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Background imageComposing Collection: Frederic Chopin / Etude

Frederic Chopin / Etude
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his C minor Etude

Background imageComposing Collection: Frederic Chopin / Nocturne

Frederic Chopin / Nocturne
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his Nocturne opus 9 number 2 Date: 1810 - 1849

Background imageComposing Collection: Wagner / Balestrieri

Wagner / Balestrieri
RICHARD WAGNER Composing his opera cycle, the Ring of the Nibelungen

Background imageComposing Collection: Frederic Chopin / Preludes

Frederic Chopin / Preludes
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his preludes

Background imageComposing Collection: Wa Mozart Composing

Wa Mozart Composing
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer at work in Salzburg

Background imageComposing Collection: Beethoven Composing

Beethoven Composing
Ludwig Van Beethoven Composing

Background imageComposing Collection: Eta Hoffmann / Own / Sig

Eta Hoffmann / Own / Sig
ETW HOFFMANN also known as ETA HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) German Romantic writer and composer

Background imageComposing Collection: Man on Road Photo

Man on Road Photo
Where is he going ? Is there a bus strike ? Is he composing verses in his head or elaborating philosophical concepts ? Or has his car run out of petrol ? 1950s

Background imageComposing Collection: Words by King Charles II

Words by King Charles II
Poem written by King Charles II entitled I Pass All My Hours in a Shady Old Grove, accompanied by a stylised illustration of the Merry Monarch composing under the shade of an oak tree

Background imageComposing Collection: Robert Schumann / Balestri

Robert Schumann / Balestri
ROBERT SCHUMANN German musician, depicted composing the Dichterliebe

Background imageComposing Collection: Rossini Balestrieri

Rossini Balestrieri
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI composing his opera Il Barbieri di Seviglia, first performed on 20 February 1816

Background imageComposing Collection: Operators of a Type Composing Machine

Operators of a Type Composing Machine
Two men operate a type composing machine. The machines collect and arrange the metal types used in early film photographic printing processes, a job previously done by human hand

Background imageComposing Collection: Smart Gent sits beneath a tree and thinks of his love

Smart Gent sits beneath a tree and thinks of his love
Smart Gent sits beneath a tree with his lute, dreaming of his sweetheart and composing some lines of romantic poetry and song

Background imageComposing Collection: Linotype operators

Linotype operators at work in the composing room of the Morning Star newspaper Date: November 1981

Background imageComposing Collection: Print composing room

Print composing room
Black & white illustration of print composing room. Date: 1904

Background imageComposing Collection: A corner of the Composing Department

A corner of the Composing Department. 1893

Background imageComposing Collection: Handel composing the Hallelujah Chorus

Handel composing the Hallelujah Chorus

Background imageComposing Collection: Eta Hoffmann / Henzel

Eta Hoffmann / Henzel
ETW HOFFMANN also known as ETA HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) German Romantic writer and composer Date: 1776 - 1822

Background imageComposing Collection: WW1 - To My Dear One - A Drummer pens a poem to his love

WW1 - To My Dear One - A Drummer pens a poem to his love, using his magnificent bass drum as a writing stand. " Though from your side I am away; My thoughts are with you night & day; With eyes

Background imageComposing Collection: Typographic composing new machine

Typographic composing new machine. Engraving by W. Meyer for Artistic Illustration, 1885

Background imageComposing Collection: Laying out Type

Laying out Type
Laying out the type in the Salisbury Times composing room Date: 1950s

Background imageComposing Collection: Cherubini and his Muse

Cherubini and his Muse
Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Maria CHERUBINI depicted by Ingres in the act of being inspired by his Muse on a day in 1840 when he only had two years of composing before him Date: 1760 - 1842

Background imageComposing Collection: Barnby Conducts (Ward)

Barnby Conducts (Ward)
Sir Joseph Barnby, musician and composer, wielding the baton Date: 1838 - 1896

Background imageComposing Collection: Musical monkey on a Christmas card

Musical monkey on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

Background imageComposing 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 imageComposing Collection: Emmerich Kalman - Hungarian composer

Emmerich Kalman - Hungarian composer
Emmerich Kalman (1882-1953), Hungarian composer of humorous cabaret songs before moving on to composing operettas. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageComposing Collection: STIELER, Joseph Karl (1781-1858). Ludwig Van

STIELER, Joseph Karl (1781-1858). Ludwig Van

Background imageComposing Collection: STIELER, Joseph Karl (1781-1858). Ludwig Van

STIELER, Joseph Karl (1781-1858). Ludwig Van Beethoven composing the Missa Solemnis. 1819-1820. Oil on canvas. GERMANY. Bonn. Beethovens birth house

Background imageComposing Collection: Yoshiie composing poetry at the barrier Nakoso

Yoshiie composing poetry at the barrier Nakoso. Print shows samurai Minamoto Yoshiie with another samurai passing cherry trees. Date between 1843 and 1846

Background imageComposing Collection: Four women composing poetry, possibly as a competition, next

Four women composing poetry, possibly as a competition, next to a screen with painting of cranes. Date between 1791 and 1795

Background imageComposing Collection: French trouveur - 14th century musician

French trouveur - 14th century musician
A French trouveur, after a drawing from the poems of Guillaume de Machaut. Date: 14th century

Background imageComposing Collection: Boy scouts at The Sketch offices

Boy scouts at The Sketch offices
Photograph of a party of boy scouts from South-East London, invited to the offices of The Illustrated London News and Sketch in 1911

Background imageComposing 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 imageComposing Collection: Composing and Retouching at printing works

Composing and Retouching at printing works
Composing and Retouching Studio at the Lund Humphries Printing works in Bradford. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Background imageComposing Collection: Satirical cartoon about the Russian Army

Satirical cartoon about the Russian Army
An exact representation of the various characters, Uniforms, and Attendants, also of the singular species of Horses, Composing the Russian Army under General Kutosoff

Background imageComposing Collection: Gounod / Balestrieri / Faust

Gounod / Balestrieri / Faust
CHARLES GOUNOD French musician and composer depicted composing his opera Faust

Background imageComposing Collection: Daily Mail Composing Rm

Daily Mail Composing Rm
Anxious moments in the Daily Mail composing room

Background imageComposing Collection: Composing a Letter 1940S

Composing a Letter 1940S
A woman sits with her pen in her mouth whilst thinking about what she should write in her letter

Background imageComposing Collection: E T W Hoffmann / Devrient

E T W Hoffmann / Devrient
E T W HOFFMANN also known as E T A HOFFMANN (he took the name Amadeus when composing) writer and composer, with Devrient at Lutter & Wegeners wine bar, Berlin

Background imageComposing Collection: G Verdi Balestrieri

G Verdi Balestrieri
GIUSEPPE VERDI composing (in his head) his opera, Otello, with the figures of Otello and Desdemona at his side

Background imageComposing Collection: Massenet / Balestrieri

Massenet / Balestrieri
JULES MASSENET French musician, shown composing Manon

Background imageComposing Collection: Hector Berlioz / Postcard

Hector Berlioz / Postcard
HECTOR BERLIOZ - composing Les Troyens


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