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00059556
Wynton Marsalis playing the trumpet, Washington DC 2004. American trumpet player and jazz musician,
born 18 October 1961.

00059543
Yuri Temirkanov and St Petersburg Philharmonic receiving an ovation at 2004 Proms.
Prom 50, Monday 23 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian conductor, born 10 December 1938.

00059518
Joshua Bell with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at 2004 Proms
Prom 28, Thursday 5 August 2004 London Royal Albert Hall. American violinist, born 9 December 1967.

00059508
Proms in the Park 2004. Audience. Saturday 11 September. Hyde Park, London.
Man on mobile phone.

00059490
Augusta Read Thomas, 2004. American composer,
born in New York 1964.

00059466
Andrea Corr in The Corrs, performing at Proms in the Park, Saturday 11 September 2004
born 17 May 1974. Lead singer in the Irish band The Corrs.

00059440
Edvard Grieg playing the piano
Norwegian composer, 15 June 1843 - 4 September 1907

00059431
Man and Boy - opera by Michael Nyman, performed at the Dada Almeida Opera
, actors John Graham-Hall and William Sheldon. English composer, 23 March 1944 -

00059405
Roger Norrington conducting
English conductor, 16 March 1934 -

00059381
Amos Oz, Israeli author, 2 September, 2004
at book launch in London for his new book ' A Tale of Love and Darkness '.

00059358
Watchmakers workshop. 16th century craftsmen. French series of illustrations and engravings.


00059294
William Mathias, portrait
Welsh composer, 1 November 1934 - 29 July 1992

00059289
Moses and Aaron with the 10 Commandments - painted by Aron de Chavez 1674
for Creechurch Lane Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue. Sephardi community in London. Ten.

00059229
Kalevi Aho composing a score, September 1995 in Helsinki. Finnish composer,
9 March 1949-

00059204
Susan Gritton and Connie Shih singing and playing the piano at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English soprano 31 August 1965 and Canadian pianist

00059162
Pierlot, Philippe playing a viola da gamba at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Belgian viola player

00059115
Woolrich, John standing in the shade at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English composer, 3 January 1954 -

00059099
Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 41, 2004.
1 August conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

00059098
Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 41, 2004.
1 August conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner

00059079
Wu Man playing the pipa accompanied by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Robertson at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 38, 2004.
13 August. Featuring members of the Silk Road Ensemble. Chinese instrument

00059077
Wu Tong playing the sheng accompanied by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Robertson at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 38, 2004.
13 August. Featuring members of the Silk Road Ensemble. Chinese instrument

00059062
Birtwistle, Harrison at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English composer, 15 July 1934 -

00059044
Violin section, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( CBSO ) performing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059029
Birmingham Junior Conservatoire choir singing in Orford church at Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059002
Adam Thorpe sitting with books at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English author 1956 -

00058964
George Frideric Handel, composing the Messiah with messianic images above him by Batt
angels and shadowy figures and war. German-English composer, 23 February 1685 - 14 April 1759. Frederich

00058960
Edith Wharton in late 1890 's.
American born novelist. 1862- 1937

00058958
Malcom Sargent
in 1960. English conductor and organist 1895 - 1967 BBC

00058944
Vincent d'Indy in 1861 age 10.
French composer 27 March 1851 - 2 December 1931.

00058918
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1943. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058895
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1934. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058883
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Holst Singers and the Brighton Festival Chorus. Shows audience and choirs. Arches are illuminated by spotlights.

00058840
Bible, The fall of man
Adam being fed the apple by Eve and the snake. Temptation. Genesis

00058829
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with Patricia Rozario singing, plus choirs.

00058820
Sylvie Guillem dancing in 'Marguerite and Armand', Royal Ballet production, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. Choreography and libretto by Frederick Ashton.


00058817
Richard Wagner's grave at Bayreuth drawn by L. Bechstein. German composer & author,
22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883.

00058800
Daniel Barenboim - portrait. Press conference at The Barbican, about West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on 3 August 2004. Israeli pianist & conductor,
b. 15 November 1942.

00058795
Rock band Bauhaus performing on stage on 8 September 1998. Peter Murphy
Started Gothic music.

00058781
Tan Dun conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra during the Proms 2004, on Monday 2 August. Hunan Chinese composer and conductor.
b. 8 August 1957.

00058727
Heinrich Heine, sadly leaving Germany before going into exile. German poet.
1797-1856. Caption reads 'lebewohl du heilge schwelle, wo da wandelt liebchen traut, lebewohl du heilge stelle, wo ich sie zuerst geschaut.' Painted by F. Courths, dates unknown.

00058723
Nuremberg / Nurnberg, postcard view of bridge -
Fleischbrucke,

00058703
Bette Davis and George Brent in film ' Dark Victory ', 1939. American Hollywood actress,
5 April 1908 - 6 October 1989. Publicity film still. Directed by Edmund Goulding.

00058683
Fender cyber twin amplifier


00058676
Boss OC-2 technical guitar effects - electric guitar foot pedal.


00058665
Band in military uniform singing, playing instruments, in concert, Tallinn, Estonia, 1966. Russia, USSR.
Banner in cyrilic script above stage.

00059850
David Pyatt playing the horn with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leonard Slatkin, on the Last Night of the 2004 Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London.
Saturday 11 September.

00059846
Last Night of the 2004 Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London. Close-up of audience holding hands and singing Auld Lang Syne
Saturday 11 September.

00059844
Leonard Slatkin and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Last Night of the 2004 Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London.
Saturday 11 September. American conductor, 1 September 1944 -

00059780
Jewish women shopping at a clothes shop in Poland 1918.
Wearing headscarves and capes. Solders. Caption reads: Polish types

00059763
Jewish military chaplains in Vienna, Austria
Field rabbis Dr Ernst Deutsch, Dr Arnold Frankfurter, Dr Rudolf Ferda in Austrian military uniform.

00059755
Group portrait of Polish Jews, 1914-1918
Atmospheric sunlit portrait, including children. Caption reads Polnische Judentypen. Published by Atelier Eckner, Weimar.

00059717
Alfred Brendel playing the piano, Aldeburgh 1999. Austrian pianist,
b.1931.

00059705
Buxton Opera house, Yorkshire - exterior 2004


00059699
Exterior of the Bela Bartok Memorial House, Budapest, Hungary.
Hungarian composer and pianist, 1881-1945.

00059698
Statue of Bela Bartok outside the Bela Bartok Memorial House -the one-time home of the composer, Hungary, Budapest.
Hungarian composer and pianist, 1881-1945.

00059679
Vladimir Jurowski conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra playing the opera Gianni Schicchi by Puccini, performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at 2004 Proms.
Thursday 26 August, Prom 55, Royal Albert Hall, London.

00059661
Puccini 's opera Gianni Schicchi , performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera, accompanied by London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski at 2004 Proms.
Thursday 26 August, Prom 55, Royal Albert Hall, London.

00059656
Puccini 's opera Gianni Schicchi , performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera, accompanied by London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski at 2004 Proms.
Thursday 26 August, Prom 55, Royal Albert Hall, London.

00059647
Bruno Walter, portrait. German conductor & pianist,
15 September 1876 - 17 February 1962.

00059646
Benjamin Frankel, portrait
English composer, 1906 - 1973

00059639
Rachmaninov 's opera 'The Miserly Knight', performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at 2004 Proms, Thursday 26 August
Prom 55, Royal Albert Hall London. Russian pianist and composer, 1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943.

00059630
Deborah Voigt singing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniele Gatti, at 2004 Proms, 27 August, Royal Albert Hall London.
Prom 56. American soprano, 8 April 1960 -

00059629
Deborah Voigt singing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniele Gatti, at 2004 Proms, 27 August, Royal Albert Hall London.
Prom 56, American soprano, 8 April 1960 -

00059626
Daniele Gatti conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at 2004 Proms, 27 August, Royal Albert Hall London.
Prom 56, Italian conductor

00059618
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera. Don Giovanni scenes
Produced by Scottish Opera at Snape Maltings 1975. Don Garrard as Commendatore, John Shirley-Quick as Don Giovanni, Sheila Armstrong as Donna Elvira

00059607
George Bernard Shaw, portrait, Irish dramatist.
26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950

00059572
Mixing room at 2004 Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London.
Television screens, mixers.

00059528
Dmitri Hvorostovsky performing with St Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Temirkanov at 2004 Proms.
Prom 52, Tuesday 24 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian baritone, 16 October 1962 -

00059526
Dmitri Hvorostovsky performing with St Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Temirkanov at 2004 Proms.
Prom 52, Tuesday 24 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian baritone, 16 October 1962 -

00059525
String section of Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at 2004 Proms
Prom 28, Thursday 5 August 2004 London Royal Albert Hall.

00059481
Tenor at 2004 Proms
10 August, Royal Albert Hall, London

00059425
Benjamin Britten in his study, June 1964
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, English composer, conductor and pianist, 22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976

00059424
Benjamin Britten leaving his house in a car, June 1964
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, English composer, conductor and pianist, 22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976

00059407
Igor Stravinsky (Russian composer) with Ernest Ansermet (Swiss conductor) and Alexander von Zemlinsky (Austrian compiser and conductor) looking at score - caricature
by Fred Benedikt Dolbin 1883 - 1971. Ansermet was well-known performer of Stravinsky's earlier works.

00059345
Fernand de Magellan - portrait. Great Portuguese navigator and explorer,
1480 - 1521.

00059318
Roger Daltrey performing with his rock band The Who
on 17 November 1997. English rock singer. b. 1 March 1944.

00059297
Anthony Caro with one of his sculptures in April 2004
English sculptor, 8 March 1924 -

00059292
Group portrait of Isaac Stern's family, (I S in sailor suit)
American violinist, 21 July 1920 - 2001

00059265
Trieste, Teatro Filodrammatico
Italy, early 20th century, typical street, gentlemen promenading postcard

00059254
Maria Callas on LP cover for Verdi 's La Traviata
American soprano, 3 December 1923 - 16 September 1977

00059227
Kalevi Aho, September 1995 in Helsinki
Finnish composer, 9 March 1949-

00059217
Ades, Thomas conducting the Britten Sinfonia at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059210
Ades, Thomas playing the piano at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059174
Oramo, Sakari conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Finnish conductor 26 Oct 1965 -

00059152
Organ with shoes next to it at Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059143
Mitsuko Uchida, standing next to piano and music stand at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Japanese pianist, 20 December 1948 -

00059125
Mridangam - Indian drum. Horizontal view on white background.


00059119
Woolrich, John sitting at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English composer, 3 January 1954 -

00059118
Woolrich, John sitting at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English composer, 3 January 1954 -

00059100
Alfred Brendel performing Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ' Emperor ' by Ludwig van Beethoven, accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 43, 2004. Last Proms appearance.
Austrian pianist, 5 January 1931 -. White jacket

00059075
Wu Man playing the pipa, Yo-Yo Ma playing the cello and Wu Tong playing the sheng accompanied by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Robertson at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 38 2004.
13 August. Featuring members of the Silk Road Ensemble.

