composers

Philip Hale Collection - Teresa Carreño

Photograph of a young girl in a white dress standing in front of a piano. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Junior Raglin, Tricky Sam Nanton(?), Juan...

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 an...

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Cat Anderson, and Sidney De Paris(?), Aqu...

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Papers, 1822-1998

Mosè in Egitto. Libretto. English & Italian

adapted to the music of "Mosi," composed by Rossini ; performed for the first time at the King's Theatre, Opera-House April, 1822 ; the translation by W.J. Walter. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libret... More

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

Patience. Libretto. English Opera. Performance: London

libretto by W.S. Gilbert ; music by Arthur Sullivan ... (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Imprint from front cover; price on front cover: 15 cents; advertisements--front and back covers;... More

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

Riccardo Drigo - Imperial Orchestra -1904

Photo of the orchestra of the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre at the 1903 costume Ball of the Imperial Russian Court.

Portrait of Mr. Harding Cox (4671428)

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Harding Edward de Fonblanque Cox

Igor Stravinsky & Nadia Boulanger 1937

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) and Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) on board a transatlantic steamer in 1937.

Adèle Brahms - A sepia photograph of a man with his arms crossed

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04 Bonaventure Laurens Johannes Brahms 1833-97

Français : Johannes Brahms

Debussy Stravinsky 1910

Français : Debussy et Stravinsky en 1910

Promotional flier for Henry Cowell's 1924 Carnegie Hall debut

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, William P. Gottlieb's home, Maryland, 194...

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[Postcard, 1882 April 23], Wien [to] Robert Keller

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[Telegram], 1865 August 22, Baden [to] Levi

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Stravinsky, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Russian-born composer, pianist and conductor Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882-1971). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. F... More

Igor Stravinsky - Public domain portrait print

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[Portrait of Leonard Bernstein, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., between...

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (L... More

Postcard, 1873 Sep. 1, Tutzing to H. Levi

J. Br. [Johannes Brahms]. (statement of responsibility) Holograph, signed. An autograph postcard of Johannes Brahms, written to Hermann Levi, conductor. Published in: Johannes Brahms in Briefwechsel mit Hermann... More

J.Lehrer - Public domain portrait print

Polski: Józef Lehrer, kompozytor - portret, fotografia : odbitka na papierze srebrowo-żelatynowym ; 21,9x16,3 cm

Béla Bartók WDL11594

Magyar: Bartók Béla, szül. Bartók Béla Viktor János (Nagyszentmiklós, Osztrák–Magyar Monarchia, 1881. március 25. – New York, Amerikai Egyesült Államok, 1945. szeptember 26.) magyar zeneszerző, zongoraművész, ... More

Topusko 1944 Alfred Krupa, World War II photo

digital image of the 1944 photography of the Polish - Yugoslavian partisan painter Alfred Krupa exhibition (prof. Alfred Joseph Kruppa MFA, Mikołów / Nikolai, Preußisch-Schlesien 22 July, 1915 - Karlovac, 16 O... More

Modern music and musicians - (Encyclopedic) (1918) (14592736638)

Identifier: modernmusicmusic02elso (find matches) Title: Modern music and musicians : (Encyclopedic) Year: 1918 (1910s) Authors: Elson, Louis Charles, 1848-1920 Subjects: Piano Musicians Composers Publisher... More

[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy H...

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Ludwig van Beethoven autograph letter to Theodor Körner, 1812 Apr. 21

In ink. In the Gertrude Clarke Whittall Foundation Collection of the Library of Congress. Anderson, E., Letters of Beethoven, 363. (citation/reference) Composer.

[Portrait of Benny Goodman, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1...

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Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

John Alden Carpenter Collection, 1891-1961

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[Portrait of Duke Ellington, between 1938 and 1948]

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/gottlieb-home.html Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (L... More

[Portrait of Benny Goodman, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1...

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[Portrait of Leonard Bernstein, Carnegie Hall, New York, N.Y., between...

