Historic Concert Performances

Black and white photographs capturing musicians in performance settings, conveying a sense of history and artistry from various eras.

Vintage photograph. Man playing organ
Vintage photograph. Man playing organ
146 assets in this story
1788-24013
Hungary, Budapest, Bela Viktor Janos Bartok in concert at piano with his second wife Ditta Pasztory
6145-29447367
Anefo photo collection. This is your life TV program. April 6, 1962
5513-71034813
His First Visit -- Getting ready for his first appearance in Britain is young Australian pianist Manfred Clynes, who has just come to London from a successful European tour including Swedan, Denmark, Switzerland and Holland.Watched by his wife, Renate, he is seen rehearsing at the Royal Festival Hall. London, where on Tuesday (September 29) he is to play the Goldberg Variations, an aria with 30 variations, by J.S. Bach. Born in Vienna in 1927. Clynes emigrated to Australia with his parents when he was 11 years of age and won a scholarship to the university Conservatorium in Melbourne. He also studied in New York.The Goldberg Variations, written for a harpsichord and intended for two keyboards, is ***** by few pianists. Clynes spent six months alone in the Sierra mountains of California studying the place. September 26, 1953. (Photo by Reuterphoto).
6145-29457810
Anefo photo collection. Quartet Raymond GUIOT in front of the fist. Raymond GUIOT, Daniel Humair, Guy Pedersen and George Gruntz. November 17, 1967
4409-20824245
BING CROSBY and ROSEMARY CLOONEY in WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954), directed by MICHAEL CURTIZ.
6145-29663844
Anefo photo collection. Children's broadcast to England. A girl plays piano. September 1945
6145-29432984
Anefo photo collection. Vara country day in mountain and forest. Performance by Josephine Baker. June 25, 1961
6145-54285984
Lille. Quatrieme Festival Cuturel International Etudiant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
5513-18349004
Organ Builders: Known in the organ-building trade as a "harmonist". A Delormier is pictured "teething pipes".Largest organ in the United States, in the Emmanuel Temple in Boston, is a Casavant product with its longest pipe being 32 feet, the shortest three-eighths of an inch, and would to-day cost more than $90,000. One of its stops is a set of 68 pipes. January 31, 1951. (Photo by Malak, Camera Press).
6145-54273465
This is Europe. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
6145-50467410
Jos. Breil
5513-18326069
Rosina Raisbeck and her accompanist, Arline Lower. July 11, 1947.
6145-54272818
This is Europe - Series VIII, Program 4. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
4266-21632793
Nijinsky and Maurice Ravel at the piano playing a score from "Daphnis and Chloe", Anonymous
6145-50463943
Gogorza at piano
6145-54286015
Lille. Quatrieme Festival Cuturel International Etudiant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
4409-125748
ARTHUR FREED; BROWN, H. N. / FREED, ARTHUR. 1940.
6145-44446452
Royal Academy of Music- the work of the Royal Academy in Wartime, London, England, UK, 1944 Members of the woodwind section of the Royal Academy orchestra during a rehearsal for the orchestral concert which is given every term. The orchestra is conducted by Mr Ernest Read (not pictured). The flautist playing a solo is a member of the Home Guard. Two oboe-players await their cue beside him.
6145-53185327
Speech during an advertising event for Nils Holgersson the tour organized by the State Railways.
6145-51955972
Lille. Quatrieme Festival Cuturel International Etudiant. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
1746-111903287
Al Jolson in 'The Jazz Singer', 1927.
6145-29448782
Anefo photo collection. Show Hermans conducted Utrecht Harmony Orchestra. December 10, 1966. Utrecht
6145-54272098
Concert of Europe (Leo Genn and Lionel Durand). Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
6145-29110863
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys (JBK) Musical Program for Youth. Korean pianist, Tong-il Han, performs onstage in the East Room of the White House, Washington, D.C., during the fifth installment of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedys Musical Programs for Youth by Youth. Mrs. Kennedy held the event for the children of ambassadors, members of Cabinet, and State Department officials living in Washington, D.C.
5513-76376283
Miss Geraldine Randall of New York City, New York, Red Cross Worker "somewhere in Australia", plays a piano solo for Lady Gowrie, wife of Governor General of Australia, during her visit to the club. October 18, 1943. (Photo by U.S. Signal Corps).
6145-29397476
Anefo photo collection. Louise van Wijngaarden hopes to be a violinist at the Concertgebouw Orchestra on 17 October. October 7, 1958
6145-29402107
Anefo photo collection. Operatanger Jules Moes will be 8 November 80, Jules Moes with the hunting horn from the opera Walkuren. November 3, 1959
6145-29399700
Anefo photo collection. Preparations for the Holland Festival Wieland Wagner and Martha Moval. 10 June 1959
6145-29393673
Anefo photo collection. Series of 3 concerts by the Amsterdam police chapel for the SchooJest in Geuzenveld, Kapelmeester PINKSE no explanation. 12 February 1960
1899-20200028
6145-54273708
This is Europe - Series IX Program #13. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
6145-29305444
Anefo photo collection. Farewell concert Jo Vincent, The Hague. December 25, 1953. The Hague, South Holland
6145-54270758
Nelly Sawshuck, showing technical films for ECA. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
6145-54273438
This is Europe. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
4409-50138223
BRADLEY COOPER and BRIAN KLUGMAN in MAESTRO (2023), directed by BRADLEY COOPER.
6145-29458317
Anefo photo collection. Musical "Yes, I want!" / "I do I do", Annet Niewenhuijzen and Eric Schneider engaged in gramophone record names. December 13, 1967
5513-65646530
Bentley really can play a violin. But, for laughs, he makes such a noise on it that his Pekingese begs for mercy. March 24, 1951.
6145-51954851
USIS Concert, R. Tetley Kardos. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
6145-55929226
Local singer entertaining at Jaycee buffet supper. Eufaula, Oklahoma. See general caption number 25 1940. still image. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Eufaula, Oklahoma , McIntosh County
6145-54271625
Concert of Europe. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
4409-50101356
Madrid, July 1958. Don Enrique Serrano Borruel, on the right, a plumber from Madrid, receives from the hands of Mr. Boby Deglané, the lucky creator and host of the most popular radio contests, the check for one hundred thousand pesetas that he received for winning the contest. "Where will the plane be" Why did you say Orense the announcer asked. "Because my wife is from there, and if I don't say Orense and the plane is in Orense...".
5513-76376040
Arch McKirdy, singer Kathy Lloyd and musical director Bob Gibson look over a new orchestration for 2UW's Tuesday night show, Mirth, Melody and McKirdy, which features the popular compere-vocalist comedian. February 05, 1954. (Photo by Polkinghorne And Stevens).
6145-54272186
Concert of Europe Broadcasts Program 6, Series II. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel
6145-29545600
Anefo photo collection. Opening of the list of music 80 by Pieter van Vollenhoven in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. Pieter van Vollenhoven behind an organ. September 12, 1980. Utrecht (Prov.), Utrecht (city)
6145-29421685
Anefo photo collection. Arnhems Youth Orchestra Series 6/6. December 19, 1956
6145-29547206
Anefo photo collection. In The Hague the plate intake presentation of Miami Nightmare, a 3 year earlier given benefit concert during anti anita Bryant manifestation. November 27, 1980. The Hague, South Holland