00059064
Hesperion XXI, viola player in ensemble rehearsing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Ensemble 1974 -

00059035
Evelyn Glennie performing concerto for water percussion and orchestra by Tan Dun, accompanied the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Prom 24 2004.
2 August. Water through colander type instrument.

00059016
Aldeburgh, band with mmusician playing tuba .
drums and cymbal in the background. Music festival 2004. Britten background

00059005
Alan Hacker playing the clarinet at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English Clarinettist and conductor 1938 -

00058978
Goossens, Leon on the television programme 'Face the Music' on BBC2
in 1967. English oboist and composer 1897 - 1988.

00058967
Beecham, Sir Thomas, sitting in front of a microphone
English conductor & impresario, 29 April 1879 - 8 March 1961

00058939
Friedrich von Schiller - portrait
German poet and dramatist 1759-1805. Commemorating 100th anniverary of his death. postcard

00058932
Ludwig van Beethoven's hearing aids.
German composer, 17 December 1770- 26 March 1827

00058902
Gidon Kremer receiving applause after playing Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor by Shostakovich at London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 20 2004. With Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.
31 July Latvian violinist 27 February 1947 -

00058901
Gidon Kremer tuning his violin before playing Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor by Shostakovich at London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 20 2004. With Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.
31 July Latvian violinist 27 February 1947 -

00058886
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August.

00058856
Bible, Moses is placed in a cradle in the bulrushes / bull rushes
so Pharoah will not kill him. Exodus

00058833
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with horn section on small stage in middle of Promenaders

00058826
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Holst Singers and organist illuminated by yellow light. Organ

00059811
John Milton, portrait. English poet.
1608-1674. After original crayon drawing from life by William Faithorne at Bayfordbury, Herts

00059807
Charlie Chaplin, portait as a young man - English comedian, film actor, director, producer, writer, and composer.
16 April 1889 - 25 December 1977.

00059803
Chicago Symphony Orchestra's annual 'Do It Yourself Messiah' in which audience provides the choral backing for Handel 's famous work. Symphony Hall, Chicago, Illinois.
Conducted by Margaret Hillis. Overview of performance, silhouette of audience heads

00059786
Russian Jewish pogrom victim surrounded by mourners and candles. Early 1900s
at time of Russian Polish pograms. Russian postcard.

00059750
Water-carrier in Czenstochova (Czenstochau) in Poland in 1915
small cobbled street with children in background

00059745
American Yiddish Theatre. A Scene from 'The Unfortunate Bride of Suffolk Street' at Goldberg and Jacobs Prospect Theatre, the Bronx, 1944.
play by H. Lang and L. Chrystal, music by Jasha Kreitzberg. Cast: Nathan Goldberg, Jacob Jacobs, Muny Serebrov, Abraham Teitelbaum, etc.

00059723
Dmitri Shostakovich 's hands at the keyboard. Russian composer,
25 September 1906 - 9 August 1975.

00059702
Exterior of New National Theatre, Budapest, Hungary. 2004


00059691
György Kurtág, profile - Hungarian composer,
19 February 1926 -

00059687
György Kurtág at Ferenc Liszt Academy, Budapest, 1987. Hungarian composer,
19 February 1926 -

00059655
Puccini 's opera Gianni Schicchi , performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera, accompanied by London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski at 2004 Proms.
Thursday 26 August, Prom 55, Royal Albert Hall, London.

00059637
Rachmaninov 's opera 'The Miserly Knight', performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera at 2004 Proms, Thursday 26 August
Prom 55, Royal Albert Hall London. Russian pianist and composer, 1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943.

00059632
Deborah Voigt singing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Daniele Gatti, at 2004 Proms, 27 August, Royal Albert Hall London.
Prom 56. American soprano, 8 April 1960 -

00059593
Welsh triple harp


00059591
See-through maracas, pink


00059583
Daniel Barenboim applauding the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra after concert at BBC Proms, August 2003
Royal Albert Hall, London. Orchestra created by Barenboim, made up of young Israeli and Arab musicians. Barenboim -Israeli pianist & conductor, 15 November 1942 -

00059579
Daniel Barenboim conducting the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra at BBC Proms concert, August 2003
Royal Albert Hall, London. Orchestra created by Barenboim, made up of young Israeli and Arab musicians. Barenboim -Israeli pianist & conductor, 15 November 1942 -

00059567
Proms 2004 - Group of promenaders outside Royal Albert Hall, London


00059558
Wynton Marsalis playing the trumpet, Washington DC 2004. American trumpet player and jazz musician,
born 18 October 1961.

00059555
Wynton Marsalis playing the trumpet, Washington DC 2004. American trumpet player and jazz musician,
born 18 October 1961.

00059546
Yuri Temirkanov applauding Yefim Bronfman at 2004 Proms.
Prom 50, Monday 23 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Soviet born pianist, 10 April 1958 - Tashkent

00059544
Yuri Temirkanov with St Petersburg Philharmonic at 2004 Proms.
Prom 50, Monday 23 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian conductor, born 10 December 1938.

00059540
Yuri Temirkanov conducting St Petersburg Philharmonic at 2004 Proms.
Prom 50, Monday 23 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian conductor, born 10 December 1938.

00059539
Yuri Temirkanov conducting St Petersburg Philharmonic at 2004 Proms.
Prom 50, Monday 23 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian conductor, born 10 December 1938.

00059535
String section of St Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Temirkanov at 2004 Proms.
Prom 52, Tuesday 24 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London.

00059531
Dmitri Hvorostovsky performing with St Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Temirkanov at 2004 Proms.
Prom 52, Tuesday 24 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian baritone, 16 October 1962 -

00059522
Joshua Bell with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at 2004 Proms
Prom 28, Thursday 5 August 2004 London Royal Albert Hall. American violinist, born 9 December 1967.

00059519
Anne Sofie von Otter performing with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at 2004 Proms
Prom 28, Thursday 5 August 2004 London Royal Albert Hall. Swedish mezzo-soprano, born 1955

00059512
Lithophone / Steinspiel


00059494
Ramon Vargas at 2004 Proms in the Park, Hyde Park, London. Saturday 11 September. Mexican tenor,
1960 -

00059489
Tadaaki Otaka conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at 2004 Proms. 6 August, Royal Albert Hall, London. Japanese conductor
Proms 29

00059487
Tadaaki Otaka conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at 2004 Proms. 6 August, Royal Albert Hall, London. Japanese conductor
Proms 29

00059453
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as a child playing the at the Kaiserhof (Kaiser court) in Vienna, Austria
Austrian composer, 27 January 1756 - 5 December 1791.

00059451
Karl Goldmark (right) with J. Schwarz and Maria Jeritza while appearing in his opera 'Heinchen am Herd'.
Austro-Hungarian composer, 18th May 1830 - 2nd January 1915

00059449
George Balanchine, portrait
Russian-American choreographer, 22 January 1904 - 30 April 1983

00059442
Emma Calvé, portrait
French soprano, 15 August 1858 - 6 January 1942. Photographer - Dupont.

00059427
Benjamin Britten & Peter Pears carrying lawn sculpture by Georg Ehrlich, in the grounds of The Red House. June 1964
at Britten's home Aldeburgh, Suffolk, English composer, conductor and pianist, 22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976 and English tenor, 22 June 1910 - 3 April 1986.

00059419
Hakan Hardenberger playing the trumpet with Swedish chamber Orchestra conducted by Thomas Dausgaard
at 2004 Proms at Royal Albert Hall, London

00059417
Hakan Hardenberger playing the trumpet with Swedish chamber Orchestra conducted by Thomas Dausgaard
at 2004 Proms at Royal Albert Hall, London

00059403
John Tavener, portrait
British composer, 28 January 1944 -

00059398
Andre Previn and Anne-Sophie Mutter
during rehearsal at Royal Festival Hall 2004. Previn -American conductor & composer, 6 April 1929 - , Mutter German violinist, 29 June 1963 -

00059396
Anne-Sofie von Otter
Swedish born mezzo-soprano, 9th May 1955 -

00059372
Pierre de Ronsard - portrait. French poet,
September 1524 - 24 December 1585

00059369
Italian sculptor and painter Michelangelo (6 March 1475 - 18 February 1564) - portrait of the artist by fellow painter Baccio della Porta, also known as Fra Bartolomeo, dated 1515.


00059364
Topkapi Palace built by Sultan Mehmet, c. 1473. 17th century islamic architecture.


00059360
Ballroom at Versailles during feasts organised by Louis XIV on 16 July 1668. Life at the court of the Sun King.
French king, 1638-1715.

00059339
The Pilgrim 's Progress by John Bunyan.
Scene from 'The Valley of the Shadow of Death' (Psalm 23) Full title of book - 'The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to that Which is to Come delivered under the Similitude of a Dream. ' Published London, 1776. First published 1678. Pilgrims

00059331
Chinese opera - Kunqu opera - actor in Huo Yan Shan - 'Flaming Mountain'
Fotoe/ Uniphoto

00059328
David Baddiel portrait August 2004
British comedian and writer. b. 28 May 1964 -

00059327
Blondie ( Debbie Harry ) performing live.
American singer.

00059317
Tricky performing
on 12 July 1997. Electronica. British musician / singer. One of the pioneers of trip hop and the ' Bristol sound ', has links to Massive Attack. b. 1968.

00059310
Richard Butler performing with his band the Psychedelic Furs.
British alternative rock singer. b. 1956

00059300
Kiss - hard rock group. Ace Frehley (previously Paul Frehley) performing with band KISS
on 8 October 1996. AF American guitarist, rock star. b. 27 April 1951

00059295
Anthony Caro with one of his sculptures in April 2004
English sculptor, 8 March 1924 -

00059272
Salzburger Festspiele / Salzburg Festival 'Jedermann' (Everyman) performed in front of the Cathedral 1926
Austria postcard

00059266
Havana opera house next to Central Park and Capitol
Cuba, overlooking park and opera house, bus and cars driving on the street, inter-war period. Postcard

00059264
Naples, Via Santa Lucia, street overlooking the sea
Italy, early 20th century, people promenading postcard

00059246
Beatrice Harrison playing cello in the garden recording with large microphone outdoors
English cellist, 9th December 1892 - 10th March 1965

00059231
Samuil Feinberg, portrait
26 May 1890-1962

00059230
Richard Wagner - German composer & author,
22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883.

00059207
Ades, Thomas playing the piano at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059142
Mitsuko Uchida, standing at piano at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Japanese pianist, 20 December 1948 -

00059121
Savall, Jordi at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Spanish viola player, conductor and creator of Hesperion XX born 1941 -

00059103
Alfred Brendel performing Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ' Emperor ' by Beethoven, accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 43, 2004. Last Proms appearance.
Austrian pianist, 5 January 1931 - . White jacket.

00059097
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting Mass in B Minor by Bach, performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 41, 2004.
English conductor, 20th April 1943 -

00059785
Gerer Rabbi (from Ger, Poland) - Avraham Mordechai Alter. -in horse and carriage in Marienbad - famous spa in Czechoslovakia in 1937.
Attending Agudas Israel conference. Surrounded by followers of the Hasidic rabbi.