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Giovanni Paisiello - Matrimonio inaspettato. Libretto. Italian

U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Two acts; "Argomento"--p. 3. Librettist unknown; work also known as "Il marchese Tulipano"--Opera composers and their works (Mellen opera reference index). "La musica è del Sig. D. G... More

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

Portrait of Joseph Parry (4670438)

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Joseph Parry – Welsh composer

[Postcard, 1875 April 26], Wien [to] Herman[n] Levi

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Claudio Monteverdi, [no. 1] - Public domain portrait engraving

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[Postcard, 1874 Feb. 20], Wien [to] Herman[n] Levi

J. Br. [Johannes Brahms]. (statement of responsibility) Holograph, signed. An autograph postcard of Johannes Brahms, written to Hermann Levi, conductor. Published in: Johannes Brahms in Briefwechsel mit Hermann... More

Music of Francis Hopkinson - Public domain American sheet music

Title from slipcase spine. In ink, in the hand of Francis Hopkinson. Songs, vocal duets, harpsichord music, and one violin duet. Composed by Hopkinson and various other composers, chiefly James Bremner. The voc... More

[Telegram, 1871 April] 7, Bremen [to] Levi

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Photograph of Aurora's Wedding, n.d. (later Ballet Russe Company); Rao...

music by Tchaikovsky, partly re-orchestrated by Stravinsky; choreography by Marius Petipa, arranged and with additional dances by Nijinska (General)

[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Washington, D.C., between 1938 and 1948]

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Aaron Copland with Carlos Chávez, Artur Rubinstein, Igor Stravinsky an...

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Portrait of George MacFarren (4674197)

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: George Alexander Macfarren – British composer and musicologist

Portrait of Joseph Parry (4670439)

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Joseph Parry – Welsh composer

Igor Stravinski and Samuel Dushkin by Hilda Wiener

Igor Stravinski and Samuel Dushkin pencil on paper 23 x 17 cm unsigned 1930s

Frédéric Chopin autograph letter to Julian Fontana, 1839 Oct. 4

The material described in this catalog record is located in the collections of the Music Division, Library of Congress. In ink, signed "Twój fr." On writing paper monogrammed G.S. (George Sand). Written from N... More

[Portrait of Benny Goodman, 400 Restaurant, New York, N.Y., ca. July 1...

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[Portrait of Billy Strayhorn, New York, N.Y., ca. June 1947]

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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Bradbury album

Portrait of Joseph Parry, Bachelor of Music, Cambridge, England (46745...

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Joseph Parry – Welsh composer

Igor Stravinsky by Hilda Wiener

Igor Stravinsky playing the Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra pencil on paper 16.8 x 22.8 cm cropped to 16.8 x 17.6 cm signed l.r.: HW signed by the performer l.r.: Igor Strawinsky Palais de Beaux-Arts in Bruss... More

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) ca 1890

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) German composer English: Johannes Brahms Deutsch: Johannes Brahms

[Portrait of Duke Ellington, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946]

Reference print available in Music Division, Library of Congress. Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Collection is available at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/gottlieb/g... More

[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Howard McGhee, Roy Eldridge, and Teddy H...

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Leopold Mozart, 1759., [no. 2] - Public domain portrait engraving

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[Postcard, 1874 Feb. 23], Wien [to] H. Levi

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Johann Sebastian Bach - Public domain portrait engraving

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Philip Hale Collection - Augusta Holmès

Photograph of a woman wearing a white toga, sitting on a pedestal. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Sousa at Willow Grove Park on horse

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Great musicians - Print, Library of Congress collection

F9357 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pga Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-... More

Portrait of Pete Rugolo, New York, N.Y.(?), ca. Dec. 1946

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[Portrait of Thelonious Monk, Minton's Playhouse, New York, N.Y., ca. ...

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[Portrait of Claude Thornhill, Sandy Siegelstien, Willie Wechsler, Mic...

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Didone abbandonata. Libretto. English & Italian. Performance: London

written by Metastasio ; as performed at the King's Theatre in the Hay-Market ; the music by the most celebrated composers under the direction of Signor Sacchini. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto... More

Portrait of Dr. Parry (4670437)

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Joseph Parry – Welsh composer

Portrait of Dr. Parry Mus. Bac (4670584)

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Joseph Parry – Welsh composer

Portrait of Evan Evans (Ieuan Glan Geirionydd) (4673714)

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Evan Evans – Welsh poet, hymn writer and Anglican priest

Gustav Mahler (1893) by E. Bieber

Gustav Mahler (1893) by E. Bieber Identifier: moderncomposerso00elso (find matches) Title: Modern composers of Europe : being an account of the most recent musical progress in the various European nations, wit... More

Portrait of Mary Harvey, Lady Dering (1629-1704) (by Thomas Hawker)

Thomas Hawker (active 1680-1700) Portrait of Mary Harvey, Lady Dering (1629-1704), three-quarter length, wearing a brown dress beneath a gold fringed cloak inscribed upper right: Mary Harvey Wife of Sr / Edwar... More

