Classical Music Collection (page 2)

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

Caricature of George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), 1754. German Baroque composer Handel portrayed as a pig, a Charming Brute

Sir Edward Elgar, (1857-1934), English composer, early 20th century. Born at Broadheath near Worcester, Elgar was appointed Master of the Kings Musick in 1924

A Village Philharmonic Rehearsal, 1888. Creator: Stanhope A Forbes
A Village Philharmonic Rehearsal, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume38. July to December, 1888

Mozart. 1895. Creator: Unknown
Mozart. 1895. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791), German classical composer. From " The Musical Educator, Volume II" by John Greig, M.A. Mus. Doc. [T. C. & E. C. Jack, Edinburgh, 1895.]

Rehearsal of the Pasdeloup Orchestra at the Cirque d Hiver, c. 1879. Orchestra conducted by Jules-Etienne Pasdeloup, Paris

Photograph of Hall Johnson and the Negro String Quartet, ca. 1923. Creator: S. Tarr
A photograph of the Negro String Quartet. The photograph features four men sitting in chairs positioned in a semi circle around two music stands. The men are all dressed in suits

Programme from a concert featuring Roland Hayes, 1953. Creator: Unknown
A programme for a concert at the Gallery of Fine Arts Little Theater, Columbus, Ohio, featuring African-American lyric tenor and composer Roland Hayes (1887-1977)

Conductors baton used by James DePreist, 1965-2013. Creator: Unknown
A conductors baton used by African-American conductor James DePreist (1936-2013). One of the first African-American conductors on the world stage

Composer Klemperer, 1916. Creator: Ernst Kirchner
Composer Klemperer, 1916

Sergei Rachmaninoff at the Villa Senar, 1939. Creator: Anonymous
Sergei Rachmaninoff at the Villa Senar, 1939. Private Collection

Brunnhilde (The Twilight of the Gods), 1894. Creator: Odilon Redon
Brunnhilde (The Twilight of the Gods), 1894

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

Portrait of the composer Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov (1798-1870). Creator: Anonymous
Portrait of the composer Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov (1798-1870). Private Collection

The success was beyond what I could have dreamed, (1907). Creator: Unknown
The success was beyond what I could have dreamed, (1907). Mendelssohn visited London several times and conducted Philharmonic concerts

The tutors carriage met them, (1907). Creator: Unknown
The tutors carriage met them, (1907). The young Mendelssohn goes missing on the journey to Switzerland: They had to change carriages at Potsdam

Here is a gentleman who knows all about the new opera, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Here is a gentleman who knows all about the new opera, (1907). When the young Mendelssohn was about 12 years old, he met the composer and conductor Julius Benedict

Mendelssohn, 19th century, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Mendelssohn, 19th century, (1907). Portrait of German composer Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847). From " Story-Lives of Great Musicians", by F.J. Rowbotham. [Wells Gardner, Darton & Co

Schubert fled from the room, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Schubert fled from the room, (1907). In 1822, the young Schubert meets the celebrated composer Beethoven:a courteous but somewhat formal welcome was accorded them

They found Schubert hard at work, (1907). Creator: Unknown
They found Schubert hard at work, (1907). In 1817, Franz Schober takes Johann Vogl, a famous opera singer in Vienna, to meet his friend the young composer Schubert

They indulged in jokes at the expense of the spectacled boy, (1907). Creator: Unknown
They indulged in jokes at the expense of the spectacled boy, (1907). In 1808, the young Schubert applies for a choir scholarship to study at the Stadtkonvikt imperial school in Vienna

His clever playing attracted the attention of the leader, (1907). Creator: Unknown
His clever playing attracted the attention of the leader, (1907). The young Schubert makes a friend at the Stadtkonvikt imperial school in Vienna

Taking his hand, turned him round to the audience, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Taking his hand, turned him round to the audience, (1907). During a performance of Beethovens " Choral Symphony", the composer, old and deaf

Haydn praised the composition highly, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Haydn praised the composition highly, (1907). In 1792, the celebrated Austrian composer Haydn was to pass through Bonn on his way to Vienna from London

Seated before an old, worn-out piano, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Seated before an old, worn-out piano, (1907). Beethoven, when he was a struggling young musician, made the acquaintance of a generous young nobleman...who both helped him and encouraged his talents

Pay attention to this young man, for he will make a noise in the world some day, (1907). The teenage Beethoven visits Mozart in Vienna

Now then, Ludwig, time for practice!, (1907). Creator: Unknown
" Now then, Ludwig, time for practice!", (1907). Tobias Pfeiffer, a musician boarder in the Beethoven household

There is the door!, (1907). Creator: Unknown
" There is the door!", (1907). The young Mozart, court musician of the ruler of Salzburg, Prince-Archbishop Hieronymus Colloredo

The carriage which was to convey the travellers drew up at the door, (1907). Creator: Unknown
The carriage which was to convey the travellers drew up at the door, (1907). The young Mozart and his mother leave Salzburg in Austria:early in the morning of September 23, 1777

Chelsea at that time was a riverside village, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Chelsea at that time was a riverside village, (1907). The eight-year-old Mozart and his family lived in London in 1764: Chelsea at that time was a riverside village

Played before the Court at Versailles, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Played before the Court at Versailles, (1907). The seven-year-old Mozart and his family are guests at the French court during Christmas and New Year 1763-1764: They stayed five months in Paris

They remained standing, rooted to the spot, (1907). Creator: Unknown
They remained standing, rooted to the spot, (1907). The young Mozart sneaks into the organ loft in the monastery of Ips:the Franciscan monks...were startled at hearing the organ pealing forth

Mozart, c1777, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Mozart, c1777, (1907). Portrait of Austrian composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) after a work made c1777 by Johann Heinrich Tischbein (1722-1789) in the Austrian Theater Museum, Vienna

Haydns eyes filled with tears, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Haydns eyes filled with tears, (1907). The elderly Haydn receives an enemy officer in his home who sings one of Haydns compositions : One day...when Vienna was in the occupation of the French

Whose music is that which you were playing just now?, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Whose music is that which you were playing just now?, (1907). It was a common fashion in Vienna...for poor and struggling musicians to earn a few florins by serenading personages of note...Felix

He managed to save sufficient to purchase two volumes, (1907). Creator: Unknown
He managed to save sufficient to purchase two volumes, (1907). The young Haydn buys sheet music while studying at the choir school in Vienna

The tantalising pigtail, (1907). Creator: Unknown
The tantalising pigtail, (1907). The 17-year-old Haydn cuts off a fellow choristers pigtail at the cathedral choir school in Vienna

Would not that be splendid for an oratorio!, (1907). Creator: Unknown
Would not that be splendid for an oratorio!, (1907). Mendelssohns oratorio " Elijah", was inspired by a passage from the First Book of Kings, beginning with the words, And behold

He was imitating the playing of a violin, (1907). Creator: Unknown
He was imitating the playing of a violin, (1907). Mathias Haydn becomes aware that his five-year-old son Joseph is musically gifted

The strokes of his hammer on the anvil kept time to his song, (1907). Creator: Unknown
The strokes of his hammer on the anvil kept time to his song, (1907). The German composer Handel is inspired by the sound of a hammer on an anvil: he was overtaken by a heavy shower of rain

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