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Musician Collection (#33)

Background imageMusician Collection: Performers at an amateur concert

Performers at an amateur concert
Actors and musicians performing at an amateur concert in the 19th century

Background imageMusician Collection: Loves Questioning by Florence Hardy

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

Background imageMusician Collection: Les Charlatans Italiens

Les Charlatans Italiens
Print of etching of " Les Charlatans Italiens" by Karel Dujardin, 1657. HPG/8/2/1 (x)"

Background imageMusician Collection: General Francis Pittie / Gill

General Francis Pittie / Gill
General Francis Pittie (born 1829) chief of the Elysee Military Cabinet and an officer of culture who produced a novel, a volume of verse, and numerous review articles

Background imageMusician Collection: Halevy, Fromental 1799 - 1862

Halevy, Fromental 1799 - 1862
Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy. French musician of Jewish descent and composer of some forty operas

Background imageMusician Collection: Flicien David 1810 - 1876

Flicien David 1810 - 1876
Felicien Cesar David. French composer of symphonies, tone poems, opras comiques, choruses, religious music, piano compositions, chamber music, and vocal works

Background imageMusician Collection: Donizetti, Gaetano 1791-1864

Donizetti, Gaetano 1791-1864
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti. Prolific Italian composer, famed for his many operas but also composer of numerous orchestral and chamber works

Background imageMusician 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

Background imageMusician Collection: Lesueur, Jean Francois 1760-1837

Lesueur, Jean Francois 1760-1837
Jean Francois Le Sueur (Lesueur). French composer of the classical era, best known for his operas and oratorios

Background imageMusician Collection: Cherubini, Luigi 1760-1842

Cherubini, Luigi 1760-1842
Born, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini, although later (after 1790) adopting the French version of his name, Marie Louis Charles Znobi Salvador Cherubini Italian born composer

Background imageMusician Collection: Palestrina, Pierluigi 1526 - 1594

Palestrina, Pierluigi 1526 - 1594
Pierluigi, Palestrina. Italian musician / composer

Background imageMusician Collection: Berton, Henri Montan 1767 - 1844

Berton, Henri Montan 1767 - 1844
Henri Montan Berton. French composer, mainly of operas. Son of composer Pierre Montan Berton (1727 - 1780)

Background imageMusician Collection: Paisiello, Giovanni 1728 - 1800

Paisiello, Giovanni 1728 - 1800
Italian musical composer of the Classical era. Famed for his many operas, oratorios and religious works

Background imageMusician Collection: Handel, George Frederic 1685 - 1759

Handel, George Frederic 1685 - 1759
George Frederic Handel. German / English musician. Baroque composer famed for his operas and oratorios (among many other works)

Background imageMusician Collection: Haydn, Joseph 1732 - 1809

Haydn, Joseph 1732 - 1809
Joseph Haydn. Prominent Austrian composer and musician

Background imageMusician Collection: Dalayrac, Nicolas 1753 -1809

Dalayrac, Nicolas 1753 -1809
Nicolas Dalayrac. French composer, best known for his opras-comiques

Background imageMusician Collection: Mehul, Etienne 1763 - 1817

Mehul, Etienne 1763 - 1817
Etienne Mehul. French composer whose most important contribution to music were his operas, many of which composed during the French revolution

Background imageMusician Collection: Fetis, Francois Joseph 1784 - 1871

Fetis, Francois Joseph 1784 - 1871
Francois Joseph Fetis. Belgian musicologist, musician, composer, critic and teacher. Date: 1784 - 1871

Background imageMusician Collection: Piccinni, Niccolo 1728 -1800

Piccinni, Niccolo 1728 -1800
Niccol Piccinni, Italian composer of symphonies, sacred music, chamber music, and opera

Background imageMusician Collection: Rameau, Jean-Philippe 1683 -1764

Rameau, Jean-Philippe 1683 -1764
Jean-Philippe Rameau. French musician / composer

Background imageMusician Collection: Lady Water Carriers, Port Said Egypt

Lady Water Carriers, Port Said Egypt

Background imageMusician Collection: Minstrel Boy, Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco

Minstrel Boy, Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco
A young Minstrel Boy of Essaouira (Mogador), Morocco playing a traditional stringed instrument

Background imageMusician Collection: Tom Titt / Sir Landon Ronald

Tom Titt / Sir Landon Ronald
Sir Landon Ronald (Landon Ronald Russell). English conductor, composer, pianist, and singing teacher. Was the son of Henry Russell, noted composer of popular songs

