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Background imageComposers Collection: Leningrad Symphony

Leningrad Symphony
Dimitri Shostakovich and Yevgeny Mravinsky with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Together they would premier eight of the composers fifeteen symphonies

Background imageComposers Collection: Masses Paul Et Virginie

Masses Paul Et Virginie
PAUL ET VIRGINIE Its surprising that more composers haven t had a go at this idiotic story with its ludicrously dramatic plot and splendidly unhappy ending

Background imageComposers Collection: Musical gathering of composers and musicians, 1853

Musical gathering of composers and musicians, 1853
Musical gathering of composers and musicians in London. From left to right: A. Bazzini, H. Blagrove, Goffrie, Blumenthal, H. Vieuxtemps, Lazarus, S. Phatten, Jarrett, F

Background imageComposers Collection: The Song the Kettle is Singing

The Song the Kettle is Singing (in a dear little place called home) - written and composed by Worton David and Lawrence Wright - sung with enormous success by Miss Florrie Forde and Miss Dora Lyric

Background imageComposers Collection: Constant Lambert and Florence Shuter

Constant Lambert and Florence Shuter
British composer and conductor Leonard Constant Lambert (1905-1951) with his fiancee Florence Shuter. Date: 1931

Background imageComposers 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 imageComposers 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 imageComposers Collection: Westminster Abbey, London, The Handel Festival

Westminster Abbey, London, The Handel Festival
Westminster Abbey, London, for The Handel Festival, Commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the composer's death, with five concerts including Messiah, 26 May to 5 June 1784. Date: 1784

Background imageComposers 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 imageComposers Collection: The Sadness of her Sadness sung by Tom Woottwell

The Sadness of her Sadness sung by Tom Woottwell
The Sadness of her Sadness, written and composed by Harry Wincott and Harry Leighton, sung by Tom Woottwell - Charles Sheard & Co. London. 1902

Background imageComposers 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 imageComposers Collection: Front cover, Booseys Cabinet Operas, Il Trovatore, Verdi

Front cover, Booseys Cabinet Operas, Il Trovatore, Verdi
Front cover, Booseys Cabinet Operas, Il Trovatore, by Verdi, arranged for piano by Rudolf Nordmann. Date: late 19th century

Background imageComposers Collection: Cartoon, The Composer

Cartoon, The Composer. early 19th century

Background imageComposers Collection: Johanna Rosina Wagner (1774 - 1848), mother of the composer (1813) ;after Wagner

Johanna Rosina Wagner (1774 - 1848), mother of the composer (1813) ;after Wagner
Johanna Rosina Wagner (1774 - 1848), mother of the composer (1813); after Wagners father died, she married Ludwig Geyer, who thus became the composers stepfather. 1813

Background imageComposers Collection: RICHARD WAGNER German composers villa, Wahnfried, at Bayreuth

RICHARD WAGNER German composers villa, Wahnfried, at Bayreuth, seen from the front Date: 1813 - 1883

Background imageComposers Collection: Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) German composers villa, Wahnfried, at Bayreuth

Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) German composers villa, Wahnfried, at Bayreuth, seen from the garden

Background imageComposers Collection: Richards Wagner (1813 - 1883) German composers widow Cosima

Richards Wagner (1813 - 1883) German composers widow Cosima and son Siegfried sell potions of his operas in their grocers shop

Background imageComposers Collection: Famous Musicians of 1909, including Paderewski and Elgar

Famous Musicians of 1909, including Paderewski and Elgar
Famous Musicians of 1909: (top row left) Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), Polish pianist, composer, politician (and spokesman for Polish independence)

Background imageComposers Collection: The Abbe Liszt by Mervyn Suart

The Abbe Liszt by Mervyn Suart
FRANZ LISZT Hungarian musician (1811-1886) - an unusual composition showing Liszt deep in thought, bathed by candlelight, while a couple dance in a romantic clinch, presumably to his music. Date: 1938

Background imageComposers Collection: Kathleen Bruckshaw

Kathleen Bruckshaw (1877-1921), British composer and pianist, pictured at the time she had played at the Albert Hall Fair in aid of the Concerts of the Front Fund

Background imageComposers Collection: Madame Novello Davies & her son, Ivor Novello

Madame Novello Davies & her son, Ivor Novello
The Welsh composer, singer and actor, David Ivor Davies (1893-1951), better known as Ivor Novello, pictured with his mother, Madame Novello Davies

