fantin Latour - L’Or du Rhin. Scène 1re. Les Filles du Rhin

The three Daughters of the Rhine are dressed in undulating draperies and play under the water. One, in the back, is half sitting and seems to listen to the stories of her sister. In front of them, the third dau... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Parsifal. Acte II. Évocation de Kundry

At the top of the tower whose circular enclosure allows a view of a corner of the sky. Klingsor is sitting to the left, at the foot of a square base. His hair and his costume are reminiscent of Rembrandt's Jews... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Lohengrin. Acte III. Scène d'amour

Elsa is sitting on the daybed near the "open bay window" of the bridal chamber and she looks up toward the sky. Lohengrin is on his knees and he holds her and draws her to him. On the left, in the distance, the... More

Henri Fantin Latour - L’Or du Rhin. Scène 1re. Les Filles du Rhin

The three Daughters of the Rhine are dressed in undulating draperies and play under the water. One, in the back, is half sitting and seems to listen to the stories of her sister. In front of them, the third dau... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Siegfried. Acte III. Évocation d'Erda

At the back and in front view, Erda stands up. She is supporting a long drapery with her right arm; her left arm is raised and her eyes are looking toward the sky. Wotan, in the foreground on the right, wears a... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Réveil

Glory, winged, flame on the forehead, descends. With one hand she holds a palm and her other hand drops flowers. In the distance, the night covers the sky and the horizon. On the grave, one reads, "Richard Wagn... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Siegfried. Acte III. Évocation d'Erda

At the back and in front view, Erda stands up. She is supporting a long drapery with her right arm; her left arm is raised and her eyes are looking toward the sky. Wotan, in the foreground on the right, wears a... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Parsifal. Acte II. Évocation de Kundry

At the top of the tower whose circular enclosure allows a view of a corner of the sky. Klingsor is sitting to the left, at the foot of a square base. His hair and his costume are reminiscent of Rembrandt's Jews... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Lohengrin. Acte III. Scène d'amour

Elsa is sitting on the daybed near the "open bay window" of the bridal chamber and she looks up toward the sky. Lohengrin is on his knees and he holds her and draws her to him. On the left, in the distance, the... More

Henri Fantin Latour - La muse - Engraving, Public domain image

Wagner, in profile, turned to the left, sits at his desk, illuminated by a lamp flame. A book is open before him and his hand, which holds a feather, is placed on it. The Muse stands behind Wagner, his bare che... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Siegfried. Acte III. Évocation d'Erda

At the back and in front view, Erda stands up. She is supporting a long drapery with her right arm; her left arm is raised and her eyes are looking toward the sky. Wotan, in the foreground on the right, wears a... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Le Vaisseau-Fantôme. Acte III

The Dutchman and Senta are seen transfigured above the waves. Their eyes are turned, and the Dutchman's right arm is lifted to a bright light that radiates to the left in the sky. The Dutchman is seen from behi... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Réveil

Glory, winged, flame on the forehead, descends. With one hand she holds a palm and her other hand drops flowers. In the distance, the night covers the sky and the horizon. On the grave, one reads, "Richard Wagn... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Tristan et Iseult. Acte II. Signal dans la nuit

In the middle of a landscape of descending hills, Isolde is seen from behind, standing. With one hand she leans on the torch whose flaming tip smokes and dies against the earth. With her other hand, she waves a... More

Henri Fantin Latour - La muse - Engraving, Public domain image

Wagner, in profile, turned to the left, sits at his desk, illuminated by a lamp flame. A book is open before him and his hand, which holds a feather, is placed on it. The Muse stands behind Wagner, his bare che... More

Les maîtres chanteurs de Nuremberg. Acte Ire. Rencontre de Walther et ...

Eva leaves the church and walks forward with her face in profile. Her eyes are downcast and one hand holds her book, and the other hand raises her long dress. Her nurse follows her. At the bend of a pillar, Wal... More

Le Crépuscule des Dieux. Acte III. Siegfried et les Filles du Rhin

Siegfried advances with his spear in his hand and his horn at the side. He follows the bank of the Rhine on the right. On the left, the Daughters of the Rhine, all three naked and under shade, question him. One... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Rienzi. Acte V. Prière de Rienzi

In the same great hall of the Capitol, which formerly had seen him all-powerful, Rienzi is now abandoned by all. He has been excommunicated and awaits death. He prays to God. He is on his knees on the flagstone... More

Henri Fantin Latour - La Valkyrie. Acte 1re. Sieglinde et Siegmund

Injured and fleeing from enemies, Siegmund has just entered the house of Hunding. He collapses and sits on the step of the circular hearth. Sieglinde runs to see Siegmund and offers him a drink, which he brings... More