00059769
Jewish farmers at weekly market in Slonim, Poland
Captions reads: Judische Bauerntypen vom Wochenmarkt. Postmark 1916

00059703
Exterior of Buxton Opera house, Yorkshire 2004


00059696
Arkady Volodos playing piano at Royal Albert Hall, London - Proms 1998. Russian.pianist


00059677
Singers from Glyndebourne Festival Opera bowing while receiving applause after performing opera Gianni Schicchi by Puccini, at 2004 Proms, Thursday 26 August, Royal Albert Hall, London.
with London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski.

00059668
Puccini 's opera Gianni Schicchi , performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera, accompanied by London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski at 2004 Proms.
Thursday 26 August, Prom 55, Royal Albert Hall, London.

00059666
Puccini 's opera Gianni Schicchi , performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera, accompanied by London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski at 2004 Proms.
Thursday 26 August, Prom 55, Royal Albert Hall, London.

00059660
Puccini 's opera Gianni Schicchi , performed by Glyndebourne Festival Opera, accompanied by London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Jurowski at 2004 Proms.
Thursday 26 August, Prom 55, Royal Albert Hall, London.

00059628
Daniele Gatti conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at 2004 Proms, 27 August, Royal Albert Hall London.
Prom 56. Italian conductor

00059616
Alexander Glazunov, portrait. Russian composer
1865-1936.

00059574
Proms 2004 - Overview of audience. Royal Albert Hall, London.


00059527
Dmitri Hvorostovsky performing with St Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Temirkanov at 2004 Proms.
Prom 52, Tuesday 24 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian baritone, 16 October 1962 -

00059511
Lithophone / Steinspiel


00059505
Proms in the Park 2004. Overview of audience and main stage. Saturday 11 September. Hyde Park, London.


00059499
Proms in the Park 2004. Audience. Hyde Park, London, Saturday 11 September
Crowd, Union Jack. Flag

00059486
Katarina Karneus holding flower bouquet after performing with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki Otaka at 2004 Proms. 6 August, Royal Albert Hall, London. Swedish mezzo-soprano,
Proms 29

00059439
Ruggiero Leoncavallo, portrait
Italian composer, 23 April 1857 - 9 August 1919

00059421
Benjamin Britten with Msistlav Rostropovich, June 1964.
at Blythburgh church, Aldeburgh Festival Suffolk , England. English composer, conductor and pianist, 22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976

00059382
Robert Levin marks score. American pianist


00059313
Maynard James Keenan performing with rock band Tool
on 12 July 1997. American rock singer. Also in the band A Perfect Circle. b. 17 April 1964

00059285
Jewish physician Moses Hamon 1490 -1554 from Constantinople
Engraving by Bertelli. Personal physician, friend and adviser to Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. Sephardi community in Ottoman empire

00059273
EMS VCS3 synthesizer, made in England c. 1969.
One of the very few early synths made in the Sixties.

00059262
Jacob Obrecht - portrait by Hans Memling, dated 1496. Obrecht, Dutch composer,
22 November 1450 - 1505. Memling, Dutch painter, 1440 - 1494. Oil on oak panel, 50.8x36.1cm, currently hanging at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.

00059243
Sergey / Sergei Koussevitzky. Russian conductor
26th July 1874 - 4th June 1951

00059240
Gina Bachauer rehearsing a talk for a BBC broadcast
on Greek station of the World Service. Bush House April.1959. Greek pianist 21 May 1913-22 August 1976. BBC photo.

00059235
Richard Wagner standing holding a swan on a leash, 'Apres moi le deluge'
Lohengrin connection. German composer & author, 22nd May 1813 - 13th February 1883.

00059234
Richard Wagner improvising on the piano with a swan dancing on the piano in time - Lohengrin connection. German composer & author,
22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883.

00059224
Tristan and Isolde / Iseut - Death of Tristan - La Mort
illustrated by Robert Engels. Published by Kadar 1933. Opera by Wagner. Tragedy

00059221
Venice / Venzia - Palazzo Ducale
Late 19th early 20th century people strolling in the square Postcard

00059218
Ades, Thomas conducting the Britten Sinfonia at Snape Maltings concert hall, Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059208
Ades, Thomas playing the piano at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059205
Susan Gritton singing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English soprano 31 August 1965

00059197
Fringe band at Snape Maltings, little girl playing the cello, part of Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059189
Barbara Hepworth sculptures in grounds of Snape Maltings at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Britten connection

00059181
Culp, Julia
Dutch contralto (1880-1970)

00059163
Pierlot, Philippe playing a viola da gamba, Rainer Zipperling playing a cello and Francois Fernandez playing a baroque violin at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Belgian viola player,German cello and viola da gamba player and French violinist 1960 -.

00059161
Pierlot, Philippe playing a viola da gamba at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Belgian viola player

00059141
Michael Berkeley, , profile, standing at entrance of a church at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English composer, 29 May 1948

00059138
Mark Steinberg, holding violin while playing Mozart Violin sonatas at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Japanese pianist, 20 December 1948 - and American violinist

00059107
Harrison Birtwistle at the premiere of his composition 'Four Settings of Alfred Brendel' at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 43, 2004. With baritone William Dazeley.
English composer, 15 July 1934 -

00059096
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting Mass in B Minor by Bach, performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 41, 2004.
English conductor, 20th April 1943 -

00059088
Simon Keenlyside singing the War Requiem by Benjamin Benjamin Britten at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 22, 2004. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
1 August. English baritone

00059069
Horn section of orchestra playing next to clarinet section.
Aldeburgh Festival 2004.

00059045
Percussion section, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( CBSO ) performing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059041
Evelyn Glennie performing concerto for water percussion and orchestra by Tan Dun, accompanied the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Prom 24 2004.
2 August

00059040
Aldeburgh, Britten - Pears School with people walking into it carrying instruments.
Aldeburgh Festival 2004.

00059021
Alison Balsom playing the Scherzer Piccolo tuned to A at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English trumpet player 1978 -

00058984
Bruckner, Anton sitting beneath portrait of himself and bust of Wagner
Austrian composer & organist, 4 September 1824 - 11 October 1896

00058963
Bayreuth Festspielhaus. Richard Wagner Theater/ opera house / festival house
Postcard

00058949
Vincent d'Indy with his students in front of the building of the Schola Cantorum.
French composer 27 March 1851 - 2 December 1931.

00058882
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Holst Singers and the Brighton Festival Chorus. Arches and choirs illuminated by spotlights.

00058877
Bible, Hannah and her seven sons
The sons died rather than bow down to an idol while their mother, Hannah, watched.

00058874
Bible, King David playing the lyre
and composing psalms. Kings

00058851
Bible, Jacob 's dream
Jacob on the way to his uncle Laban, dreams of angels going up and down a ladder - visionary dream. Genesis

00058847
Bible, The three angels promising Abraham that he will have a son
Sarah / Sara laughing at this promise. Genesis

00058839
Bible, The Creation of the World
God creating animals and nature. Genesis

00058825
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with horn section on small stage in middle of Promenaders

00058774
Three Choir Festivals, Gloucester programme.
drawing of Gloucester cathedral on front cover, Elgar connection. Gloucester 1968

00058719
Richard Wagner 's opera Parsifal, New York performance,
Act 3, on the threshold of the temple. Produced by Henry W Savage. First American production.

00058697
Fishing boat on beach, Aldeburgh, England. Scenic.
Benjamin Britten and Petter Pears settled in Aldeburgh and in 1947 they established the Aldeburgh Festival. Peter Grimes connection. English composer, born 22 November 1913, died 4 December 1976.

00058660
Stephen Foster - illustration and lyrics to his popular song ' De Camptown Races ', with man holding horse. American composer.
1826-1864. Almost wholly self-taught. Wrote 175 popular songs.

00059590
Bean pod


00059588
Mechanism of wooden metronome


00059554
Willie Nelson, portrait. Washington DC 1989. American country singer and songwriter.
30 April 1933 -

00059547
Yuri Temirkanov conducting St Petersburg Philharmonic at 2004 Proms.
Prom 50, Monday 23 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian conductor, born 10 December 1938.

00059545
Yefim Bronfman with St Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Temirkanov at 2004 Proms.
Prom 50, Monday 23 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Soviet born pianist, 10 April 1958 - Tashkent

00059524
Joshua Bell with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at 2004 Proms
Prom 28, Thursday 5 August 2004 London Royal Albert Hall. American violinist, born 9 December 1967.

00059515
Anne Sofie von Otter performing with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at 2004 Proms
Prom 28, at London Royal Albert Hall Thursday 5 August 2004. Swedish mezzo-soprano, born 1955

00059484
Katarina Karneus singing with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Tadaaki Otaka at 2004 Proms. 6 August, Royal Albert Hall, London. Swedish mezzo-soprano,
Proms 29

00059482
Academy of Ancient Music Chorus at 2004 Proms. 10 August, Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 35.

00059479
Proms 2004 - Overview of audience. 10 August, Royal Albert Hall, London. Acoustic discs suspended from ceiling.
Prom 35.

00059462
Carl Davis at Proms in the Park, Saturday 11 September 2004
American composer and conductor , 1936 -

00059460
Carl Davis at Proms in the Park, Saturday 11 September 2004
American composer and conductor , 1936 -

00059450
Tikhon Khrennikov, surrounded by M. Botvinnik, Y. Shaporin, D. Kabalevsky, (row behind him without glasses) M. Blanter, I. Dunaevsky, V. Smyslov, P. Keres, group portrait
Russian composer & party functionary, 10 June 1913 -

00059446
Erich Leinsdorf
Austrian-American conductor, 4 February 1912 - 1993. Whitestone Photo.

00059432
Man and Boy by Michael Nyman, performed at the Dada Almeida Opera 2004
actors John Graham-Hall. English composer, 23 March 1944 -,

00059390
Arthur Honegger. Swiss composer,
10 March 1892 - 27 November 1955

00059341
The Pilgrim 's Progress by John Bunyan.
Scene from 'The Pilgrims going up the hill Difficulty'. Full title of book 'The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to that Which is to Come delivered under the Similitude of a Dream'. Published London, 1776. Pilgrims

00059336
Adam Smith 's 'An inquiry into the nature and causes of the Wealth of Nations'. Vol.1. Titlepage
to 1819 edition, published in Edinburgh. First published 1776. Economics theory.

00059321
Pete Townshend performing with his rock band The Who
on 17 November 1997. Playing a Gibson J200 acoustic guitar. British rock guitarist. b. 19 May 1945.

