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Composer Collection (page 5)

Background imageComposer Collection: Leading musicians during the reign of King George V

Leading musicians during the reign of King George V
Leading classical musicians and composers during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Wood, Beecham, Elgar, Vaughan Williams, Walford Davies. Date: 1935

Background imageComposer Collection: Music cover, Secrets, Intermezzo

Music cover, Secrets, Intermezzo by Charles W Ancliffe, composer of Nights of Gladness Valse Date: 1913

Background imageComposer Collection: Juan de Fermoselle (1468-1529)

Juan de Fermoselle (1468-1529), called Juan del Encina. Spanish poet, playwiright and composer. Illustration by Llanta. Detail. Lithography. Cronica General de Espana

Background imageComposer Collection: Enrique Fernandez Arbos (1863-1939), 1934, by Mezquita

Enrique Fernandez Arbos (1863-1939), 1934, by Mezquita
Enrique Fernandez Arbos (1863-1939). Spanish composer and violinist. Portrait by Jose Maria Lopez Mezquita (1883-1954), 1934. San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Madrid. Spain. Date: 2019

Background imageComposer Collection: Luigi Cherubini and the Muse of Lyric Poetry, by Ingres

Luigi Cherubini and the Muse of Lyric Poetry, by Ingres
Luigi Cherubini and the Muse of Lyric Poetry, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, an oil painting showing the Italian classical and romantic composer, Luigi Cherubini

Background imageComposer Collection: Alma Goetz, composer

Alma Goetz, composer
Alma Goetz was a composer of songs, including Melisande in the Wood and At Parting'. Date: circa 1910

Background imageComposer Collection: Noel Coward and Alfred Lunt, on balcony, Design for Living, theatrical portrait

Noel Coward and Alfred Lunt, on balcony, Design for Living, theatrical portrait. With description, Meet Noel Coward and Alfred Lunt on a balcony

Background imageComposer Collection: George Frederick Handel, composer

George Frederick Handel, composer

Background imageComposer Collection: George Frederick Handel by Roubillac

George Frederick Handel by Roubillac
George Frederick Handel, composer, sculpture by Roubillac

Background imageComposer Collection: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor cigarette card

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor cigarette card. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912) British composer of mixed race ancestry. His father came from Sierra Leone & his mother was English

Background imageComposer Collection: STRAVINSKY Igor Fiodorovich (1882-1971). Russian composer

STRAVINSKY Igor Fiodorovich (1882-1971). Russian composer nationalized French and then American. His tomb in the San Michele island cemetery. Venice. Italy

Background imageComposer Collection: Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944), English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement

Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944), English composer and a member of the women's suffrage movement. Photograph when she composed The Wreckers produced at Queen's Hall. Date: 1908

Background imageComposer Collection: Sir Malcolm Sargent, English conductor and composer

Sir Malcolm Sargent, English conductor and composer
Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent (1895-1967), English conductor, organist and composer. Seen here taking a bow from the podium at the end of a concert, a bunch of flowers in his hand

Background imageComposer Collection: Ronald Stevenson with Dmitri Shostakovich

Ronald Stevenson with Dmitri Shostakovich
Ronald Stevenson (left, b 1928), British composer, looking at a musical score with the Soviet Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Background imageComposer Collection: Michael Tippett, English composer

Michael Tippett, English composer
Sir Michael Kemp Tippett (1905-1998), English composer, humanitarian and pacifist. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageComposer Collection: Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer

Paul Tortelier, French cellist and composer
Paul Tortelier (1914-1990), French cellist and composer Date: circa 1970s

Background imageComposer Collection: Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet Russian composer

Dmitri Shostakovich, Soviet Russian composer
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (1906-1975), Soviet Russian composer. Date: circa 1960s

Background imageComposer Collection: Mstislav Rostropovich, renowned Russian cellist

Mstislav Rostropovich, renowned Russian cellist
Mstislav Rostropovich (1927-2007), renowned Russian cellist and conductor. Seen here (centre) with the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich (left) and the English composer Benjamin Britten (right)

Background imageComposer Collection: Walton William English British Classical Composer

Walton William English British Classical Composer
walton, william, english, british, classical, composer, music, musician, opera, choral, orchestral, sir, turner, 1902, 1983, church, interior, choirboy, 1970s, history, historical, 10473030

Background imageComposer Collection: Fats Waller, legendary American jazz musician

Fats Waller, legendary American jazz musician
Fats Waller (Thomas Wright Waller, 1904-1943), legendary American jazz musician, composer, singer and entertainer. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageComposer Collection: Photographic portrait of Noel Coward (1899-1973), the English playwright, actor and composer

Photographic portrait of Noel Coward (1899-1973), the English playwright, actor and composer, in 1942, shortly after the release of In Which We Serve'. Date: c.1942

Background imageComposer Collection: Noel Coward (1899 - 1973) (right), English playwright, actor and composer

Noel Coward (1899 - 1973) (right), English playwright, actor and composer, talking to Lieut-General Sir H. Pownall during a tour of North Africa in 1943

