← Celebrities

Vintage Composers at Piano

A collection of historical images showing composers seated at pianos, showcasing vintage attire and classic instruments in black and white.

Cole Porter (1892-1964) American Composer and Lyricist

Seared at the plane in her London home, singer Caroll Carr ***** a new song for her 'Saturday ***** pute' programme on television next Saturday (august 6). The song - Words and Lyrics - was written by Carole erself on a recent afternoon. She plyed it to her husband, and he was so impressed that she decided to include it in the programme. The song's title is a secret. Carole is pictured here in the dress she will probably wear for the ***** 'Date' - It's an ***** blue Swiss Broderio Anglaise with a chiffon bow at the side. August 03, 1955.

Famous Violinist Dies in Air CrashJacques Thibaud Jacques Thibaud, 72-year-old French violinist, was among the 42 people to lose their lives when an air France constellation crashed into the 10,000ft mont cemet, in the French alps on Tuesday night.His daughter Suzanne also died in the crash.M. Thibaud was on his way to Japan to give a number of concerts to troops stationed there. September 3, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

Daniel Barenboim.

Carlo Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901), Italian violoncellist, 1890.Artist: W&D Downey

Louis armstrong, 1962

American jazz saxophone player Stan Getz.

Photograph of Gregory Peck (1916-2003) and Greta Peck (Greta Kukkonen) (1911-2008).

Tommy Dorsey, WMCA, New York City, New York, USA, photograph by William P. Gottlieb, October 1947

RICARDO MONTALBAN.

LAURENCE OLIVIER in SLEUTH (1972), directed by JOSEPH L. MANKIEWICZ.

Russian pianist and composer Arthur Rubinstein.

The spanish guitarist Juan Habichuela at Puebla de Cazalla in 1983.

Sir Eugene Goossens. April 15, 1954. (Photo by Paul Byers).

Poll photo collection. Ambassador Štefan Osuský and his family. Pavla Vachková-Osuská, wife of diplomat Štefan Osuský, sings and plays piano. 1939. France, Paris

Manolo Sanlucar (Manuel Muñoz Alcón). Isla de la Cartuja, Sevilla 1994.

Anefo photo collection. Composer Karlheinz Stockhausen during rehearsal Michaels Heimkehr (in order NOS written). 12 June 1980

Allen Ginsberg with Peter Orlovsky, 1966.

Errol Garner, pianista estadounidense de jazz.

El pianista y cantante de blues estadounidense Otis Spann.

Full figure Franz Liszt at the piano

Joseph Maurice Ravel, 1875 - 1937, French composer, pianist and conductor, leading musician in Impressionism, digitally edited after Roland-Manuel

Juan el Habichuela (Juan Carmona Carmona). Auditorio del FNAC. Barcelona 1999.

Miriam Makeba in Copenhagen, 1964

Herr Joachim 1868 Julia Margaret Cameron British, born India One of the nineteenth-centurys greatest violinists, the Hungarian-born Joseph Joachim (1831-1907) was a close friend and collaborator of Johannes Brahms, Robert and Clara Schumann, and, early in his career, Franz Liszt. In March 1868 he performed works by Beethoven and Bach at St. Jamess Hall, London, “listened to with breathless attention, and received with such tumults of applause as must almost have astonished the great artist himself,” according to the Morning Post. “The execution by Herr Joseph Joachim of each of these grand, elaborate, and trying pieces, was beyond all praise—worthy, indeed, of one who, as a master of the violin, has long been without an equal.” It was during this trip to London that the violinist sat for Cameron in the studio she set up at the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert), where her photographs had been acquired and exhibited as early as 1865. She never ran a commercial studi

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 21660448

Casals & wife

Cab Calloway, Jazz Singer and Bandleader (1907-1994)

Pianist daniel barenboim in jamshed bhabha auditorium Bombay Mumbai Maharashtra India NO MR 7-October-2008 India Copyright: xHemangixNakwe/DinodiaxPhotox

LOUIS ARMSTRONG.

The violinist Yehudi Menuhin in an image dated around 1935 photo Alban.

RAMON NOVARRO.

Mr Sydney Nicholson, organist at Westminster Abbey, who played a specially composed anthem for the royal wedding between Prince Albert, Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon on 26 April 1923. Date: 1923

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

Leonard Bernstein

Big Bill Broonzy.

Anefo photo collection. TV recordings: Joop Doderer Show for NCRV TV; Doderer as scattered professionalfessor with type flute /. January 21, 1971

Franz Welser-Möst.

Adriano Celentano.

Sir Simon Rattle.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Van der Grift at Schiphol. Van der Grift press conference. February 19, 1962

Vincenzo jannacci. 1964.