00059277
Young Sir Georg Solti with Richard Strauss rehearsing in Munich, 1949
Hungarian born English conductor, 21 October 1912 - 1997

00059256
Maria Callas on LP cover for Puccini ' s Tosca
American soprano, 3 December 1923 - 16 September 1977

00059251
Maria Callas on LP cover for Mad Scenes from Anna Bolena
American soprano, 3 December 1923 - 16 September 1977

00059245
Beatrice Harrison with dog and cello at home in Surrey 1925
English cellist, 9th December 1892 - 10th March 1965

00059233
Alfred Deller making a broadcast in BBC radio studio - English counter-tenor.
31 May 1912-16 July 1979 BBC

00059232
Ludwig van Beethoven portrait as a young man. German composer,
17 December 1770- 26 March 1827

00059226
Einojuhani Rautavaara & Vladimir Ashkenazy, Helsinki 2001
Finnish composer, 9 October 1928 -

00059183
Barbara Hepworth sculptures in grounds of Snape Maltings at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Britten connection

00059169
Oramo, Sakari sitting among the music stands at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Finnish conductor 26 Oct 1965 -

00059168
Oramo, Sakari sitting among the music stands at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Finnish conductor 26 Oct 1965 -

00059056
Colin Matthews at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English composer 1946 -

00059052
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, performing in a church at Aldeburgh
Festival 2004. Boys singing.

00059043
Bassoon player with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( CBSO ) woodwind section, performing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059017
Children 's choir from Aldeburgh music festival,2004
primary school with children singing, their faces reflected on the top of the piano.

00059004
Alan Hacker playing the clarinet at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English Clarinettist and conductor 1938 -

00059001
Adam Thorpe at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Holding books to be signed. English author 1956 -

00058989
Heifetz, Jascha playing his violin
Russian American violinist, 2 February 1901 - 10 December 1987

00058946
Vincent d'Indy in 1895 in search of folk music
with l to r - Octave Maus, D'Indy, Emile de Raousset, front - Ernest & Henri de Pampelonne. French composer27 March 1851 - 2 December 1931.

00058937
Jerusalem 29 November 1947 - announcement of creation of two states in Palestine, one Arab and one Jewish. Future Israeli citizens looking across barbed wire
at the time of the end of the state of emergency (etat de siege) . Zionism

00058936
Aram Khachaturian 's ballet Spartacus - Act III.
Russian composer, 6 June 1903 - 1 May 1978.. M Plisetskaya as Aegina and N Fadeyechev as Harmodius (Bolshoi 1958)

00058929
Karlheinz Stockhausen as young man with electronic equipment.
German composer, a leader of international avant -garde; pioneer since the fifties in electronic and directional music. b.1928-

00058925
Poul Ruders at Aldeburgh 2001.
Danish composer b. 27 March 1949 -

00058923
Poul Ruders at Aldeburgh 2001.
Danish composer b. 27 March 1949 -

00058921
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1943. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058907
Bible, The Creation of the World
God creating animals and nature. Genesis

00058905
Gidon Kremer playing the Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor by Shostakovich at London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 20 2004. With Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.
31 July. Latvian violinist 27 February 1947 -

00058889
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with Patricia Rozario singing, plus choirs. Stephen Layton conducting.

00058870
Bible, The judgment of Solomon
Solomon deciding who the real mother is by offering to cut the baby in half. Kings

00058868
Bible, David slaying Goliath , the giant
The second king of Israel. Kings

00058861
Bible, Moses striking the rock and water coming from it
Exodus

00058835
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Choir of the Temple of the Church

00058824
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Choir of the Temple of the Church and organist illuminated by yellow light. Organ

00058809
RAVEL, Maurice portrait with cigarette. French composer
1875-1937

00058796
Jeff Beck, rock and jazz musician,
playing on 3rd December 1999, 1944 -, connection to Rod Stewart

00058786
Musical ' Singing in the Rain ' performed at London's Sadlers Wells, August 2004, with Adam Cooper as Don Lockwood and Josefina Gabrielle as Kathy Selden.
Songs and music by Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown

00058783
Daniel Barenboim - portrait. Press conference at The Barbican, about Western-East Divan Orchestra on 3 August 2004. Israeli pianist & conductor,
b. 15 November 1942.

00058768
David Bowie performing live at a concert on 4 October 1997, singing into microphone and playing guitar. British rock musician, composer, singer and song writer.
b. 8 Jan 1947

00058767
William Walton,English composer, Suite no.1 , front cover
29 March 1902 - 8 March 1983. OUP 1927

00058759
Anton Rubinstein composition Melody in F, Opus 3
portrait of composer on front score cover . Russian composer and pianist, 28 November 1829 - 20 November 1894. Brother of Nicolai Leeds 1927

00058742
Duran Duran - studio shot. English pop rock band. February 2004.


00058682
Fender tweed amplifier


00058681
Fender Silver Face amplifier


00058654
Camille Saint-Saens conducting the orchestra at the first performance of his opera ' Déjanire ', in Beziers, near Paris, France, 1903. French composer.
9 October 1835 - 16 December 1921.

00058615
Bolshoi Ballet perform Prokofiev's 'Ivan the Terrible', London, 1986.
Russian composer, 27 April 1891 - 5 March 1953.

00058600
CIMAROSA, Domenico - portrait. Italian composer
17 December 1749- 11 January 1801.

00058576
Childrens choir, Soviet style, performing in concert with conductor, International Children's Festival, Moscow.


00058569
Auditorium and circle seats lit up for performance at London Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.


00059532
Dmitri Hvorostovsky performing with St Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Temirkanov at 2004 Proms.
Prom 52, Tuesday 24 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian baritone, 16 October 1962 -

00059530
Dmitri Hvorostovsky performing with St Petersburg Philharmonic conducted by Yuri Temirkanov at 2004 Proms.
Prom 52, Tuesday 24 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Russian baritone, 16 October 1962 -

00059514
Anne Sofie von Otter with flower bouquet after performing with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at 2004 Proms. Thursday 5 August 2004, Royal Albert Hall, London. Swedish mezzo-soprano,
born 1955. Prom 28

00059506
Proms in the Park 2004. Audience singing. Saturday 11 September. Hyde Park, London.
Union Jack. Flag

00059502
Proms in the Park 2004. Audience. Hyde Park, London, Saturday 11 September


00059488
Tadaaki Otaka conducting the BBC National Orchestra of Wales at 2004 Proms. 6 August, Royal Albert Hall, London. Japanese conductor
Proms 29

00059474
Joanne Lunn singing with tenor Matthew White and Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Paul Goodwin at 2004 Proms. 10 August, Royal Albert Hall, London.
Prom 35.

00059456
La Scala, Milan
view of opera house and city square, people promenading

00059413
The Progress of Steam: English scene showing early steam carriages being driven in Regent Park, with passengers, dated 1831. Industrial revolution, engine, industrialisation, transport, smog, pollution.


00059386
Sir John Eliot Gardiner rehearsing for recording
with the Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique

00059385
Edith Vogel, pianist and teacher


00059378
VIENNA. STAATSOPER / Vienna State Opera House.
Opened in 1869. Directors: C. Krauss (1929-1934) & R. Strauss (joint director 1919 - ). Postcard.

00059337
Karl Marx 's Das Kapital Volume II 'Das Kapital, Kritik der politischen Oekonomie.
Buch II: Der Cirkulationsprocess des Kapitals'. Edited by Friedrich Engels from Marx's writings after his death. KM 1818 - 14 March 1883 Hamburg, Otto Meissner, 1885

00059329
David Baddiel portrait August 2004
British comedian and writer. b. 28 May 1964 -

00059312
Maynard James Keenan performing with rock band Tool on
12 July 1997. American rock singer. Also in the band A Perfect Circle. b. 17 April 1964

00059249
Emanuel Feuermann playing cello with daughter
Scarsdale 1941. Austrian cellist, 22nd November 1902 - 25th May 1942.

00059223
Tristan and Isolde / Iseut - chapter called Le Gue Aventureux
illustrated by Robert Engels. Published by Kadar 1933. Opera by Wagner. Tragedy

00059198
Fringe band at Snape Maltings, little girl playing the cello, part of Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059194
Fringe band at Snape Maltings, part of Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059184
View of Snape Maltings, concert hall used for Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Britten connection

00059182
Damien Hirst sculpture in grounds of Snape Maltings at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Britten connection

00059153
Piano piece for four hands
with four hands on keyboard displayed at Aldeburgh Festival 2004.

00059093
Sir Colin Davis after conducting the War Requiem by Britten played by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 22, 2004.
1 August. English conductor b 25 September, 1927

00059085
Leonidas Kavakos at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 37 2004. Accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä.
12 August. Greek violinist.

00059081
Wu Man playing the pipa and Joel Fan playing the piano accompanied by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Robertson at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 38, 2004.
13 August. Featuring members of the Silk Road Ensemble.

00059073
Iain Burnside playing the piano at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Scottish pianist and broadcaster.

00059059
Francois Fernandez, Philippe Pierlot and Rainer Zipperling playing violin and viola at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. French violinist 1960 - , Belgian viola player and German cello and gamba player.

00059025
Anthony Marwood holding his violin at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English violinist.

00058990
Heifetz, Jascha playing his violin
Russian American violinist, 2 February 1901 - 10 December 1987

00058943
Leopold Stowkowski with his wife Olga Samaroff at the piano
American conductor, 18 April 1882 - 13 September 1977.

00058912
Victor Hartmann's costume sketch for 'Ballet of Unhatched Chicks',
('Ballets des poussins dans leurs coques') part of Mussorgsky 's composition 'Pictures at an Exhibition'. Inspired by memorial exhibition of his friend's work.

00058891
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1943. Bayerischer Rundfunk

00058855
Bible, Joseph 's brothers beg his forgiveness
for having sold him into slavery. Genesis

00058853
Bible, Jacob meets Esau
Genesis

00058828
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Holst Singers and organist illuminated by yellow light. Organ

00058822
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with small stage in middle of Promenaders

00058816
William Shakespeare, play The Merchant of Venice scene with Jessica and Lorenzo
German postcard

00058801
Daniel Barenboim - portrait. Press conference at The Barbican, about West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on 3 August 2004. Israeli pianist & conductor,
b. 15 November 1942.

00058782
Tan Dun conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra during the Proms 2004.
2 August

00058771
Kiss - hard rock group with Paul Stanley and Ace Frehley (previously Paul Frehley) performing with their band KISS on 8 October 1996.
b. 25 August 1949

00058749
Blur performing live in concert on 10 June 1997. British rock band, here Damon Albarn singing into microphone.
b.23 March 1968

00058731
Nottingham, Great Market Place
market scene with lace stalls, DH Lawrence connection Fleeman, Broad Marsh Series

00058722
Hans Sachs, shoemaker, poet
1494 - 1576, cobbler in Wagner 's opera Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg /Nuremburg. Nuremburg, Pellerhaus Eysser

00058713
Moscow duma, town hall,
government, council, tram and horse-drawn carriage Stockholm - Granbergs, pre-1917

00058701
Fishing boat on beach, Aldeburgh, England. Scenic.
Benjamin Britten and Petter Pears settled in Aldeburgh and in 1947 they established the Aldeburgh Festival. Peter Grimes connection. English composer, 22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976.