Background imageMusician Collection: The Band That Blew Too Hard by Hynes

The Band That Blew Too Hard by Hynes
Humorous illustration showing a band in a club or restaurant blowing their brass instruments so hard, that diners and dancers find themselves struggling against a gale force wind - wigs are blown off

Background imageMusician Collection: Black African dancer - Egypt

Black African dancer - Egypt
A Black African dancer in Egypt wearing a feathered headdress, playing an elaborate harp

Background imageMusician Collection: Young Egyptian Arab girl water carriers

Young Egyptian Arab girl water carriers
Two young Egyptian Arab girl water carriers stand behind a seated young boy playing his flute

Background imageMusician Collection: Samuel Lover (1797-1868)

Samuel Lover (1797-1868)
Engraved portrait of Samuel Lover (1797-1868), the Irish novelist, artist and musician, pictured c.1868

Background imageMusician Collection: Dancing Grasshoppers - Russian Postcard

Dancing Grasshoppers - Russian Postcard
A novelty Russian postcard depicting a green grasshopper couple dancing to the tune of a fellow grasshopper playing a fiddle

Background imageMusician Collection: Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berlin, 1926

Mr. and Mrs. Irving Berlin, 1926
Photograph showing Irving Berlin (1888-1989), the American musician and composer, and his wife, formerly Miss Ellen Mackay, arriving in England on their honeymoon, 1929

Background imageMusician Collection: Kenny Ball

Kenny Ball (b. 1930) English Jazz musician playing the trumpet

Background imageMusician Collection: Carroll Gibbons

Carroll Gibbons (1903-1954) British musician, band leader and composer

Background imageMusician Collection: Chris Barber

Chris Barber
Donald Christopher Chris Barber (b. 1930) English trombonist, musician and band leader who played with Humphrey Littleton in the 1940s and then led his own band

Background imageMusician Collection: Antonio Sacchini

Antonio Sacchini
ANTONIO SACCHINI Italian musician

Background imageMusician Collection: Lully (Johannot)

Lully (Johannot)
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician

Background imageMusician Collection: Rizzio Plays Lute

Rizzio Plays Lute
DAVID RIZZIO Italian musician. Favourite & foreign secretary of Mary Queen of Scots. He arranged her marriage with Darnley

Background imageMusician Collection: Bedrich Smetana / Anon

Bedrich Smetana / Anon
BEDRICH SMETANA Bohemian musician

Background imageMusician Collection: Mondonville / Cochin 1768

Mondonville / Cochin 1768
JEAN JOSEPH CASSANEA DE MONDONVILLE French musician, Master of Music at the Chapelle du Roi

Background imageMusician Collection: Jb Lully / Charlerie

Jb Lully / Charlerie
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician as a young boy

Background imageMusician Collection: Jb Lully / Mignard / Roullet

Jb Lully / Mignard / Roullet
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician

Background imageMusician Collection: Jb Lully / Hinton / Univ Mag

Jb Lully / Hinton / Univ Mag
JEAN BAPTISTE LULLY French composer and court musician

Background imageMusician Collection: Charles Burney / Bartolozz

Charles Burney / Bartolozz
CHARLES BURNEY Musician and writer

Background imageMusician Collection: Chinese Percussion

Chinese Percussion
A variety of Chinese percussive instruments, including a hanging rack of square bells, a tensioned drum and a percussion instrument in the shape of a tiger

Background imageMusician Collection: Jerome Kern / Composer

Jerome Kern / Composer
JEROME KERN American composer and founding father of the modern musical. Best known for " Ol Man River" and " Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"

Background imageMusician Collection: Thomas Britton - 2

Thomas Britton - 2
THOMAS BRITTON Coal-dealer, musician, mystic, scientist and bibliophile

Background imageMusician Collection: Bramante (Este Portrait)

Bramante (Este Portrait)
DONATO LAZZARI BRAMANTE d URBINO Italian architect, artist, writer and musician

Background imageMusician Collection: Bramante (Seated)

Bramante (Seated)
DONATO LAZZARI BRAMANTE d URBINO Italian architect, artist, writer and musician

Background imageMusician Collection: Samuel Arnold, Musician

Samuel Arnold, Musician
SAMUEL ARNOLD Organist and composer to His Majestys Chapel Royal, London, Wearing a wig which he will later give up, as you can see in our other portrait

Background imageMusician Collection: Street Puppeteer & Dog

Street Puppeteer & Dog
A street musician with dancing dog and two small marionette puppets attached between a peg and his knee



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