Music History

Explore the captivating history of music with SuperStock's gallery of stock images. Our collection of high-quality images captures the evolution of music over time, from classical to modern. Whether you're looking for a vintage record player or a contemporary concert, our library has something for everyone. With our vast selecti...Read more

Count Basie, (1904 -1984), American Jazz Musician

Three Musicians by Fernand Leger, 1924-1944, 1881-1955

Mozart at the Piano 1789 Joseph Lange (1751-1831 Austrian) Oil on canvas Mozart International Museum, Salzburg, Austria

Heike monogatari to biwa to tsuitate, Tale of the heike and a lute next to a standing screen., Ikeda, Eisen, 1790-1848, artist, between 1820 and 1823, 1 print : woodcut, color ; 19.6 x 17.4 cm., Print shows a lute, the Tale of Keike, an article of clothing, and a painted screen with natural scene of bushes and mountains.

Young man playing the violin

Jazz Player III 1991 Freshman Brown (20th C. American) Collage

Singer at the Piano (Pianist) 1929 Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880-1938/ German) Oil on canvas

Group of women playing musical instruments

One man band performing on street

Close-up of a music conductor holding a conductor's baton

Close-up of a violinist playing

Vintage Photograph. Young man wearing white tuxedo playing trumpet standing in front of wall of curtains

Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) Violinist

Woman playing the accordion on the beach

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN German composer Date: 1770 - 1827

Illustration with man and horse by Sharaf al-Husayni al-Yazdi, gouache on paper, circa 1595, active 16th century, Russia, St. Petersburg, State Hermitage, 12x20, 8

High angle view of an orchestra playing in a concert hall

Musicians of Safed by Reuven Rubin, 1965, b. 1893

Music Making Angel with Lute c. 1480 Melozzo da Forli (1438-1494 /Italian) Fresco Vatican Museums and Galleries, Rome

Three Musicians Jacob Jordaens (1593-1678/Flemish) Christie's Images

Music, Heavenly Maid 1889 Edward John Poynter (1836-1919/British)

The Singing Lesson c.1870 Arturo Ricci (1854-1919/Italian) Oil on canvas

The Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins, by Frans Francken the Younger, oil on canvas, (1581-1642), England, London, Christie's Images

Child with Wind Instrument (Detail from The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple) 1510 Vittore Carpaccio (ca.1455-1526 Italian) Oil on wood panel Galleria dell 'Accademia, Venice, Italy

Girl with a Lute Francesco Raibolini Francia (c. 1450-1517/1518/Bolognese) Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan

Funeral Stele Egyptian Art

L'Aubade by Pablo Picasso, 1965, 1881-1973, Switzerland, Geneva, Petit Palais

Harlequin and the Clown by Andre Derain, 1880-1954, France, Paris, Musee de l'Orangerie

Summer Serenade 1963 Joseph Jeffers Dodge (1917-1997/American) Oil on Canvas The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida

Choristers singing in a church

Group of men playing musical instruments

Richard Wagner, 1813-1883, German Composer

Karl Frederick Abel c. 1777 Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788/British) Oil on Canvas The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California

Mid adult man playing the saxophone

Rear view of a music conductor holding a conductor's baton

Low angle view of a young man playing the tuba

Portrait of mid adult man carrying a tuba

Close-up of a mid adult man playing a trumpet

Portrait of a mid adult man playing the trumpet

Close-up of a music conductor holding a conductor's baton

Teenager playing an electric guitar and singing

Close-up of a cellist playing the cello

Vintage Photograph. Male hands playing a piano

Close-up of a musician playing the saxophone

Close-up of a violinist playing a violin

Portrait of a guitarist playing an electric guitar

High angle view of a young woman playing an organ

Vintage Photograph. Young man wearing black tuxedo with back turned to viewer holding conductor wand standing in front of solid studio backdrop with light gradient

Close-up of a person playing an electric guitar

Dinah Shore

Vintage Photograph. Young blonde woman wearing evening gown sitting in wooden chair holding cello and bow in front of solid studio backdrop, Frame 5

Vintage photograph. Portrait of woman in lace dress singing from sheet music

Vintage Photograph. Man and woman dancing together in formal attire. Frame 4

James Brown

Quartet singing on stage

Enrico Caruso (1873-1921), Italian Opera singer, circa 1910s.

Ludwig van Beethoven , German composer (1770-1827) , Artist Unknown

GUSTAV HOLST - English composer and music teacher. Date: 1874 - 1934

A family group gather round the piano to sing and play. Date: C.1835

Johannes BRAHMS, 1833-97 German composer, with Johann Strauss, 1825-99 Austrian composer, photograph

JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH Cathedral organist and composer

Bach; Johann Sebastian (1685-1750); Compositor alemán; Grabado de 1890.

Bobby Rydell

Liberace

Bessie Smith, American blues singer, portrait by Carl Van Vechten, February 3, 1936.

Violin scroll of antique violin lying on musical notes

Violiphon

The Old Flageolet Player by Louis Le Nain, (Circa 1593-1648), USA, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts

The Music by Jean Honore Fragonard, (1732-1806), France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

Jester with a Lute by Frans Hals, Circa 1620-1625, (Circa 1581-1666), France, Paris, Musee du Louvre

A Vanitas Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502-1550/Flemish) Oil on wood panel

Madonna and child enthroned with Saints, by Bartolomeo Montagna, (1450-1525), Italy, Civic Museum

Young Man with a Violin (Jeune Homme au Violon) Jean-Siméon Chardin (1699-1779 French) Musee du Louvre, Paris

Shamisen Utagawa Toyokuni (1767-1825/Japanese) Woodblock print Private Collection

The Education of Marie de Medici (Life of Marie de Medici, Queen of France) 1622 Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640/Flemish) Musee du Louvre, Paris, France

Top-down view, man playing piano

Perdido 1998 Gil Mayers (b.1947/American) Mixed Media Private Collection

Jaws 1991 Gil Mayers (b.1947/American) Private Collection

Savoy Saturday Nite 1995 Gil Mayers (b.1947/American) Scratch Board

Piano III (with Horn) 1995 Gil Mayers (b.1947/American) Mixed Media Private Collection

Calypso Gil Mayers (b.1947/American)1997 Mixed Media.

Jazz Messenger III 1994 Gil Mayers (b.1947/American) Mixed Media Private Collection

Shakuhachi Utagawa Toyokuni (1769-1825/Japanese) Woodblock print Private Collection

1925

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) German composer Stock Montage

Johann Sebastian Bach German Organist and Composer Artist Unknown

Young Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with His Sister and Father Artist Unknown Illustration

c. 1890

1950's

Group of musicians playing musical instruments

Three children looking at a monkey with a organ grinder

Portrait of musicians holding musical instruments

Group of people playing musical instruments, The Ten Commandments, 1923

Group of young women and a mature man singing

Musicians playing musical instruments

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