Background imageComposer Collection: Noel Coward and Gladys Calthrop, 1937

Noel Coward and Gladys Calthrop, 1937
Noel Coward (1899 - 1973), the English playwright, actor and composer, and Gladys Calthrop, artist and stage designer. Date: 1937

Background imageComposer Collection: Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962), Austrian-born American violinist and composer. Date: 1904

Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962), Austrian-born American violinist and composer. Date: 1904

Background imageComposer Collection: OTTO JONAS LINDBLAD

OTTO JONAS LINDBLAD German song composer, from a photo taken two years before his death. Date: 1809 - 1864

Background imageComposer Collection: EDWARD ALEXANDER MACDOWELL (1860 - 1908), American composer. Date: 1897

EDWARD ALEXANDER MACDOWELL (1860 - 1908), American composer. Date: 1897

Background imageComposer Collection: CHOPIN/DEATHBED

CHOPIN/DEATHBED
FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810 - 1849), Polish musician and composer: drawn soon after his death

Background imageComposer Collection: GIACOMO PUCCINI/STUDIO

GIACOMO PUCCINI/STUDIO
GIACOMO PUCCINI Italian composer's studio at Torre del Lago, on the second anniversary of his death Date: 1858 - 1924

Background imageComposer Collection: Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) German composer: shortly before his death

Background imageComposer Collection: BERLIOZ FANTIN LATOUR

BERLIOZ FANTIN LATOUR
HECTOR BERLIOZ characters from his operas pay homage to the French composer on the occasion of his death Date: 1803 -1869

Background imageComposer Collection: Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin (1888 - 1889), American composer and musician, known as the King of Ragtime at the time this photograph was taken and he appeared in the revue

Background imageComposer Collection: Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981), American singer, songwriter, composer, musician

Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981), American singer, songwriter, composer, musician, actor and attorney Date: circa 1940s

Background imageComposer Collection: Noel Coward, playwright, composer, director, performer

Noel Coward, playwright, composer, director, performer
Noel Coward, English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, in a bowtie. Date: 1950

Background imageComposer Collection: Harry Taylor, song, The Maple Leaf and Rose. Date: 1917

Harry Taylor, song, The Maple Leaf and Rose. Date: 1917

Background imageComposer Collection: Rabindranath Tagore FRAS (born Robindronath Thakur) (1861-1941) (also: Gurudev, Kobiguru

Rabindranath Tagore FRAS (born Robindronath Thakur) (1861-1941) (also: Gurudev, Kobiguru, Biswakobi) - an Indian polymath, poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher

Background imageComposer Collection: A portrait of George M. Cohan, 1928

A portrait of George M. Cohan, 1928 - American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and theatrical producer Date: 1928

Background imageComposer Collection: A portrait of George M. Cohan in the role of Happy

A portrait of George M. Cohan in the role of Happy Farrell in his revived play The Song and Dance Man, 1930 Date: 1930

Background imageComposer Collection: Clifton Bingham

Clifton Bingham
Graham Clifton Bingham (1859-1913). Musician, composer, lyricist and childrens book author

Background imageComposer Collection: Ethel Smyth

Ethel Smyth (1858 - 1944), English composer and a member of the womens suffrage movement. 1902

Background imageComposer Collection: Conrad Paumann, German organist, lutenist and composer

Conrad Paumann, German organist, lutenist and composer
Conrad Paumann, blind Renaissance German organist, lutenist and composer, died 1476. He is shown playing a Schoossorgel or portativ organ, with lute, harp and recorder on the wall

Background imageComposer Collection: Archibald Benwell, ballet music composer

Archibald Benwell, ballet music composer. 1914

Background imageComposer Collection: Lord Berners

Lord Berners
Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson, 14th Baron Berners (1883 - 1950), also known as Gerald Tyrwhitt, British composer, novelist, painter and aesthete. Usually referred to as Lord Berners Date: 1926

Background imageComposer Collection: Miss Adela Maddison, composer of new opera

Miss Adela Maddison, composer of new opera
Page from The Sketch featuring a portrait of Adela Maddison, Irish composer of a new opera, The Talisman, which was performed at Leipzig on 19 November 1910. Date: 1910

Background imageComposer Collection: Mascagni at the London Hippodrome

Mascagni at the London Hippodrome
Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and conductor, featured in The Bystander at the time he was conducting a special orchestra at the London Hippodrome, where performances of his world-famous opera

Background imageComposer Collection: Jan Kubelik, Czech violinist and composer

Jan Kubelik, Czech violinist and composer
Jan Kubelik (1880-1940), Czech violinist and composer. 1903

Background imageComposer Collection: Joseph Joachim

Joseph Joachim (1831 - 1907), Hungarian musician. Date: 1894

Background imageComposer Collection: Harry Champion, legendary music hall performer

Harry Champion, legendary music hall performer
William Henry Crump (1865-1942), better known as Harry Champion, music hall composer, singer and Cockney comedian, appearing in London Rhapsody musical at the London Palladium, 1937. 1937

Background imageComposer Collection: Portrait, Jean-Baptiste Faure, French opera singer

Portrait, Jean-Baptiste Faure, French opera singer
Portrait, Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914), French opera singer (baritone) and art collector. 1880s



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