Classical Music Collection (page 5)

The Court of Prince Vladimir Galitsky. Stage design for the opera Prince Igor by A. Borodin, 1914. Found in the collection of the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

The Great Sacrifice. Stage design for the ballet The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) by I. Stravinsky, 1910. Found in the collection of the State A. Radishchev Art Museum, Saratov

Composer Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936), 1915. Artist: Deni (Denisov), Viktor Nikolaevich (1893-1946)
Composer Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936), 1915. Found in the collection of the Russian State Library, Moscow

Richard Wagner, German composer, 1864. Artist: Joseph Albert
Richard Wagner, German composer, 1864. Wagner (1813-1883) is best known for his cycle of four operas Der Ring des Nibelungen, first performed in 1876. From a private collection

Quartet, 1840s. Found in the collection of the State A Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow

Portrait of the composer Anton Rubinstein, late 19th century(?). Artist: Mikhail Yarovoy
Portrait of the composer Anton Rubinstein, late 19th century(?). Rubinstein (1829-1894) was a Russian composer, conductor and virtuoso pianist. He founded the St Petersburg Conservatory in 1862

Richard Muhlfeld, German clarinettist, 1890s. The quality of Muhlfelds (1856-1907) playing, with the Meiningen orchestra, has been credited with inspiring Johannes Brahms to resume composing in

Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 19th century. Artist: Wesenberg
Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 19th century. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote music across a broad range of genres. Amongst his best known and most popular works are the ballets Swan Lake

Ernst Krenek, Austrian composer, 20th century. Kreneks (1900-1991) work explores atonality and other modern musical styles. He emigrated to the United States in 1938. From a private collection

Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer and conductor, 1900s. Musically, Mahler (1860-1911) bridged the gap between the 19th century Romantic tradition of Austrian and German music

Modest Mussorgsky, Russian composer, as a young man, late 1850s. Mussorgsky (1839-1881) as a cadet in the Preobrazhensky Regiment of the Imperial Guards

Russian conductor Alexander Siloti and composer Sergei Rachmaninov, early 20th century. Siloti (1863-1945) was Rachmaninovs first cousin

Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin with composer and pianist Sergei Rachmaninov, c1890. Chaliapin (1873-1938) had a powerful bass voice

Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer, c1875. Artist: Gaspard-Felix Tournachon
Jacques Offenbach, German-born French composer, c1875. Offenbach (1819-1880) is regarded as one of the pioneers of the operetta

Violinist Johann Pickel with composers Eduard Napravnik and Anatoly Lyadov, 19th century. Born in Bohemia, Napravnik (1839-1916)

Richard Wagner, German composer, 1860s. Artist: Franz Hanfstaengl
Richard Wagner, German composer, 1860s. Wagner (1813-1883) is best known for his cycle of four operas Der Ring des Nibelungen, first performed in 1876. From a private collection

Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer, 19th century. Artist: Franz Hanfstaengl
Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer, 19th century. Clara Schumann (1819-1896) is considered to have been one of the foremost pianists of the Romantic period

Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer, c1865. Artist: Etienne Carjat
Gioachino Rossini, Italian composer, c1865. (1792-1868). Rossini (1792-1868) composed 39 operas amongst the best known of which are The Barber of Seville and William Tell. From a private collection

Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and pianist, 1886. Artist: Nadar
Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and pianist, 1886. Liszt (1811-1886) was regarded by his contemporaries as the most techically advanced pianist of his time

Claude Debussy, French composer, 1909. Artist: Nadar
Claude Debussy, French composer, 1909. Debussy (1862-1918) is regarded as one of the foremost French composers. From a private collection

Jules Massenet, French composer, c1910. Massenet (1842-1912) is best known for his operas, which were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. From a private collection

Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and pianist, c1860. Artist: Franz Hanfstaengl
Franz Liszt, Hungarian composer and pianist, c1860. Liszt (1811-1886) was regarded by his contemporaries as the most techically advanced pianist of his time

Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer, late 19th century. Artist: Frederick Mulnier
Giuseppe Verdi, Italian composer, late 19th century. Verdi (1813-1901) is best remembered for his operas written between 1839 and 1893. Among the best known are Rigoletto, La traviata and Aida

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, late 19th century. Artist: Charles Reutlinger
Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, late 19th century. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote music across a broad range of genres

Richard Strauss, German composer, late 19th or early 20th century. Artist: Albert Meyer
Richard Strauss, German composer, late 19th or early 20th century. Richard Strauss (1864-1949) was a leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern periods

