Composing Collection

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

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

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

Frederic Chopin / Preludes
FREDERIC CHOPIN Polish musician composing his preludes

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

Beethoven Composing
Ludwig Van Beethoven Composing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A corner of the Composing Department. 1893

Handel composing the Hallelujah Chorus

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

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

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

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

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

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

Musical monkey on a Christmas card. circa 1890s

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Massenet / Balestrieri
JULES MASSENET French musician, shown composing Manon

Hector Berlioz / Postcard
HECTOR BERLIOZ - composing Les Troyens

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