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard opens new Kodak in Odijk building, Bernhard looking at old camera. July 6, 1973. Odijk

Riccardo Muti.

El cantautor estadounidense Sonny Boy Williamson II.

Herr Joseph Joachim Made 1868 England. For more on the Alfred Stieglitz collection at the Art Institute, along with in-depth object information, please visit the website The Alfred Stieglitz Collection.. Carbon print . Julia Margaret Cameron

Dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman (HST), 8:00PM. Former President Harry S. Truman plays piano at a dinner in his honor. Pianist Eugene List stands behind President Truman. Seated in the background are (L-R): First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson, Vice President Lyndon Johnson, and Director of the Bureau of the Budget David E. Bell. East Room, White House, Washington, D.C.

Sir Charles Mackerras.

Anefo photo collection. Theo van der Bijl 16 November next 50 years of conductor. November 12, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Violist Jaap concert of Sweden in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Portrait of violinist Jaap van Sweden. January 21, 1981. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Louis armstrong, 60s

Benny hill

Anefo photo collection. American trumpet player and band leader al hirt at Schiphol. Arrival and departure, musicians, pencils, HIRT, AL. September 28, 1966. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Ray Charles, American Singer, Pianist and Composer, (1930-2004)

Hornblower (OV2019_565)

Stevie Wonder, Singer and Songwriter, (1950-)

Louis Armstrong American Jazz Trumpeter (1900-1971)

Anefo photo collection. Presentation book "Trumpet player in Auschwitz" by Dick Walda and photographer Mattheus Angel about musician Lex van Weren. April 16, 1980

Leonard Bernstein

BJORN ANDRESEN in DEATH IN VENICE (1971) -Original title: MORTE A VENEZIA-, directed by LUCHINO VISCONTI.

HENRY FONDA; JAMES STEWART. 1975.

Pedro Bacán (Pedro Peña Peña). Reunión críticos de flamenco. Jaén 1987.

Duke Ellington

Duke Ellington.

Anefo photo collection. Photo painted portrait Louis Armstrong Alvaro Mairani. undated

Sir Charles Mackerras.

Portrait photograph of Woody Guthrie (Woodrow Wilson Guthrie) (1912-1967) American singer-songwriter. Dated 1943

Giacomo Puccini, 1858 -1924, Italian composer, digitally edited according to a photograph by Wilhelm Willinger, notes from the opera Madame Butterfly

Sabine Meyer.

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 21911383

Valencia, 12/01/2015. Interview with conductor Constantino Martínez Orts. Photo: Mikel Ponce ARCHDC.

Dizzy Gillespie, trompetista y cantante de jazz en el año 1943.

Stefan Blunier, chief conductor of the Beethoven Orchestra of Bonn, Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, Europe

08/29/2001. Manolo Carrasco in the Alcazar.

André Previn.

Portrait of Franz Liszt, 1811-1886, Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist

Luciano Pavarotti.

Ray Charles.

Valencia, 12/01/2015. Interview with conductor Constantino Martínez Orts. Photo: Mikel Ponce ARCHDC.

Oct. 15, 2015 "Chuck Kennedy made this photograph of a member of the Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club waiting in the Green Room of the White House prior to a reception for Hispanic Heritage Month and the 25th Anniversary of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics."

Zubin Mehta, Festival jardins de Pedralbes, Barcelona.

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 21911282

Harry Belafonte & his Daughter Adrienne. January 01, 1954. (Photo by The Hearst Corroration)

Portrait of B.B. King, Los Angeles, CA 2005

Mamie Eisenhower will have plenty of chance to learn the fine art of campaigning when she accompanies the Republican presidential candidate on all his tours from now until election time. She had a brief taste of it when they made a whistle-stop tour of Nebraska shortly before gong to the convention in Chicago. July 18, 1952. (Photo by United Press).

Rocord cover showing Ignacy Jan Paderewski 18 November 1860 29 June 1941) Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independence

GROUCHO MARX.

Louis Armstrong, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, looking at trumpet, Herman Hiller, 1953

Zubin Mehta, Festival jardins de Pedralbes, Barcelona.

El guitarrista B.B.King en el año 1972.

Studio portrait of American jazz saxophonist Coleman Hawkins, 1940s.

Otis Redding

CHRIS BOTTI (Trumpet) performs at THE MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL

World renowned bansuri flute player Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia performs at Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay now Mumbai, Maharashtra, India NO MR Copyright: xAkellaxSrinivas/DinodiaxPhotox

George Benson, Festival Jardins de Cap Roig 2010.

JUANITO VALDERRAMA. CANTANTE ESPAÑOL. TORREDELCAMPO 1916 - 2004. PORTADA DISCO.

of 3