Music History

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Iran, Southeastern Iran, Kerman, End to End Bazaar, teahouse and traditional musicians playing on Santur, Persian hammered dulcimer

Israhel van Meckenem (German, c. 1445-1503), The Lute Player and the Singer, c. 1495-1503, engraving

German 15th Century, David Playing the Harp, c. 1500, woodcut

Benjamin Thompson, Harpsichord Recital at Count Rumford's, Concord, New Hampshire, American, 1753-1814, c. 1800, watercolor on laid paper

Rehearsal of an opera, Marco Ricci, 1676-1729, Italian

Couple making music, Lucas van Leyden, 1524

Girl at the Piano, David Bles, in or before 1863

Oriental Fantasy Painting by Ferdinand-Max Bredt depicting a Turkish woman in the Harem playing a long-necked lute, sat crossed-legged on a bench. Date: circa 1910s

A group of Iranian men (in a variety of states of sobriety!) following a 'Festan Persan' or 'Royal Persian Feast' in Tehran, Iran. A number of the men are holding and playing musical instruments, a hubble bubble (houkah) pipe is being enjoyed and alcohol is being consumed left right and centre! Date: 1913

A girl listens to a woman playing the piano. Date: 1875

A gentleman sings along to the piano at a late Victorian evening party. 1894

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

Photograph of Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953) Russian composer, pianist and conductor. Dated 1950

Founding committee of the Société musicale indépendente 1909. Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) and Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873-1954), French composers, at the piano, accompanied, behind them, by Louis Aubert, Maurice Ravel, A.Z. Mathot, Andre Caplet, Charles Koechlin, Emile Vuillermoz and Jean Hure, from left to right.

Richard Strass with his wife Pauline de Ahna. Richard Georg Strauss (1864 ñ 1949). leading German composer of the late Romantic and early modern eras. Pauline Maria de Ahna (4 February 1863 ñ 13 May 1950) was a German operatic soprano

Latter to Lerolle written by Claude Debussy in August 1894

Facsimile of a page from an original score of 'The Massiah' by Handel.

Sample from Exercises for harpsichord by Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) an Italian Baroque composer. Dated 18th Century

Illustration depicting Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) an Austrian composer of the classical era, at his piano. Dated 18th Century

Handwritten letter by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869) a French Romantic composer. Dated 19th Century

Portrait of Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. Dated 20th Century

Handwritten composition by Claude Debussy (1862-1918) a French composer. Dated 20th Century

Composition by Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921) a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. Dated 20th Century

Sheet music by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) German composer and pianist. Dated 19th Century

Sergei Diaghilev and Igor Stravinsky, Anonymous

Portrait of the Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Anonymous

Anna Pavlova in the ballet The Dying Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns, Anonymous

Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Diaghilev and Léon Bakst, Anonymous

Portrait of Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Hanfstaengl, Franz (1804-1877)

Portrait of the Composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Hanfstaengl, Franz (1804-1877)

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), Anonymous

Portrait of the composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Anonymous

Composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Anonymous

Nijinsky and Maurice Ravel at the piano playing a score from "Daphnis and Chloe", Anonymous

Igor Stravinsky, Paris, Lipnitzki, Boris (1897-1971)

Thea-Jazz of Leonid Utyosov, Anonymous

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971), Anonymous

Pianist Plays the Erard Piano, Anonymous

Portrait of the composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Benjamin-Constant, Jean-Joseph (1845-1902)

Portrait of the composer Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Anonymous

Homage of Paganini to Berlioz at the concert of December 16, 1838, Yvon, Adolphe (1817-1893)

Portrait of the composer Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921), Anonymous

Ludwig van Beethoven, Schweninger, Carl, the Younger (1854-1912)

Cover of the vocal score of opera I Lombardi alla prima crociata by Giuseppe Verdi, Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901)

Misia Natanson at the Piano, Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, de (1864-1901)

Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Anonymous

Karl Eliasberg (1907-1978), Leningrad, 1964, Anonymous

The Lute Player, Terbrugghen, Hendrick Jansz (1588-1629)

Pyotr Antonovich Spiro at piano and Savva Mamontov, Polenov, Vasili Dmitrievich (1844-1927)

Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) as Radamès in Opera Aida by Giuseppe Verdi, Anonymous

Signature of Johann Sebastian Bach, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

Autograph manuscript of the first page of the Allegro for harpsichord solo from the first version of the sixth sonata in E minor, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

Organ chorale prelude. From the Orgelbüchlein, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

Cover of the ode-symphony Vasco de Gama by Georges Bizet, Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)

Cover of the vocal score of opera Carmen by Georges Bizet, Bizet, Georges (1838-1875)

Portrait of the composer Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953), Anonymous

Sergei Prokofiev and his second wife, Mira Mendelson, Anonymous

Robot women playing rock & roll music

Portrait of the Composer Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Anonymous

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, father Martin, Bernardisaal, piano

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, father Martin, Bernardisaal, piano

Austria, Tyrol, Stams, Abbey Stams, Cistercian cloister, father Martin Bernardisaal piano

Arabia, Arabian peninsula, Sultanate of Oman, peninsula Musandam, Khasab, Omani wedding

Johann Sebastian Bach at the organ, Anonymous

Handel, Bach, Tartini, Quantz, Gluck and Jommelli, Anonymous

Letter to his friend, Georg Erdmann from 28.10.1730, Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750)

THE CHAPLAIN OF THE FLEET, DRAWN BY CHARLES GREEN, My guardian played the harpsichord for me, while my dancing-master gave me lessons in the minuet. 1881

1950s TEEN BOY AND GIRL JITTERBUG DANCING TO ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC IN LIVING ROOM

Farmer plays the lute, David Teniers II, Anonymous, 1626-1740

Muse with Lute, Jacopo Tintoretto, 1528 - 1594

Piano tuner tuning grand piano

Angel in Red with a Lute, by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, circa 1495, National Gallery, London, England, UK, GB, Europe

Portrait of Georges Bizet (Paris, 1838-Bougival, 1875), French composer and pianist. Painting by Camillo Midas.

Mixed race girl playing piano

Black lute maker working in workshop

Black craftsman holding electric guitar in workshop

Girl at the Piano, by Jacob Maris, c. 1879, Dutch painting, oil on canvas. (BSLOC_2016_1_58)

An Artist Draws a Lute, by Albrecht Durer, 1525, print, engraving. Artist conducting an experiment in rendering a lute in linear perspective (BSLOC_2016_2_124)

Portrait of Domenico Scarlatti (Naples, 1685-Madrid, 1757), Italian harpsichord player and composer.

1890s TURN OF CENTURY BOY SITTING AT UPRIGHT PIANO LOOKING AT CAMERA STRAUSS SHEET MUSIC

1930s 1940s BOY GIRL SEATED AT PIANO WITH ELDERLY MAN TEACHER WATCHING THEM PLAY

Postcard, historical, opera scene, Tosca

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German Composer

old room with piano

A violinist kisses a woman at the piano while their chaperone is sleeping Date: 1881

Rifai Dervishes - a Dervish order founded by Shaykh Sayyid Ahmad ar-Rifai (1119-1182). Traditional Dervish order found with a marked prescence in Syria, Egypt, Kosovo and Albania. The Rifai have a notable tendency to blend worship stylesand ideas with those of other orders who predominate in the local area. They sometimes perform tricks such as sticking knives into their bodies and some have extraordinary abilities to command animals. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who

Lady in the costume of a classical Greek harp player Date: 1903

Germany, Thuringia, Weimar, Platz der Republik (square), monument, Prince Carl August, University of Music Franz Liszt,

SACHA GUITRY French actor and playwright, with his wife Yvonne Printemps in a production of 'Mozart' 1926

Old broken piano

A Handel Festival at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham (London) Date: 1865

Handwritten sheet music, music notes, 19th century

Handwritten sheet music, music notes, 19th century

Handwritten sheet music, music notes, 19th century

Handwritten sheet music, music notes, 19th century

Handwritten sheet music, music notes, 19th century

CELEBRITIES OF THE DAY: THE ABBE LISZT, 1886

Hands of woman on old piano

Queen's Gallery Chateau De Blois, Blois, France

William Lee Conley "Big Bill" Broonzy (1893-1958), Blues Musician and Composer Portrait, 1957

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