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Lebrecht
Music & Arts is
proud to announce that we have added 80,000 new images
to our website in the last two and a half years. Essentially
that means we have doubled the high res images available
at www.lebrecht.co.uk to
our loyal clients. After such a busy time
processing this material, we will be using our
newsletters to communicate about all the
new subjects that we cover. This
month our focus is on Spanish imagery. Spain's
contribution to visual arts, literature, music and film
has been decisive, original and hugely influential. Over
the past six months, we have been amassing archival
images, contacting our photographers and working with a
wonderful partner collection in Spain to bring together
the best images of this rich culture.
As summer draws to a close, we picked an
autumnal image from our fine arts collection for this
month's header image: A
still-life with peaches and vine leaves by
Italian artist, Giovanni Ambrogio Figino (circa
1551-1608).
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Spanish
History
Our
new collection covers imagery from Spains's early
history, her famous GoldenAge
and twentieth-century events, such as the Spanish Civil
War. The Iberian Peninsula has been the target of
various civilisations: the Carthaginians and Romans
fought for her control; the Moslem Arabs conquered the
Visigoths and ruled for over 700 years; followed by the
Christian Kings, the Habsburgs, who initiated one of the
world's largest empires. Lebrecht's archive holds
impressive portraits of Spanish monarchs and their
battles.
Other
collection highlights include photographs of beautiful
Moorish mosques such as the Cathedral-Mosque of Córdoba;
monasteries including the monastery of Sant Cugat; the
remains of Jewish communities in Galacia; and Medieval
fortresses such as the Castle of La Mota in Medina del
Campo. We also have spectacular photographs
showing the dramatic countryside of this vast
peninsula. To view a lightbox of images, click on the
photograph to the right.
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| Door
of the Cathedral-Mosque of Córdoba in Andalucia,
Spain |
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Spanish
Fine Art
Spain
has a strong visual culture and has produced many
great artists, from the Renaissance Master, El
Greco, whohelped create a uniquely Spanish style of
painting, to
court painters like Diego Velazquez and Goya, who
left lasting impressions and critiques of Spanish
society. Twentieth-century Spain produced the
towering figures of Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dali and
architect, Antoni Gaudi.
Our collection covers artworks by Spanish masters as
well as portraits of the artists themselves, from
Horst Tappe's playful portraits of Dali to
photographs of Picasso touring his workshop with
Brigitte Bardot. Click on the striking painting by Diego
Velázquez to
view a selection of
our images.
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| The
Lady with a Fan by Diego Velázquez, c.1630-50 |
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Spanish
Music
Music
is Lebrecht's strength and our Spanish collection is
no exception, covering a vast list of composers and
musicians. Our archival collection includes
eighteenth-century composers Pedro Cerone,Dionisio Aguado and Fernando
Sor and the musicologist Felip Pedrell, as well as
twentieth-century and nineteenth-century composers
musicians like Manuel De Falla, Joaquin
Rodrigo, Luis
de Pablo,Isaac Albeniz, Pablo de Sarasate, Roberto
Gerhard,Ernesto Halffter, Joaquin Turina, Pablo
Casals and Xavier Montsalvatge. We have
performance shots of leading Spanish opera stars
such as Victoria de los Angeles and Placido Domingo
and conductor Cristobal Halffter.
Our
photographers have also concentrated on Romani music
in Spain, shooting images of
live performances, luthiers and
classical guitar makers. To
view a lightbox of images, please click on the
portrait of cellist, Pablo Casals.
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| Pablo
Casals, Spanish Catalan cellist, composer and
conductor (1876-1973) in Zermatt, Switzerland,
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Spanish
Literature & Film
Portraits
of Spanish authors and illustrations of Spain's
famous literary works have made a welcome addition
to our literature collection (www.authorpictures.co.uk).
Our in-house artists have produced beautiful
colourised illustrations of Miguel
de Cervantes' epic novel El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don
Quijote de la Mancha (The History of Don Quixote de
la Mancha,1605).
We have wonderful portraits of writers like the poetFederico
García Lorca, who died in the Spanish
Civil War, and contemporary authors, pictured at the
Edinburgh and Hay literary festivals. Our collection
also covers portraits of leading Spanish film
directors including surrealist pioneer, Luis Buñuel,
and the outstanding modern film director, Pedro
Almodovar.To
view a lightbox of images, please click on the image
of Don Quixote to the right.
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| The
History of Don Quixote de la Mancha written by
Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616). Caption
reads: 'Don Quixote, thus unhappily hurt, was
extremely sullen and melancholy.' |
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September
2011 Anniversaries
Click
on the names below to see images for September's major
anniversaries:
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September 1886 - 125th
birth anniversary of Siegfried
Sassoon, English poet and author 75th
anniversary
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September 1711 - 300th
birth anniversary of William
Boyce,
English organist and composer
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September 1890 -
120th birth anniversary of Agatha
Christie,
British crime writer
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September 1911 -
100th birth anniversary of William
Golding, English writer and Nobel Prize winner
And look
out for these important anniversaries in October
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October 1931 -
80th death anniversary of the American inventor, Thomas
Edison
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Lebrecht
Music & Arts Photo Library is a specialist
image library devoted to music, the performing
arts, literature and history through fine arts.
We hope you have enjoyed our newsletter. If you
have any suggestions or would like more
information about the collection, please email pictures@lebrecht.co.uk or
call +44(0)20 7625 3541. |
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