00058686
Peavey Bandit amplifier


00058678
Ibanez tube screamer - technical guitar effects - electric guitar foot pedal.


00058671
Parker Fly electric guitar


00058648
Mongolian dancer performing folk dance in traditional dress, with accordion players, Gobi.


00058616
Bolshoi Ballet perform Prokofiev 's 'Ivan the Terrible', London, 1986.
Russian composer, 27 April 1891 - 5 March 1953.

00058603
Guillaume de Machaut, contemporary portrait. French Composer and Poet,
1300-1377

00058552
Frederic Chopin - atmospheric view with piano from his birth house, Zelazowa Wola, Poland.
Polish composer, 1 March 1810 - 17 October 1849.

00058543
Pinchas Zukerman plays violin in concert, Prom 13, Royal Albert Hall, London, 25 July 2004. Israeli violinist, violist, conductor,
born 16 July 1948. BBC Symphony Orchestra in background. Part of BBC Proms 2004. Playing Elgar violin concerto.

00058539
E.T.A. Hoffmann's character Kapellmeister Kreisler
1822. Character from one of his novels, drawn by the author. Caption reads: 'Kapellmeister Kreisler in Wahnsinn'. German novelist, composer and writer on music (1776-1822).

00058529
Hebrew trumpet - Tromba Antica Ebrea - being played in Bible times.
Bonanni's Gabinetto Armonico 1716 Illustration 45. Engraving by Arnold von Westerhout. Romantic early 18th century image of how ancient Hebrew priest would have looked. Instrument used in temple times.

00058514
Bette Davis acting with Paul Henreid in film 'Now, Voyager', 1942. American Hollywood actress,
5 April 1908 - 6 October 1989. Publicity film still. Directed by Irving Rapper.

00058479
César Franck tomb, Belgian composer,
10th December 1822 - 8th November 1890 Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris.

00058463
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi. Scottish born Italian artist, portrait
7 March 1924 - .

00058454
Jonathan Lemalu singing with Halle Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall, London, 17 July 2004. New Zealand born Samoan bass baritone,
1976 - . Prom 2, 2004 BBC Proms.

00058452
Bolshoi Ballet company in rehearsal, class.


00058436
' South Pacific ' Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein 's musical ' - original Broadway production - 1949 - from cast recording CD, with Mary Martin washing her hair.


00058430
Cole Porter in a wheelchair, surrounded by his bodyguards, while on a trip to Italy, 1957. Porter, American composer,
9 June 1891 - 15 October 1964.

00058407
Dizzy Gillespie playing trumpet in concert, Saratoga, New York, 1979. American jazz trumpeter,
21 October 1917 - 6 January 1993. Keyboard player in background.

00059517
Anne Sofie von Otter performing with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Gilbert at 2004 Proms
Prom 28, Thursday 5 August 2004 London Royal Albert Hall. Swedish mezzo-soprano, born 1955

00059503
Proms in the Park 2004 - Fireworks. Hyde Park, London, Saturday 11 September
Celebration of Last Night of the Proms.

00059501
Proms in the Park 2004. Audience. Hyde Park, London, Saturday 11 September
Crowd, elderly people, Union Jack. Flag

00059497
Jane Gilchrist and Denise Leigh performing at 2004 Proms in the Park, Hyde Park, London. Saturday 11 September.
Sopranos and Channel 4 'Operatunity' winners

00059491
Roger Désormière, portrait. French conductor,
13 September 1898 - 25 October 1963

00059465
Andrea Corr in The Corrs, performing at Proms in the Park, Saturday 11 September 2004
born 17 May 1974. Lead singer in the Irish band The Corrs.

00059458
Evelyn Glennie playing xylophone at Proms in the Park, Sat 11 September 2004
English percussionist, has been profoundly deaf since the age of twelve. 19 July 1965 -

00059452
Frederic Chopin, portrait
Polish composer, 1 March 1810 - 17 October 1849

00059443
Max Reger, seated portrait.
German composer, 19 March 1873 - 11 May 1916.

00059414
Munich Opera House, late 19th century engraving.
Richard Strauss connection.

00059410
Simon Callow, August 2004. English actor,
13th June 1949-

00059391
Arthur Honegger by Fauconnet
Swiss composer, 10 March 1892 - 27 November 1955. Revue Musicale 1922

00059368
Leonardo da Vinci - profile portrait. Italian artist, painter and inventor,
15 April 1452 - 2 May 1519

00059367
Saint Ignatius Loyola - portrait. Jesuit missionary, 1491 - 1556.


00059354
French actress / singer / model Brigitte Bardot - promotional portrait for film ' Voulez-vous danser avec moi?' on 21 August 1959.
b.28 September 1934.

00059351
Complaint office : a conciliator judge trying to resolve a dispute between a French bourgeoise and her gardeners and hunting servants (c. 1638?). 17th century engraving by Abraham Bosse.


00059333
Chinese opera - Kunqu opera - actor in Mu Dan Ting -'Peony Pavillion'
Fotoe/ Uniphoto

00059324
Young girl playing recorder 2004


00059316
Tricky performing
on 12 July 1997. Electronica. British musician / singer. One of the pioneers of trip hop and the ' Bristol sound ', has links to Massive Attack.

00059311
Richard Butler performing with his band the Psychedelic Furs.
British alternative rock singer. b. 1956

00059305
Ades, Thomas at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059280
Musician playing rebab - either Egyptian or North African
traditional two-copper-stringed instrument with two large pegs. Postcard

00059213
Ades, Thomas conducting the Britten Sinfonia at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059190
View of Snape Maltings, concert hall used for Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Britten connection

00059167
Sakari Oramo, about to conduct the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Finnish conductor 26 Oct 1965 -

00059156
Pierlot, Philippe playing a viola da gamba at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Belgian viola player

00059131
Mark Padmore, singing in Orford church at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English tenor

00059130
Daniel, Nicholas and Mark Padmore playing the oboe and singing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English tenor and English oboist

00059128
Burnside, Iain and Mark Padmore playing piano in Orford church at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English pianist and broadcaster and English tenor

00059086
Leonidas Kavakos, conductor Osmo Vänskä and the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 37 2004.
at end of performance with bouquet of flowers. 12 August. Greek violinist.

00059066
Hesperion XXI, harpist in ensemble tuning up at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Ensemble 1974 -

00059050
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, performing in a church at Aldeburgh
Festival 2004. Boys singing.

00059048
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, performing in a church at Aldeburgh
Festival 2004. Boys singing.

00059026
Anthony Marwood sitting on the stage floor at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English violinist.

00059018
Children 's choir at Aldeburgh Music festival 2004.,
primary school with children singing, their faces reflected on the top of the piano.

00059015
Aldeburgh, fringe show on the beach with man playing a cello
Music festival 2004. Britten connection

00059000
Tan Dun conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra during the Proms 2004
2 August . London Royal Albert Hall

00058999
Tan Dun conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra during the Proms 2004.
2 August. London Royal Albert Hall

00058998
Tan Dun conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra during the Proms 2004.
2 August. London Royal Albert Hall

00058979
Goossens, Leon
in 1959. English oboist and composer 1897 - 1988.

00058977
Goossens, Leon playing the oboe with a portrait in the background
in 1959. English oboist and composer 1897 - 1988.

00058961
Arnold Schoenberg conducting
Austrian composer, 13 April 1874 - 13 July 1951.

00058955
Last Night of the Proms 1967 with Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting at London Royal Albert Hall
Promenaders and orchestra BBC

00058954
David Munrow in 1973 who led Early Music Consort of London
on lawn at East Front of Montaoute. English conductor BBC

00058935
Aram Khachaturian 's ballet Spartacus - Act III. Russian composer,
6 June 1903 - 1 May 1978.. A. Makarov in centre as Spartacus (Kirov 1956) soldiers waving sabres.

00058933
Sergei Rachmaninov / Rakhmaninov playing the piano keyboard. Russian pianist and composer,
in New York. 1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943.

00058928
The Red Violin. Directed by Francois Girard. 1998, New Line Cinema
Film still Bob Marshak / New Line

00058913
Bible, Judith displaying the head of Holofernes
after chopping it off and saving Jerusalem.

00058900
Gidon Kremer playing the Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor by Shostakovich at London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 20 2004. With Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.
31 July Latvian violinist 27 February 1947 -

00058892
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1943. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058876
Bible, Judas Maccabeus
Handel connection

00058875
Bible, Daniel in the lion 's den
exiled in Babylon under the reign of Nebuchadnezzah.

00058866
Bible, Samuel with Eli the priest
Samuel dedicated as a boy to temple service. Picture of the breast plate of the high priest. Kings

00058863
Bible, The spies returning from the Land of Israel with massive grapes and tales of wonders
Exodus

00058803
Daniel Barenboim - portrait. Press conference at The Barbican, about West-Eastern Divan Orchestra on 3 August 2004. Israeli pianist & conductor,
b. 15 November 1942.

00058793
Rock band Bauhaus performing on stage on 8 September 1998. Daniel Ash


00058746
Ian Bostridge at music stand, with Sir Colin Davis conducting, during a performance of Benjamin Britten 's ' War Requiem '. Prom 22, Summer 2004.
Conducting London Symphony Orchestra

00058743
Musical ' Singing in the Rain ' performed at London's Sadlers Wells, August 2004, with Adam Cooper as Don Lockwood and Josefina Gabrielle as Kathy Selden.


00058739
German brass band, Hessian folk music
Men in traditional costume standing in square Lauterbach, Hessen

00058733
Riga, Alexander street,
Alexanderstrasse, postcard view of street with trams

00058732
Mrs Sarah Siddons, after the painting by Gainsborough. Famous English actress.
1755- 1831 Dresden postcard

00058669
Paris Conservatoire in the 1830's. Exterior with carriage and people gathered around the entrance. Liszt, Berlioz and Chopin's time.


00058631
Armenian Dance Company in performance, Yerevan, Armenia, former USSR (Soviet Union) state. Traditional, folk.


00058618
Bolshoi Ballet take curtain call, Moscow, Russia.


00058617
Bolshoi Ballet perform Prokofiev 's 'Ivan the Terrible', London, 1986. Abstract, movement, atmospheric. Russian composer,
27 April 1891 - 5 March 1953.

00058597
Orchestra performing at Big Hall, Moscow Conservatoire. With portrait of Piotr I.Tchaikovsky.


00058593
Korean Farmers' dance, folk dance, performed at Suwon Folk Art Village, South Korea.


00059510
Proms in the Park 2004. Audience waving flags. Saturday 11 September. Hyde Park, London.
St George 's flag.

00059476
Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Paul Goodwin at 2004 Proms. 10 August, Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 35.

00059463
Andrea Corr in The Corrs, performing at Proms in the Park, Saturday 11 September 2004
born 17 May 1974. Lead singer in the Irish band The Corrs.

