Piano Collection (page 13)

Max Reger at the Piano
MAX REGER German musician, famous for his variations, seated at the keyboard. Date: 1873 - 1916

Hello Sailor
A lively girl shows a bit of leg as she dances on a piano while it is being played by a sailor! Date: early 1930s

Baroness Leyonhillm
This benevolent looking old lady is Baroness Leyonhillm of Chinatown, patroness of the East London Seamens Mission. Date: early 1930s

Pietro Mascagni Piano
PIETRO MASCAGNI Italian musician, composer of Cavalleria rusticana, L amico Fritz and many other operas, at the piano keyboard. Date: 1863 - 1945

Piano Lesson 1930S
A female piano teacher turns over the pages of the sheet music as little girl pupil plays the piece. Date: early 1930s

American Pianist and Composer Ernest Schelling
Ernest Schelling (1876-1939) - American Pianist, Composer, Conductor and Musical Director. Date: circa 1910

Man at the end of his tether with piano-playing singing wife
" Every Morning I feel like shooting." An American man seemingly at the end of his tether with the less-than-tuneful efforts of his enthusiastic piano-playing, singing wife

Ignacy Jan Paderewski - Polish pianist, composer, statesman
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941) - Polish pianist, composer and statesman. Date: circa 1903

Alexander Ilyich Siloti - Russian Pianist Conductor Composer
Alexander Ilyich Siloti (1863-1945) - Russian Pianist Conductor Composer Date: 1904

Mark Hambourg - Russian-born pianist
Mark Hambourg (1879-1960) Russian-born pianist. Date: circa 1905

Two young children discuss the merits of piano size
" Do you like them big pianners better than the likkle uns Aurelia?" " No, Dolpaus, they take up to much room; an besides they don t make any more noise than the little uns

Dandy Pianist - a Wow with the Party Ladies
Botany - The Dandelion - a florid little man! A wow with all the ladies (up to a point!). A pianist, possibly modelled in part on popular Polish pianist Paderewski? Date: circa 1907

Dulcimer - a variety of the psaltery, has been in use from very early times. Represented on Assyrian monuments and mentioned in texts from the time of Nebuchadnezzar

Couple canoodling on a piano with the caption, Try this on your piano ! c. 1920

Beethoven, Ludwig, van. German composer. Sonatas for piano. Edition carried out in Leipzig. SPAIN. Barcelona. Biblioteca de Catalunya (National Library of Catalonia)

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

CHOPIN, Frederic (1810-1849). Polish romantic pianist and composer. Autographed score of Piano Etude op. 10. Photography

CLEMENTI, Muzio (1752-1832). Italian composer, pianist and piano builder. Engraving

TORRESCASSANA, Francesc (1845-1918). Girl before the piano. Oil on canvas

GERSHWIN, George (1898-1937). American composer, Russian by origin. Rhapsody In Blue for piano and orchestra. Score

Dancing instructor
People You See: Dancing instructor. From Teddy Bear (6 February 1965)

Piano teacher
People You See. Piano teacher. From Teddy Bear (13 January 1965)

Ass singing while playing the piano

Mother & Children C1860
A mother at home with her baby and three young daughters. Date: circa 1860

Reynaldo Hahn / Sem 14 / 2
REYNALDO HAHN French musician performing chez Madeleine Lemaire (the model for Prousts Mme Verdurin) in 1904 Date: 1874 - 1947

Liszt with Berlioz Etc
The Hungarian composer and musician, Liszt, playing a Beethoven Sonata to (from l to r) Kriehuber, Berlioz, Czerny, and Ernst. Date: 1811-1886

Caricature of Franz Liszt at the keyboard
A caricature of Franz Liszt (1811-1886) in 1842, playing at the keyboard in his usual flamboyant way. Date: 1842

London Salvage Corps sheeting a warehouse wall
Following a serious fire the London Salvage Corps have protected an external face of the affected warehouse by placing a series of salvage sheets down the side of the building

The story of Gettysburg Music composed for the piano, respectfully dedicated to H. T. Helmbold, manufacturer of Helmbolds Extract Buchu

Star spangled banner Transcribed for the piano by Ch. Voss /. Sheet music for the Star Spangled Banner with illustrated cover showing a Union soldier holding the American flag at a military

WPA. Federal Music Project offers instruction in piano, voice, violin, cello, theory... Lectures and concerts for children and adults at Christodora House

WPA. Federal Music Project offers the following courses for adults - piano, voice, violin, cello, ear training, theory, and ensemble appreciation at the Chelsea Community Music Center

WPA Federal Music Project presents four evening programs devoted to chamber music, lieder, and piano soli of Ludwig van Beethoven

Music at home: Family at the piano
A lady plays the piano, while two children sing. Date: 1878

Chorus Gentlemen by Howard K. Elcock
A lady in evening dress plays a grand piano, while a gentleman in white tie contemplates a group of framed portraits on the mantlepiece. Note the copy of The Bystander on the grand piano. Date: 1927

And the star-spangled banner, in triumph shall wave, o er the land of the free, and the home of the brave!. Date c1861 May 25

Myron A. Decker

General Grant and his family

The Musicale

The exiles

Left his money on the piano

Piano on platform in auditorium, New Iberia, Louisiana. Date 1938 Nov

Interior at Greville Place, Kilburn, north west London
Colour drawing of a rich interior at Greville Place, Kilburn, north west London, by Henrietta Grace Baden Powell (nee Smyth, 1824-1914), mother of Robert. circa 1840s

Famed American pianist Myrtle Elvyn Date: 1907

St Johns Bastion, Malta
St Johns Bastion, entrance to Valletta, Malta GC, to the left of the main City Gate, soon to be rebuilt by Renzo Piano, Architect. Date: 2011

Advertisement for Nicholson and Co, Australia
Advertisement for Nicholson and Co of George Street, Sydney, Australia, selling musical instruments including pianos and organs, as well as printed music

The Graphic Christmas Number front cover 1930
Front cover of The Graphic Christmas Number featuring a pre-WWI Christmas party with people enjoying a music recital. Date: 1930

Mozart performs for Kaiser Josef II c. 1780
Mozart performs at the piano for Kaiser Josef II, patron of the arts and music lover, c.1780. Date: c. 1780

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