Harpsichord Collection

Mozart (7) and Family
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART The Austrian composer at the age of seven, with his sister Marianne, aged eleven, and their father Leopold, in 1764

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer playing the harpsichord

Hogarth Rake Plate 2
The Rakes Progress 2. Hogarths Rake surrounded by flattering artists and professors

Mozart & Aloysia Weber
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer with the accomplished singer Aloysia Weber, whose sister Konstanze he later married

Social Scenes / France / C18
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART performing at a The a l Anglaise, chez le Prince de Conti, Paris

Barbara Urslerin, bearded girl from Germany Barbara Urslerin
Barbara Urslerin (1629 - 1668+), a bearded woman from Germany. 1668

Woman playing a harpsichord or piano. early 19th century

Harpsichord - 1833
Later, more sophisticated harpischords have pedals, as this one does. Date: 1833

HOGARTH RAKE PLATE 2
The Rakes Progress 2. Hogarths Rake surrounded by flattering artists and professors. Date: 1735

Concert Mecanique, invented by M Richard
A Concert Mecanique invented by Monsieur Richard and demonstrated in the Royal Library. It consists of three automata, playing keyboard, violin and cello

Instrument in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Date: circa 1750

Goodbye - A dapper gent breaks the bad news to his partner
Adieu - A dapper gent breaks the bad news to his partner. Painting by the Czech artist Alexander Jakesch (1862 - 1934). He appears to have tried to soften the blow with a bunch of flowers - now

A musical interlude by Fortunino Matania
18th century interior with a man playing a harpsichord while a woman accompanies him by singing. Date: 20th century

Virginal or harpsichord, Vierkante Clavisingel by Hans Ruckers.. Chromolithograph from an illustration by William Gibb from A.J

Rostropovich (cello) and Benjamin Britten (Harpsichord)
Rostropovich (cello) and Benjamin Britten standing at the Harpsichord. Rostropovichs hosts were introducing him to the church in which he would give his first Aldeburgh Festival performance (of Bach)

Harpsichord. Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory. Italy

Women with a harpsichord. Colored engraving, 1895

Music from India & Rome: a sur-sanga & harpsichord
Page from the Illustrated London News, 9th March 1963, showing two instruments from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: a sur-sanga, a five-stringed instrument from South India

French Girls School Sing
A singing lesson in a French girls school Date: circa 1820

Young ladies boarding school, c. 1770
A boarding school for young ladies. Date: circa 1770

Barbara Urslerin, bearded girl from Germany
Barbara Urslerin (1629-1668+), a bearded girl from Germany, seen here playing the harpsichord. Date: circa 1650

Eight children dancing a quadrille
Eight children dance a quadrille while their mother plays the piano. Date: 19th century

Family scenes on a New Year card
Family scenes on a three-part New Year card, with dancing in the middle. Date: circa 1890s

George Malcolm, Aldeburgh Festival 1961 Date: 1961

George Malcolm playing the harpsichord during rehearsals for the the Scarlatti sonata programme he gave in Aldeburgh Jubilee Hall on 3 July 1961. Date: 1961

Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears and Mstislav Rostropovich
Peter Pears (tenor) talking with Rostropovich (cello). Benjamin Britten talking to unidentified man. Rostropovichs hosts were introducing him to the church in which he would give his first Aldeburgh

George Malcolm talking with David Pinto (treble) during rehearsals for the Choral and Orchestral Concert in the Aldburgh Parish Church (24 June), Aldeburgh Festival 1962 Date: 1962

David Wells
DAVID WELLS antiquary, depicted at the keyboard of a harpsichord (?) Date: 1733 - 1790

The Empress Harpsichord - made for the Empress Marie Theresa. The strings are plucked by quills rather than struck by hammers

Mozart when he was 7 seven years old playing

Mozart Kaiser Josef
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer playing for Kaiser Josef II of Austria Date: 1756 - 1791

Mozart Sister and Father
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART the Austrian composer with his father, Leopold, and his sister, Marianne, in 1779 Date: 1756 - 1791

Harpsichord by Arnold Dolmetsch
Included in the exhibition of Victorian and Edwardian decorative arts at the Victoria and Albert Museum : the first harpsichord to be made by Arnold Dolmetsch, dating from 1896

Music at home, 1820
A musical evening at home. Date: 1820

Music at home, 17th century
Music at home: a lady plays the harpsichord whilst a gentleman sings. Another lady looks on, and is served by a page

A Song Without Words by Florence Hardy
An 18th century couple gaze deeply into each others eyes over a harpsichord

Loves Questioning by Florence Hardy
An 18th century scene depicting a man in a powdered wig wooing a young lady who is playing a piano or harpsichord

A pas seul by Florence Hardy
An 18th century couple make beautiful music together. A gentleman in a wig plays the harpsichord while his lady companion dances prettily

Costume & Harpsichord
Low corsage with tiny vandyked tucker & cuffs, plain ankle length skirt & bouffante sleeves ornamented with a large bow. Hair: dressed in coiled plaits with ribbons

Gent Plays Harpsichord
A gentleman plays a piece from one of Purcells operas, arranged for the harpsichord

WAGNER / LIEBIG / 1 / 1821
RICHARD WAGNER German composer as a boy, in 1821: his parents listen as he plays his first compositions Date: 1813 - 1883

Mozart Requiem Request
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART commissioned by the steward of Count Walsegg to write the Requiem

Social / Britain Morning
Three ladies, a dog and a child partaking of their morning employments

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