Sophie Braslau as Shanewis - Public domain book illustration

Sophie Braslau as Shanewis Identifier: morechaptersofop00kreh (find matches) Title: More chapters of opera : being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from 1... More

The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast: medley overture

Come out Dinah on the green--Three women to every man--A little boy in blue--Katy did--Tell me dusky maiden--My princess Zulu Lulu. (Content) Copyright MCMII, by Howley Haviland & Dresser, NY (Copyright) Songs ... More

[Postcard, 1875 March 4], Wien [to] Herman[n] Levi

J. Br. [Johannes Brahms]. (statement of responsibility) Holograph, signed. A postcard of Johannes Brahms, written to Hermann Levi. Published in: Johannes Brahms in Briefwechsel mit Hermann Levi, Friedrich Gerns... More

[Portrait of Leonard Bernstein in his apartment, New York, N.Y., betwe...

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[Portrait of Artie Shaw, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948]

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Liber primvs Cantionvm sacrarvm, vvlgo moteta vocant, quinque [et sex]...

For superius, tenor, contratenor, bassus, and quinta et sexta pars. Title from svperivs part. Liber 1, 2nd ed. (1555); liber 2, 2nd ed. (1555) except contratenor and bassus parts, 1st ed. (1554); liber 3-6, 1st... More

W. A. Mozart, [no. 73] - Public domain portrait engraving

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Gottschalk at Chickering piano, [no. 14]

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Philip Hale Collection - John Philip Sousa

Photograph of a man with a mustache and beard. He is wearing a high-collared dark coat and pince-nez. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Women composers, 42324 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows composers (from left to right) Phyllis Fergus (1887-1964), Ethel Glenn Hier (1889-1971), Amy Beach (1867-1944), Harriet Ware (1878-1972), and Gena Branscombe (1881-1977) in McPherson Square, Wa... More

Johannes Brahms - Public domain portrait print

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[Portrait of Django Reinhardt and Duke Ellington, Aquarium, New York, ...

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Portrait of Duke Ellington, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., ca. Nov. 1946

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Portrait of Thelonious Monk and Howard McGhee, Minton's Playhouse, New...

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Taras Bulba. Libretto. Italian. Public domain libretto, Library of Con...

di Guglielmo Godio ; musica di Arturo Berutti ; Torino, teatro Regio, carnevale e quaresima 1894-95 ; impresa Cesari & C. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto Project. Legal notices on title page an... More

Didone abbandonata. Libretto. English & Italian. Performance: London

written by Metastasio ; as performed at the King's Theatre in the Hay-Market ; the music by the most celebrated composers under the direction of Signor Sacchini. (statement of responsibility) U.S. RISM Libretto... More

collection of the most admired polkas by the most eminent European com...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Bradbury album

Portrait of Joseph Parry - Public domain portrait print

A portrait from the Welsh Portrait Collection at the National Library of Wales. Depicted person: Joseph Parry – Welsh composer

Igor Stravinsky, Roger Baulu, Jean-Marie Beaudet 1945

Français : De gauche à droite : Igor Stravinsky, Roger Baulu et Jean-Marie Beaudet dans un studio de Radio-Canada à Montréal en 1945

(Portrait of Micky Folus, Joe Shulman, Claude Thornhill, Billy Exiner,...

Gottlieb, William P., 1917-, photographer. [Portrait of Micky Folus, Joe Shulman, Claude Thornhill, Billy Exiner, and Barry Galbraith, Columbia Pictures studio, the making of Beautiful Doll, New York, N.Y., ca.... More

Massine, Goncharova, Larionov, Stravinsky and Bakst

Massine, Goncharova, Larionov, Stravinsky and Bakst in Ouchy, 1915

Igor Stravinski 6 slika 1915 žak emil blanš

Portrait of Igor StravinskyРусский: Жак-Эмиль Бланш, портрет Игоря Стравинского, 1915 год.

Composer Stephen Sondheim, New York

Title: Stephen Sondheim [New York] Creator(s): Gotfryd, Bernard, photographer Date Created/Published: 1972. Medium: 1 photograph : color transparency ; 35mm (slide format) Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-gtfy-0376... More

Donaldson Walter - A black and white photo of a man sitting at a piano

Русский: Дональдсон, Уолтер (композитор) Public domain photograph related to music, performing arts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description