Background imageComposers Collection: Ivor Novello (right)

Ivor Novello (right)
Welsh composer, singer and actor, David Ivor Davies (1893-1951), better known as Ivor Novello, photographed with Swedish cartoonist and caricaturist Einar Nerman (1888-1983) in 1930

Background imageComposers Collection: M. Massenet the composer at Monte Carlo

M. Massenet the composer at Monte Carlo
Jules Massenet (1842-1912), French composer of operas pictured at the entrance of his villa at Monte Carlo. His new opera, Don Quichotte, was produced at Monte Carlo in 1910

Background imageComposers Collection: Rosalind Frances Ellicott

Rosalind Frances Ellicott (1857 - 1924), English composer and musician. C. 1890

Background imageComposers Collection: William Boyce

William Boyce (1710 - 1779), English composers

Background imageComposers Collection: Composers and publishers of Tipperary, WW1

Composers and publishers of Tipperary, WW1
The makers of " Its a Long, Long Way to Tipperary" - Harry Williams, part-composer and author; Mr Bert Feldman, the publisher and Jack Judge

Background imageComposers Collection: Paul A. Rubens, composer

Paul A. Rubens, composer
Paul Alfred Rubens (1875 - 1917), English composer who wrote some of the most popular musicals of the Edwardian era. During the First World War, he wrote the patriotic song

Background imageComposers Collection: Conductors at Bournemouth Festival of Music H. L. Oakley

Conductors at Bournemouth Festival of Music H. L. Oakley
Five famous conductors who took part in Bournemouths Festival of Music organised by Mr Dan Godfrey at the Winter Gardens. From left, Mr Edward German, Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Alexander Mackenzie

Background imageComposers Collection: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912), English composer and conductor of African and English parentage. He is best known for his cantata, Hiawathas Wedding Feast

Background imageComposers Collection: Sir Arthur Sullivan

Sir Arthur Sullivan
SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR SULLIVAN English composer, organist and choirmaster. Collaborated with Ws Gilbert on series of highly successful comic operas Date: c. 1880

Background imageComposers Collection: Ludwig Geyer

Ludwig Geyer
LUDWIG GEYER, the second husband of Richards mother, thus his stepfather : it is widely suspected, though not certainly, that he was the composers real father. Date: 19TH CENTURY

Background imageComposers Collection: From left to right, the composers Pietro Mascagni, Albero Fr

From left to right, the composers Pietro Mascagni, Albero Franchetti and Giacomo Puccini before the piano. Photography

Background imageComposers Collection: The composers Camille Saint-Sa%ns (seated) and Enrique Grana

The composers Camille Saint-Sa%ns (seated) and Enrique Granados. Photography

Background imageComposers Collection: Cantigas De Santa Maria

Cantigas De Santa Maria
The composers Isaac Alb niz (left) and Toms Bretn. Photograph from 1886. Photography

Background imageComposers Collection: William Wostenholme, blind organist

William Wostenholme, blind organist
Mr William Wostenholme (1865 - 1931), organist and composer. Totally blind from birth, who was a talented musician and studied at the College for Blind Sons of Gentlemen at Worcester

Background imageComposers Collection: Sir Arnold Bax

Sir Arnold Bax (1883 - 1953), British composer, who composed a work for mark the Festival of Britain. His name is particularly associated with a Celtic revival in music

Background imageComposers Collection: Music by King Charles I

Music by King Charles I
Music and lyrics by King Charles I entitled Mark How The Blushful Morn accompanied by a stylised illustration depicting the King playing the cello while seated on the throne

Background imageComposers Collection: Music by King Henry VIII

Music by King Henry VIII
Music and lyrics written by King Henry VIII entitled Passetyme with Goode Company (The Kynges Balade) accompanied by a stylised illustration showing The King conducting a group of musicians

Background imageComposers Collection: Music cover for A Christmas Bouquet

Music cover for A Christmas Bouquet of Choice Dance Music, by Eminent Composers. A cameo picture of a young woman in folk costume is surrounded by holly, mistletoe and flowers

Background imageComposers Collection: Weber, Carl Maria von 1786 - 1826

Weber, Carl Maria von 1786 - 1826
Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber. German composer and one of the first significant composers of the Romantic school


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