00059459
Carl Davis conducting at Proms in the Park, Saturday 11 September 2004
American composer and conductor , 1936 -

00059454
Jean Sibelius, portrait by A. Mitterfellner
Finnish composer, 8 December 1865 - 20 September 1957.

00059448
Maria Tallchief en point.
Signed photo. Native American dancer, 24th January 1925 -

00059434
Score cover of Bela Bartok 's ' 2 Danses Roumaines' Two Roumanian Dances for the piano. Budapest, Rozsavolgyi, 1910. Hungarian composer & pianist,
25 March 1881 - 26 September 1945

00059420
Swedish chamber Orchestra conducted by Thomas Dausgaard, at 2004 Proms, 23.8.2004,
Prom 51, Royal Albert Hall, London

00059415
P I Tchaikovksy 's ballet The Sleeping Beauty with Lyubov Roslavleva as Aurora
in early Bolshoi ballet production. Died 1904. Russian composer, 7 May 1840 - 6 November 1893.

00059399
William Christie
American conductor, 19th December 1944 - , Founder of Les Artes Florissants, an ensamble devoted to Baroque music

00059380
Amos Oz, Israeli author, 2 September, 2004
at book launch in London for his new book ' A Tale of Love and Darkness '.

00059362
The Blue Mosque, also known as Sultan Ahmed's Mosque, Istanbul, Turkey. Built under the reign of Mehmet Aga (1609 - 1616). 17th century islamic architecture.


00059361
St Michael's Orthodox Church, Kiev, Ukraine. First built 1108.


00059350
Hernando Cortez orders the destruction of religious art and religious idols in Vera Cruz, Mexico during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Cortez, Spanish conquistador, navigator and explorer.
1485 - 1547.

00059323
Young girl playing recorder


00059315
Tricky performing
on 12 July 1997. Electronica. English musician / singer. One of the pioneers of trip hop and the ' Bristol sound ', has links to Massive Attack.

00059291
Isaac Stern and Nathan Milstein playing violin together
American violinist, 21 July 1920 - 2001

00059290
Isaac Stern joyfully playing violin for two children
American violinist, 21 July 1920 - 2001

00059288
Count Basie performing on the piano
American jazz musician, 21 August 1904 - 26 April 1984

00059284
Jewish woman of Andrinople c.1620.
Engraving by M. Nicouh. Married woman. Sephardi community in Ottoman empire

00059263
Naples, Piazza Muncipio, town square
Italy, horse drawn cart, lady with parasol postcard

00059258
Charles Czerny score cover for Variations for Piano. For four hands, based on the favourite march of Lady Del Lago and dedicated to Countess Marie de Széchényi.
Austrian composer, 1791 - 1857. Variations Pour le Pianoforte à 4 mains sur la marche favorite della Donna Del Lago. Composèes et dedièes à Mademoiselle la Comtesse Marie de Széchényi par Charles Czerny. Cappi et Diabelli, Vienna, 1822

00059250
Part of Georg Friedrich Handel 's hand-written will. German-English composer,
23 February 1685 - 14 April 1759

00059244
Pierre Fournier performing in front of BBC tv-camera, Alexandra Palace
24 January 1947. French cellist, 24th June 1906 - 8th January 1986. BBC photo

00059211
Ades, Thomas playing the piano at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059158
Pierlot, Philippe playing a viola da gamba at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Belgian viola player

00059151
Noriko Ogawa, playing the piano in a church at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Japanese pianist

00059146
Nicholas Daniel, playing his oboe at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English oboist -

00059124
Jordi Savall, playing the viola at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Spanish viola player, conductor and creator of Hesperion XX born 1941 -

00059109
Vivien Duffield at an interview in July 2004.
English philanthropist.

00059106
Alfred Brendel onstage with flowers at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 43, 2004. Last Proms appearance.
Austrian pianist, 5 January 1931 - . White jacket

00059091
Sir Colin Davis conducting the War Requiem by Benjamin Britten played by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 22, 2004.
1 August. English conductor b 25 September, 1927

00059082
Yo-Yo Ma playing the cello accompanied by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Robertson at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 38, 2004.
13 August. Featuring members of the Silk Road Ensemble.

00059071
Iain Burnside playing piano at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Scottish pianist and broadcaster.

00059046
Violinist performing with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( CBSO ) at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Bow and fingering close-up

00059038
Britten-Pears Orchestra, cello section, performing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Cellist

00059032
Birmingham Junior Conservatoire choir singing with musicians playing clarinets and flutes in Orford church at Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059014
Aldeburgh, fringe show on the beach with boy playing a saxaphone.
Music festival 2004. Britten connection

00059010
Aldeburgh, view of the beach with ships on the shore and flowers in the foreground
Music festival 2004. Britten connection

00058996
Wynton Marsalis performing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall. Prom 21, 2004
31 July. American trumpet player. Director of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

00058969
Church of St. Thomas, Leipzig, people and carts and the surrounding square and neighbouring buildings
JS Bach connection Thomas Kirche

00058951
Vincent d'Indy conducting by L. Borgex.
French composer 27 March 1851 - 2 December 1931.

00058931
Last Night of the Proms 1954 with Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting at London Royal Albert Hall
Promenaders. BBC

00058914
Bible, King David playing the lyre
and composing psalms. Kings

00058897
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 14 January 1943. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058893
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 Jluy 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1934. Bayerischer Rundfunk

00058890
Mariss Jansons receiving the 2004 Royal Philharmonic Society Music Award for conducting from chairman Tony Fell at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July. Latvian conductor
b. 1943

00058888
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August. Interior - showing audience and choirs, large saucers installed near ceiling to improve acoustics

00058887
Guillame de Machaut visited by nature
1584 manuscript. Main poet and composer to use the rondeau in fourteenth century France - 1300 - 1377. Bibliotheque Nationale, France. FOR CLEARANCE DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT LEBRECHT MUSIC & ARTS PHOTO LIBRARY.

00058881
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Holst Singers and the Brighton Festival Chorus. Arches and choirs illuminated by spotlights.

00058871
Bible, Elisha reviving the son of the widow
Bringing the son of the Shunamite back from the dead, Eli. Kings.

00058841
Poul Ruders at Aldeburgh 2001. Danish composer
b. 27 March 1949 -

00058792
Muzio Clementi, Adagio of the cello part for his Three Sonatas for Clavichord or Piano, with violin and cello accompaniment.c.1800s. Dedicated to Miss Blake. Italian pianist and composer, 23 January 1752 - 3 March 1832
in the original French: Trois Sonates pour Clavecin ou Pianoforte avec accompagnement de violon et violoncel (sic) dediées à Miss Blake par Muzio Clementi, oeuvre 28. Published in Paris.

00058720
The strict teacher /der gestrenge lehrer, painting by Helmut Skarbina,
A piano teacher scolding child, learning to play on a giraffe piano. Berlin c.1922

00058706
Rome, Palazzo Reale, Quirinale
Italy. Early motor car and horse drawn carriage. postcard

00058702
Bernardo Sarrette - portrait. French military musician who drew together the first military music ensemble, specialist in wind instruments.
1765-1858.

00058689
Fender twin amplifier


00058684
Vox AC30 amplifier


00058653
Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrecht's painting 'Trompe-l'oeil with musical instruments', 1672. Lute, recorder, violin, harp.
Found in Museum of Musical Instruments, Copenhagen. Gisbrechts: 17th century Belgian painter.

00058634
Spanish traditional flamenco dancers, performance in folk dress, Seville, Spain.


00058630
Armenian Dance Company in performance, Yerevan, Armenia, former USSR (Soviet Union) state. Traditional, folk.


00058609
Bolshoi Theatre on Teatralnaya Ploshchad, Moscow. Interior showing balconies lit up for performance, with audience.


00059493
Charles Baudelaire - Les Fleurs du Mal. Front cover of 1958 edition, illustrated by Mario Laboccetta. Watercolour depicting woman surrounded by malicious flowers.
Baudelaire, French poet, 1821 - 1867. Generic fifties style illustration. Erotic and exotic.

00059461
Carl Davis at Proms in the Park, Saturday 11 September 2004
American composer and conductor , 1936 -

00059457
Evelyn Glennie playing xylophone at Proms in the Park, Sat 11 September 2004
English percussionist, has been profoundly deaf since the age of twelve. 19 July 1965 -

00059455
Richard Wagner in Bayreuth
with Festspielhaus / Festival House and Villa Wahnfried. Postcard. German composer & author, 22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883.

00059429
Man and Boy by Michael Nyman, performed at the Dada Almeida Opera
, actors John Graham-Hall and William Sheldon. English composer, 23 March 1944 -

00059371
Pierre de Ronsard - portrait. French poet,
September 1524 - 24 December 1585

00059357
Wool combing workshop for the 17th century textile industry. Cloth-making, craftsmen. French series of illustrations.


00059352
Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and French actress / singer / model Brigitte Bardot in artist Vallauris 's studio / workshop, 1956, during the Cannes festival.
Picasso, 1881 - 1973; Bardot, b.28 September 1934.

00059343
Dedication of The Holy Bible published 1611 known as the King James' version 'To the Most High and Mighties Prince, James by the grace of God King of Great Britaine, France and Ireland'.
Titlepage reads 'The Holy Bible, Conteyning the Old Testament and the New.' English translation of Erasmus ' 'Textus Receptus' his compilation of Greek sources. The text that the Reformation recognises as the word of God.

00059319
Roger Daltrey performing with his rock band The Who
on 17 November 1997. British rock singer. b. 1 March 1944.

00059309
Richard Butler performing with his band the Psychedelic Furs.
British alternative rock singer. b. 1956

00059308
Liam and Noel Gallagher performing with band Oasis
on 3 December 1999. British rock singer and guitarist. Brothers. b. 21 September 1972 and 29 May 1967

00059299
Anthony Caro with one of his sculptures in April 2004
English sculptor, 8 March 1924 -

00059275
Young Sir Georg Solti and his sister Lilly by the piano, Budapest 1925
Hungarian born English conductor, 21 October 1912 - 1997

00059274
Sir Georg Solti in 1923, portrait as a child in Hungary
Hungarian born English conductor, 21 October 1912 - 1997

00059238
Herbert Howells working on a score July 1947. English composer,
17th October 1892 - 24th February 1983

00059236
Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet with a cigarette in his hand. American jazz musician,
July 4th 1901- July 6th 1971. Editorial use only

00059216
Ades, Thomas conducting the Britten Sinfonia at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059173
Oramo, Sakari conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Finnish conductor 26 Oct 1965 -

00059165
Rainer Zipperling, playing a cello at a church at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. German cellist and viola da gamba player.

00059154
Paul Silverthorne, playing the viola at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English viola player

00059145
Nicholas Daniel, holding his oboe at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English oboist -

00059132
Mitsuko Uchida and Mark Steinberg playing Mozart Violin sonatas at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Japanese pianist, 20 December 1948 - and American violinist

00059126
Borac, Luiza sitting and playing the piano at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Romanian pianist

00059112
Ades, Thomas and Ian Bostridge playing and singing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British composer, 1 March 1971-

00059087
Simon Keenlyside singing the War Requiem by Benjamin Britten at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 22, 2004. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
1 August. English baritone

00059074
Iain Burnside playing piano, taken from the side, at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Scottish pianist and broadcaster.

00059072
Iain Burnside playing piano from the rear at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Scottish pianist and broadcaster.

