Classic Musical Performances

Black and white images of musicians performing with string instruments and piano in vintage settings, evoking a nostalgic atmosphere of live music.

Vintage photograph. High angle view of person's hands playing organ
Vintage photograph. High angle view of person's hands playing organ
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Arno Babajanian (1921-1983), Anonymous
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Anefo photo collection. Artists enter Circus Boltini on Jaap Statijn as a musical clown. July 4, 1962
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Newest addition to the Graeme Bell Band is cornet player Keith Hounslow (19), from Perth.Keith, who has been playing the cornet for four years, started off with the band at the beginning of its Australian tour as "detalman." a job which entails everything from managing transport, checking baggage and arranging accommodation to acting as a human alarm clock. October 23, 1949.
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Anefo photo collection. Accordionist Johnny Meyer 75 years, golden pin municipality Amsterdam Mayor van Thijn; Johnny Meyer playing Accordion. October 1, 1987. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Historical image, merry musicians, ca. 1911
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Musicians And Singers. Neapolitan Posteggia 1920-30
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Anefo photo collection. Premiere of Tom Manders new TV cabaret; Dorus. September 22, 1961
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First Visit Of Halle Orchestra To The "Proms" -- Sir John Barbirolli conducting the Halle Orchestra, with characteristic gusto at the Royal Albert Hall this afternoon.The Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir John Barbirolli, have travelled from Manchester to London to play for the first time at the Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. They are at the Royal Albert Hall all this week, where the renowned music makers are guests at the 59th. Season of the Proms. August 24, 1953. (Photo by Fox Photos).
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Isador Goodman Pianist. May 09, 1942.
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USIS Concert, R. Tetley Kardos. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Kermesse Aux Etoiles, U.S. Army Band. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Close-up of a musician playing an accordion
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Elsevier photo collection. Mayor L.J. Rider Bergen (N.H.) received Dutch Student Orchestra. orchestra concert ruin church Bergen concert O.L.V. Jan Brussen. receiving ten Stadhuize, company offered tuba immediately mouth mayor, possibility blowing music out. January 3, 1967. Bergen (Noord-Holland)
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Vintage Photograph. Woman in dress sitting and playing Grand Pedal Harp. Frame 4
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Piano recital by Karlrobert Kreiten. Cologne concert hall, 1936.
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Anefo photo collection. Uitmarkt Leidseplein, performance on Leidseplein. August 26, 1978. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Here Comes the Band (Dutch Marine). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Anefo photo collection. Gelderlander assignment; Prof. Ewald Kooyman plays organ. March 11, 1988
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Anefo photo collection. National Song Contest 1965. Finale Song Contest; Trea Dobbs. 13 February 1965
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Child prodigy
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SARASATE , PABLO. VIOLINISTA ESPAÑOL . PAMPLONA 1855 - 1908. REPRODUCCION FOTO.
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Andres Segovia
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Anefo photo collection. International Style Week in TOUBSClots Center "Eduard van Beinum" to Breukelen dedicated to the Baroque Music Phia Berghout (harpiste). January 10, 1964. Breukelen
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Sydney String Quartet. July 30, 1939. (Photo by Max Dupain)
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chartres. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
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Solo. Salvation Army, San Francisco, California. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California , San Francisco, California , San Francisco County, Salvation Army
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Vintage Photograph. Young man wearing black tuxedo holding conductor wand standing in front of solid studio backdrop with light gradient
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Anefo photo collection. John Woodhouse during TV recording (cup). November 14, 1972
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HARPO MARX in A NIGHT IN CASABLANCA (1946), directed by ARCHIE MAYO.
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Anefo photo collection. Violinist Isaac Stern plays at Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor Edo de Waart (L) and violinist Isaac Stern. January 17, 1979. Rotterdam, South Holland
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70-year-old Benjamin Willeter (seen here) of Beaconsfield Road, Brighton, has just completed this working model of an organ which took him six years to build. Made entirely by hand the organ has 150 pipes and can either be played from the keyboard or automatically from a roll of music. Mr. Willeter has never seen an organ being made and learnt about their construction from books he has read. August 24, 1955. (Photo by Daily Mirror).
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Alban Berg Quartett.
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Anefo photo collection. House Representatives ; Debate transfer cruise missiles; Uyl speaks. November 12, 1985
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Mitch Miller rehearsing the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra in 1990. Mitch Miller was a successful recording artist of the 1950s and 1960s, famous for his hit TV show, Sing Along With Mitch. A skilled oboe and English horn player, he has guest-conducted many top orchestras.
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Anefo photo collection. Future conductor Riccardo Chailly Concertgebouw Orchestra rehearses concerts Concertgebouw Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly conducts /. August 13, 1986
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Entertainment aboard train homes.
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Duke Ellington Statue, 110th Street And 5th Avenue, Harlem, Manhattan, New York
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Anefo photo collection. Rehearsal Tokyos Philharmonic Orchestra in The Hague, the conductor Hidemaro Konoye during the rehearsal. November 3, 1960. The Hague, Tokyo
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Giacomo Puccini, 1858 1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph by Wilhelm Willinger, La Bohème, Act II, 1895 Giacomo Puccini, 1858 1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph by Wilhelm Willinger, La Bohème, Act II, 1895 Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660512
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A girl plays an english horn.
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Portrait of Stephen Collins Foster with the sheet music of his minstrel song A soldier in the colored brigade, digitally edited
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The first French Aida directed by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) at the Palais Garnier (Opera National de Paris) in Paris, March 22, 1880, France, from L'illustrazione Italiana, Year XXVIII, No 5, February 3, 1901.
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Portrait of Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924, French composer, digitally edited according to a photograph by Pierre Petit, 1905, notesheet from Arpège op. 76 no. 2 1897, song with piano accompaniment, text by Albert Samain Portrait of Gabriel Fauré, 1845-1924, French composer, digitally edited according to a photograph by Pierre Petit, 1905, notesheet from Arpège op. 76 no. 2 1897, song with piano accompaniment, text by Albert Samain Copyright: xZoonar.com/Heinz-DieterxFalkensteinx 21660313
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Anefo photo collection. Gijsbrecht van Aemstel van Vondel will be performed on 1, 2, 3 and 4 January in the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam, Carel Briels in the Nieuwe Kerk. December 3, 1980. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
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Johann Baptist Strauss II, 1825 - 1899, Austrian composer and violinist, 1879, digitally edited according to an illustration by Leopold Horovitz, notesheet from The Blue Danube
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This circa 1900 color print by Jean Veber depicts Gottfried Galston performing at Salle Erard with references to Bach, Brahms, Liszt, and Chopin, emphasizing musical performance and audience.