Johann Strauss the Younger, Austrian composer, 19th century. Artist: Reichard & Lindner
Johann Strauss the Younger, Austrian composer, 19th century. The son of Johan Strauss the Elder, Johan Strauss the Younger (1825-1899) is best known for his Viennese waltzes

Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, conductor, organist and pianist, late 19th century. Artist: Eugene Pirou
Camille Saint-Saens, French composer, conductor, organist and pianist, late 19th century. Saint-Saens (1835-1921) best known works include The Carnival of the Animals

Jules Massenet, French composer, late 19th century. Artist: Nadar
Jules Massenet, French composer, late 19th century. Massenet (1842-1912) is best known for his operas, which were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. From a private collection

Charles Gounod, French composer, late 19th century. Artist: Nadar
Charles Gounod, French composer, late 19th century. Gounods (1818-1893) best known works are his Ave Maria and the operas Faust and Romeo et Juliette. From a private collection

Leo Delibes, French composer, 19th century. Artist: Charles
Leo Delibes, French composer, 19th century. Delibes (1836-1891) was a composer of ballets, operas and other works for the stage

Georges Bizet, French composer and pianist, 1870s(?). Artist: Etienne Carjat
Georges Bizet, French composer and pianist, 1870s(?). Bizet (1838-1875) is best known as the composer of the opera Carmen. From a private collection

Johannes Brahms, German composer and pianist, 1889. Artist: C Brasch
Johannes Brahms, German composer and pianist, 1889. Brahms (1833-1897) was one of the leading musical figures of the Romantic period. From a private collection

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer, 1890s. Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) was a member of the group of Russian composers known as The Five

Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov, Russian composer, teacher and conductor, 1929. Glazunov (1865-1935) was Director of the St Petersburg Conservatory from 1905 until 1928

Niccolo Paganini, Italian violinist, violist and composer, 1830s. Paganini (1782-1840) is one of the most famous violin virtuosi, and is considered the greatest violinist who ever lived

George Frideric Handel, German composer, 1726-1728. Artist: Balthasar Denner
George Frideric Handel, German composer, 1726-1728. Baroque composer Handel (1685-1759) lived much of his life in England, where he composed his masterpiece, Messiah

Portrait of Russian composer Mily Balakirev, 1907. Artist: Leon Bakst
Portrait of Russian composer Mily Balakirev (1837-1910), 1907. Found in the collection of the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

Alexander Winterberger, pianist and organist, 19th century. Artist: Sergei Levitsky
Alexander Winterberger, pianist and organist, 19th century. Winterberger (1834-1914) was a pupil of Hungarian composer Franz Liszt

Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer, 1849. Artist: Louis-Auguste Bisson
Frederic Chopin, Polish pianist and composer, 1849. The only known photograph of Chopin (1810-1849)

Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1888. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote music across a broad range of genres. Amongst his best known and most popular works are the ballets Swan Lake

Alexander Siloti, Russian pianist and conductor, and Peter Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1888. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) wrote music across a broad range of genres

Nikolai Rubinstein, Russian pianist and composer, c1880-c1881. Rubinstein (1835-1881) was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein, also a pianist and composer

Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Helen in the ballet Helen of Sparta, 1912. Artist: Leon Bakst
Costume design for Ida Rubinstein as Helen in the ballet Helen of Sparta, 1912. Published in L Art Decoratif de Leon Bakst. (Paris, 1913). From a private collection

Jan Ladislav Dussek, Czech composer and pianist, late 18th century (1912). Artist: John Conde
Jan Ladislav Dussek, Czech composer and pianist, late 18th century (1912). A print of Dussek (1760-1812) from The Connoisseur, (London, 1912)

Sir William Sterndale Bennett, English composer, (1899). Artist: E Stodart
Sir William Sterndale Bennett, English composer, (1899). An engraving of Bennett (1816-1875) from James Taylors The Victorian Empire, William Mackenzie, (London, 1899)

Set design for the Opera Judith by Alexander Serov, 1907. Artist: Valentin Serov
Set design for the Opera Judith by Alexander Serov, 1907. From the collection of the State Russian Museum, St Petersburg, Russia

Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer, 1850. Artist: Gustave Courbet
Hector Berlioz, French Romantic composer, 1850. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Set design for a Ballets Russes production of Cleopatra, 1909. Artist: Leon Bakst
Set design for a Ballets Russes production of Cleopatra, 1909. From the Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

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