00059070
Horn section of orchestra
Aldeburgh Festival 2004.

00059060
Part of harp, being played at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( CBSO )

00059033
Tan Dun conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra during the Proms 2004 London Royal Albert Hall
2 August

00059028
Birmingham Junior Conservatoire choir singing and musicians playing clarinets and flutes in Orford church at Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059023
Andrew Watts standing and singing in Orford church in Aldeburgh among music stands
Aldeburgh music festival 2004. English counter-tenor.

00058992
Erdmann Neumeister - chief pastor of the Johnniskirche, Hamburg
Author of texts for Bach 's choral cantatas. 1671 - 1756

00058972
The Great Handel Festival at Crystal Palace
London Illustrated News

00058966
Bach, Johann Christoph portrait sitting with a score.
German composer 1732 - 1795, son of Johann Sebastian

00058942
Vincent d'Indy 's home at Chabret .
French composer 27 March 1851 - 2 December 1931. Wood cut by Jean Chieze

00058941
Robert Schumann, profile portrait
German composer, 8 June 1810 - 29 July 1856. Drawing by H. Varges

00058917
Bible, Jacob 's dream
Jacob on the way to his uncle Laban, dreams of angels going up and down a ladder. Genesis

00058915
Bible, Judas Maccabeus
Handel connection

00058898
Gidon Kremer playing the Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor by Shostakovich at London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 20 2004. With Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.
31 July. Bayerischer Rundfunk. Latvian violinist 27 February 1947 -

00058896
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1934. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058894
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
3b. 1934. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058862
Bible, Moses showing the two tablets with the ten commandments on to the children of Israel
Rays of light (mistranslated as horns from the original translation) coming from Moses 's head. Ten commandments. Exodus

00058859
Bible, The children of Israel in slavery in Egypt
being ruled by Egyptian taskmasters. Exodus

00058854
Bible, Joseph is sold by his brothers into slavery.
Genesis

00058845
Bible, The end of the flood
Noah thanking God for saving him and his family with the ark on Mount Ararat and the rainbow in the background as a sign that God would never destroy the whole world. Genesis

00058836
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Choir of the Temple of the Church, the Holst Singers and the Brighton Festival Chorus. Brass players illuminated by spotlights and percussion at sides.

00058799
Jeff Beck, rock and jazz musician,
playing on 3rd December 1999, 1944 -, connection to Rod Stewart

00058754
Dave Grohl performing live on 3 December 1999 singing and playing guitar. American drum player
(previously a member of Nirvana) b. 14 January 1969

00058730
Venice Lido, Grand Hotel Lido,
Gondola, water Postcard Garbisa, Venice

00058708
Rotterdam square with garden
and children. Koningin, Emmaplein, Queen Emma Square Rotterdam

00058707
Hamburg port,
docks, lagerhauser, quay / quai, depot. Germany, shipping. Brahms connection

00058685
Marshall valvestate amplifier


00058644
Buskers, street musicians, performing in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. St Basil's Cathedral in background.


00058640
Spanish traditional flamenco dancers, performance in folk dress, Seville, Spain.


00058638
Spanish traditional flamenco dancers, performance in folk dress, Seville, Spain.


00058628
Armenian Dance Company in performance, Yerevan, Armenia, former USSR (Soviet Union) state. Traditional, folk.


00058596
Korean secondary school girls in traditional dress perform fan dance.


00058589
Performance at Kabuki Theatre, Tokyo.
Japanese

00058585
Scene from Peking Opera performance of 'Monkey King Makes Havoc in Heaven'. Chinese opera.


00058583
Mstislav Rostropovich opening Tchaikovsky International Competition, Moscow, June 1966. Russian cellist, pianist and conductor,
27 March 1927 - .

00058574
Cossack dancers and singer wearing traditional folk dress, Novorossiysk, Russia.
Russian dance.

00058545
Bolshoi Ballet perform Sergei Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet', Covent Garden, London, July 2004. Russian composer,
27 April 1891 - 5 March 1953. With Maria Alexandrova as Juliet, Denis Savin as Romeo. Directed by Declan Donnellan, choreographed by Radu Poklitaru.

00058509
Baroque oboe musician caption reads - Man playing hautboy (or hautbois) which is early oboe
Engraving by J C Weigel (1661-1726) from Musikalisches Theatrum.

00058481
Entrance to Birdland Jazz Club, New York, USA. 1950s.


00059472
String section of Academy of Ancient Music conducted by Paul Goodwin at 2004 Proms. 10 August, Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 35.

00059441
Giacomo Puccini, portrait towards end of his life.
Italian composer, 23 December 1858 - 29 November 1924.

00059422
Benjamin Britten at seashore June 1964
Aldeburgh, Suffolk, English composer, conductor and pianist, 22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976. Peter Grimes connection

00059411
La Scala opera house, exterior view. Milan, Italy, 1995


00059404
John Adams conducting
American composer & conductor, 15 February 1947-

00059401
Nikolaus Lehnhoff, portrait


00059395
Anne-Sophie Mutter performing with violin
German violinist, 29 June 1963 -

00059359
Silk-making workshop for the 17th century textile industry: sorting of the silkworm cocoons. Cloth-making, craftsmen. French series of illustrations.


00059334
Chinese opera - Kunqu opera - actor in Tiao Hua Che
Fotoe/ Uniphoto

00059325
Young girl playing recorder 2004


00059281
Jewish merchant c.1620.
Engraving by M. Nicouh. Sephardi community in Ottoman empire

00059271
French theatre audience laughing at risqué side spitting popular humour. Caption reads ' Au théâtre - La pièce rigouillarde'
postcard

00059239
Gina Bachauer making a broadcast in BBC radio studio, 12.12.1956. Greek pianist -
21 May 1913-22 August 1976. BBC photo

00059202
Isserlis, Steven about to play at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British cellist 1959 -

00059185
View of Snape Maltings, concert hall used for Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Britten connection

00059178
Edwin Fischer playing the piano.
Swiss pianist and conductor 6 October 1886 - 24 January 1960. Electrola-Musikplatten

00059155
Paul Silverthorne,playing the viola at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English viola player

00059139
Michael Berkeley, talking to people at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English composer, 29 May 1948

00059135
Mitsuko Uchida, and Mark Steinberg playing Mozart Violin sonatas at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Japanese pianist, 20 December 1948 - and American violinist

00059129
Padmore, Mark and Nicholas Daniel singing and playing the oboe at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English tenor and English oboist

00059105
Alfred Brendel receiving a presentation from Nick Kenyon , Director of the Proms, at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 43, 2004. Last Proms appearance.
Austrian pianist, 5 January 1931 - . White jacket

00059037
Evelyn Glennie playing the vibraphone, accompanied the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Tan Dun at Prom 24 2004.
2 August . London Royal Albert Hall

00059030
Birmingham Junior Conservatoire choir singing
with child composing or scribbling in score in the foreground in Orford church at Aldeburgh Festival 2004.

00059022
Andrew Watts sitting in Orford church in Aldeburgh among music stands with a score in the foreground.
Aldeburgh music festival 2004. English counter-tenor.

00059020
Alison Balsom playing the Scherzer Piccolo tuned to A with a musician playing the horn next to her at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English trumpet player 1978 -

00058987
Bayreuth under Nazi rule with soldiers marching through it and swastikas on display
'Die stadt Richard Wagners geust die gafte des fuhrers', Wagner related.

00058982
Giraldoni, Eugenio portrait of him smoking
c. 1900. French baritone 1871 - 1924. Contrast with anti-smoking campaign of late 20th century.

00058950
Maurice Ravel and Madame Hélène Jourdan-Morhange
French composer, 17 March 1875 - 28 December 1937. Ravel proposed marriage to her but was refused.

00058947
Arthur Schnabel playing piano
Austrian composer and pianist 1882 - 1951

00058885
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August. Interior - showing large saucers installed near ceiling to improve acoustics

00058869
Bible, David and Jonathan united
Friendship threatened by Jonathan 's father King Saul. Kings.

00058867
Bible, Samuel anointing Saul as king
The first king of Israel. Kings

00058843
Bible, Cain killing Abel
The first murder. Genesis.

00058791
Muzio Clementi, score cover for his Three Sonatas for Clavichord or Piano, with violin and cello accompaniment. - c.1800s. Dedicated to Miss Blake. Italian pianist and composer, 23 January 1752 - 3 March 1832
in the original French: Trois Sonates pour Clavecin ou Pianoforte avec accompagnement de violon et violoncel (sic) dediées à Miss Blake par Muzio Clementi, oeuvre 28. Published in Paris.

00058790
Paul Dukas - score cover, ' L 'Apprenti Sorcier ' (Apprentice sorcerer) Scherzo after a poem by Goethe. French composer,
1st October 1865 -17th May 1935. Scherzo d'après une ballade de Goethe. Published in Paris.

00058753
David Bowie performing live at a concert on 4 October 1997, singing into microphone and playing guitar. British rock musician, composer, singer and song writer.
b. 8 Jan 1947

00058744
Musical ' Singing in the Rain ' performed at London's Sadlers Wells, August 2004, with Adam Cooper as Don Lockwood and Josefina Gabrielle as Kathy Selden.
Songs and music by Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown

00058725
Bedrich Smetana,portrait, Bohemian composer,
2 March 1824 - 12 May 1884.

00058709
Bette Davis in film ' All About Eve ', 1950. American Hollywood actress,
5 April 1908 - 6 October 1989. Publicity film still. Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

00058674
Fender Stratocaster 1954 electric guitar


00058666
Maho Ihara, of 10000 Steps, rehearsing 'MIMIZU' at Clore Studio Upstairs, Royal Opera House, London, July 2004. Part of Snagged and Clored contemporary dance season.


00058659
Sergei Rachmaninov 's father, Vassily Arkadyevich Rakmaninov - portrait. Sergei Rakhmaninov, Russian pianist and composer,
1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943.

00058652
Ukrainian folk dancers performance in traditional dress, Ukraine.


00058633
Hungarian folk dancers performance in traditional dress, Budapest, Hungary.


00058629
Armenian Dance Company in performance, Yerevan, Armenia, former USSR (Soviet Union) state. Traditional, folk.


00058622
Military marching brass band performing in uniform with wind instruments, International Children's Festival, Moscow. 1990s.
Saxophone, trombone, tuba, trumpet, clarinet.

00058605
Polish folk singers performing concert in traditional folk dress, with violinist.


00058601
V. Komissarzhevskaya statue, on her tomb, Alexander Nevsky Cemetery, Lavra, St Petersburg. Russian actress,
1864 - 1910. Was famous for performance of A.Chekhov's and H.Ibsen's characters.

00058599
CIMAROSA, Domenico - portrait. Italian composer
17 December 1749- 11 January 1801.

00058591
Buddy Holly (aka Buddy Holley , real name Charles Hardin) - portrait in late 50's. American singer,
7 September 1936 - 3 February 1959.