Henri Fantin Latour - La Valkyrie. Acte 1re. Sieglinde et Siegmund

Injured and fleeing from enemies, Siegmund has just entered the house of Hunding. He collapses and sits on the step of the circular hearth. Sieglinde runs to see Siegmund and offers him a drink, which he brings... More

Le Crépuscule des Dieux. Acte III. Siegfried et les Filles du Rhin

Siegfried advances with his spear in his hand and his horn at the side. He follows the bank of the Rhine on the right. On the left, the Daughters of the Rhine, all three naked and under shade, question him. One... More

Le Crépuscule des Dieux. Acte III. Siegfried et les Filles du Rhin

Siegfried advances with his spear in his hand and his horn at the side. He follows the bank of the Rhine on the right. On the left, the Daughters of the Rhine, all three naked and under shade, question him. One... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Tannhaeuser. Acte III. L'Étoile du Soir

On the left, in the foreground, Wolfram d'Eschenbach sits at the foot of a bunch of trees, his right hand rests on his lyre. He turns away and looks at Elizabeth, walking away along the hilly terrain. In the sa... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Tannhaeuser. Acte III. L'Étoile du Soir

On the left, in the foreground, Wolfram d'Eschenbach sits at the foot of a bunch of trees, his right hand rests on his lyre. He turns away and looks at Elizabeth, walking away along the hilly terrain. In the sa... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Rienzi. Acte V. Prière de Rienzi

In the same great hall of the Capitol, which formerly had seen him all-powerful, Rienzi is now abandoned by all. He has been excommunicated and awaits death. He prays to God. He is on his knees on the flagstone... More

Henri Fantin Latour - La Valkyrie. Acte 1re. Sieglinde et Siegmund

Injured and fleeing from enemies, Siegmund has just entered the house of Hunding. He collapses and sits on the step of the circular hearth. Sieglinde runs to see Siegmund and offers him a drink, which he brings... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Rienzi. Acte V. Prière de Rienzi

In the same great hall of the Capitol, which formerly had seen him all-powerful, Rienzi is now abandoned by all. He has been excommunicated and awaits death. He prays to God. He is on his knees on the flagstone... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Béatrice et Bénédict. Acte Ier. Nocturne

".. And the tender Héro reflects on her love for Claudio. Ursula feels her happiness. The young girls embrace each other while stripping roses and their voices unite, in the mysterious silence of the evening, i... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Roméo et Juliette. Confidence à la nuit

Juliet is alone in a balcony. She stands and looks towards the left. Her right hand rests on the stone balustrade and her other hand rests on her heart. A bright moonbeam illuminates part of her face, neck and ... More

Henri Fantin Latour - La prise de Troie. Acte III. Apparition d'Hector

In the foreground, Aeneas has just awakened and rests on his bed. He is startled when he sees, right behind him, the ghost of Hector. Hector is naked and holds his round shield in his left arm and his lance, wi... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Roméo et Juliette. Confidence à la nuit

Juliet is alone in a balcony. She stands and looks towards the left. Her right hand rests on the stone balustrade and her other hand rests on her heart. A bright moonbeam illuminates part of her face, neck and ... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Vérité - Public domain portrait engraving

At the top of the composition, Fame flies by blowing her trumpet which she holds with her right hand. With her left hand, she supports one end of a tablet. The other end of the tablet is supported by a little c... More

Henri Fantin Latour - La damnation de Faust. Apparition de Marguerite

In the foreground, Marguerite sits. Her face is turned away and invisible. Her left hand holds the drapery that has slipped from her shoulder, against her bosom and exposes her throat. Above her are two adolesc... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Béatrice et Bénédict. Acte Ier. Nocturne

".. And the tender Héro reflects on her love for Claudio. Ursula feels her happiness. The young girls embrace each other while stripping roses and their voices unite, in the mysterious silence of the evening, i... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Tuba mirum spargens sonum..

Berlioz, seen from behind with his head in profile turned to the left, is standing at his desk, conducting and directing the execution of his work. With his right hand lifted he holds the traditional stick. Aro... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Harold en Italie. Dans les montagnes

Harold is sitting on a summit on the edge of the abyss and surrounded by storms. He is bare-headed and dressed in a great cloak, which blows behind him. He holds his harp between his body and his left arm and l... More

Henri Fantin Latour - Tuba mirum spargens sonum..

Berlioz, seen from behind with his head in profile turned to the left, is standing at his desk, conducting and directing the execution of his work. With his right hand lifted he holds the traditional stick. Aro... More