00058586
Scene from Peking Opera performance of 'Monkey King Makes Havoc in Heaven'. Chinese opera.


00058546
Maria Alexandrova as Juliet in Bolshoi Ballet production of Sergei Prokofiev's 'Romeo and Juliet', Covent Garden, London, July 2004. Russian composer,
27 April 1891 - 5 March 1953. Alexandrova: Russian soloist with Bolshoi, born 20 July 1978. Directed by Declan Donnellan, choreographed by Radu Poklitaru.

00058525
Oliver Twist. Film still from 1948 Rank Film production of Charles Dickens book - British novelist,
7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870. With Robert Newton as Bill Sykes, Alec Guiness as Fagin, Kenneth Downy as Workhouse Master, John Howard Davies as Oliver. Directed by David Lean, Music by ARNOLD BAX.

00058497
Emilio de Marchi as Cavaradossi in Puccini opera Tosca. Italian tenor.
Created role in original produciton, Rome, 1900. Puccini: Italian composer, 23 December 1858 - 29 November 1924. Autographed postcard.

00058490
Antonio Gades Flamenco Dance company, female dancers, performing. Antonio Gades, Spanish flamenco dancer and company director,
b.1936 - .

00058477
Frederic Chopin's tomb at Père-LaChaise cemetery, Paris. Polish composer,
1 March 1810 - 17 October 1849

00058468
Maxim Vengerov playing violin with student during his masterclass, Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, 1 April 2004. Russian violinist,
born 20 August 1974.

00058437
Nikolay Andreievich Rimsky-Korsakov - portrait. Russian composer
18 March 1844 - 21 June 1908.

00058406
Dexter Gordon playing saxophone in concert, Chicago Jazz Fest, 1987. American jazz tenor saxophonist,
27 February 1923 - 25 April 1990.

00058380
Avraham Fried with audience at Wembley Conference Centre, London, 10 June 2004. Traditional religious songs popular Jewish music singer.
Sings in Yiddish, Hebrew, English. Hasidic pop

00058375
Goodchild's Free Sunday - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Engraving from moral series 'Industry and Idleness' serving as guidelines for 18th century apprenice. Depicting Goodchild, the industrious apprenctice in Sunday service. Said to be in St Martin- in-the-Fields. Charles Dickens connection - ' The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices'

00058365
Marriage a la Mode - The Last Scene - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Social life in 18th century England. Witty artistic interpretation.

00059379
Amos Oz, Israeli author, 2 September, 2004
at book launch in London for his new book ' A Tale of Love and Darkness '.

00059347
Pope Urban VIII, also known as Maffeo Barberini - portrait.
Was Pope from 1623 until 1655.

00059340
The Pilgrim 's Progress by John Bunyan.
Scene as 'Christian and Hopeful Escape from Doubting Castle'. Full title of book- 'The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to that Which is to Come delivered under the Similitude of a Dream. Published London, 1776. First published 1678. Pilgrims

00059338
The Pilgrim 's Progress by John Bunyan.
Titlepage. 'The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to that Which is to Come delivered under the Similitude of a Dream. Published London, 1776. First published 1678. Pilgrims

00059304
Morrissey performing live
on 19 July 1997. British singer. Previously in the band the Smiths. B. Steven Patrick Morrissey, 22 May 1959

00059303
Morrissey performing live
on 19 July 1997. British singer. Previously in the band the Smiths. B. Steven Patrick Morrissey, 22 May 1959

00059301
Jonathan Davis performing with heavy metal band Korn
on 12 July 1997. American singer. b. 18 January 1971

00059282
Jewish physician c.1620.
Engraving by M. Nicouh. Sephardi community in Ottoman empire

00059270
Vienna, Bosendorfer-Konzertsaal / concert hall -interior.
Austria. Performers bowing to audience at end of performance. postcard

00059253
Maria Callas on LP cover for Madama Butterfly by Puccini
American soprano, 3 December 1923 - 16 September 1977. Madam, Madame.

00059252
Maria Callas on LP cover for Medea by Luigi Cherubini
American soprano, 3 December 1923 - 16 September 1977

00059191
Concert hall at Snape Maltings ,used for Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Britten connection

00059176
Daniel, Nicholas playing the oboe and Sioned Williams playing the harp at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English oboist and Welsh harpist 1 July 1953 -

00059175
Oramo, Sakari conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Finnish conductor 26 Oct 1965 -

00059171
Oramo, Sakari conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Finnish conductor 26 Oct 1965 -

00059164
One upright and one grand piano with a piano stool on stage at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059148
Nicholas Daniel,holding his oboe at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English oboist -

00059147
Nicholas Daniel holding his oboe at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English oboist -

00059134
Mitsuko Uchida, and Mark Steinberg playing Mozart Violin sonatas at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Japanese pianist, 20 December 1948 - and American violinist

00059116
Woolrich, John sitting at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English composer, 3 January 1954 -

00059114
Tomlinson, John singing with the Britten - Pears Orchestra at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. British bass - baritone

00059084
Leonidas Kavakos playing Violin Concerto no. 2 in D major by Szymanowski at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 37 2004. Accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä.
12 August. Greek violinist.

00059047
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, performing in a church at Aldeburgh
Festival 2004. Boys singing.

00059039
Brass instruments / trumpet being played by Britten Pears orchestra during rehearsal at Aldeburgh Festival.
2004.

00058991
David Bedford - portrait - English composer
- b. 1937

00058953
Vincent d'Indy autograph score of the opening of the Legende de saint Christophe..
French composer 27 March 1851 - 2 December 1931.

00058934
HEIFETZ, Jascha playing the violin, -
Russian American Violinist 1901-1987

00058910
Bible, David and Jonathan united.
Friendship threatened by Jonathan 's father King Saul. Kings

00058909
Victor Hartmann 's watercolour of a poor Jew from Sandomir - part of Mussorgsky 's composition Pictures at an Exhibition.inspired by memorial exhibition of his friend's work.
Deux juifs, l'un riche et l'autre pauvre. Russian composer, 21 March 1839 - 28 March 1881.

00058880
John Tavener and soprano Patricia Rozario at world concert premiere of his composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August

00058865
Bible, Ruth and Naomi
People gathering sheaves of wheat, Naomi in mourning - Ruth her daughter in law.

00058858
Bible, Moses and the burning bush
God appears to Moses from a burning bush. Exodus

00058849
Bible, Preparing to sacrifice Isaac
Abraham is prepared to sacrifice his only son. Genesis

00058827
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Brighton Festival Chorus and choir of the Temple Church and organist illuminated by yellow light. Organ, shows main stage and small temporary stage amongst the Promenaders

00058814
William Shakespeare, play The Tempest, act 3 scene 1
Ferdinand professing love to Miranda, 'the very instant that I saw you did my heart fly to your service' postcard

00058808
The Pharaoh's Daughter performed by the Bolshoi Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 5 August 2004. Choreographed by Pierre Lacotte with Sergei Filin as Wilson and Svetlana Zakharova as Aspicia. Score by Cesare Pugni.
Italian composer, 31 May 1802 - 26 January 1870

00058806
Yan Tan Tethera by Harrison Birtwistle, performed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 8 August 1986. Conducted by Elgar Howarth, directed by David Freeman with Omar Ebrahim ( baritone ) as Alan. Performed by Opera Factory / London Sinfonietta.
Birtwistle, English composer, 15 July 1934 -

00058802
Daniel Barenboim - portrait. Press conference at The Barbican, about West -Eastern Divan Orchestra on 3 August 2004. Israeli pianist & conductor,
b. 15 November 1942.

00058797
Moses descending from Mount Sinai holding the tablets inscribed with the 10 commandments.
History of Christianity and Judaism. Old Testament. Mean to be rays of light on his head.

00058788
Moses descending from Mount Sinai holding the tablets inscribed with the 10 commandments.
History of Christianity and Judaism. Old Testament.

00058751
David Bowie performing live at a concert on 3 October 1997, singing into microphone and playing guitar. British rock musician, composer, singer and song writer.
b. 8 January 1947

00058748
Blur performing live in concert on 10 June 1997. British rock band, here Damon Albarn playing his acoustic guitar and singing into microphone.
b.23 March 1968

00058745
Sir Colin Davis conducting Benjamin Britten 's ' War Requiem '. Prom 22, Summer 2004.
Conducting London Symphony Orchestra

00058711
Rotterdam Spanish quay
spaansche kade, cargo boats Postcard

00058643
Luzern / Lucerne Culture and Congress Centre. Exterior view with pool.
Architect: Jean Nouvel. Opened 1999.

00058621
Military marching brass band performing in uniform with wind instruments, International Children's Festival, Moscow. 1990s.
Saxophone, trombone, tuba, trumpet, clarinet.

00058602
Marius Petipa tomb, Alexander Nevsky Cemetery, Lavra, St Petersburg. Russian dancer choreographer,
11 March 1818 - 14 July 1910.

00058598
John Tavener - outdoors portrait. British composer,
28 January 1944 -.

00058575
Ukrainian holding traditional string folk instrument by seafront, Yalta, Ukraine.


00058566
Alpine/ Alpen horns being played by musicians in folk costume, Luzern, Switzerland.


00058562
Portrait of Franz Schubert's step mother Anna Kleyenboeck, c 1825. Austrian composer,
31 January 1797 - 19 November 1828. Found at Schubert birthplace museum, Vienna.

00058553
Johannes Brahms statue, Vienna.
German composer, 7 May 1833 - 3 April 1897

00058520
SOUSA, John Philip conducting with baton - American bandmaster and composer
(1854-1932)

00058505
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1877 - portrait - from drawing by her brother Dante Gabriel Rossetti . English poet
1830 - 1894. Poetry

00058501
Mascagni 's opera Cavalleria Rusticana - final act - from
watercolour by A. Bonamore Rome, premiere 17.5.1890. Italian composer (1863-1945)

00058486
Alexander Goehr - portrait. Mid-1950s. English composer.
10 August 1932 -

00058461
Henry Moore holding small bronze sculpture. English sculptor, portrait
30 July 1898 - 31 August 1986.

00058432
Simon and Garfunkel singing in concert, 'Old Friends' tour, Hyde Park, London, 16 July 2004. American folk-rock duo,
formed 1964.

00058402
Chicago at Lincoln Park Zoo with elephant. Peter Cetera on far left. American rock pop group,
formed 1967.

00058369
The Rake's Progress - Arrested for Debt - (1735) engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. A series of engravings depicting Tom Rakewell's life and his descent into madness. Street scene. London. Stravinsky connection.

00058327
José (Jose) Oduardo Perez dancing in Carlos Acosta show 'Tocororo - A Cuban Tale', July 2004. Cuban dancer.
First Principal with Scottish Ballet.

00058299
Johannes Vermeer painting 'A Young Woman Seated at the Virginals',
being studied by young woman prior to auction at Sotheby's for £16.2 million, 7 July 2004. Dutch artist, painter,1632 - 1675. The painting considered a fake for many years .

00058268
Doc Watson (real name Arthel Lane Watson) performing, playing his guitar and singing. Blind American guitarist, songwriter and singer of bluegrass, folk, country, and gospel music.
b. 23 March 1923

00059306
Liam Gallagher performing with band Oasis
on 3 December 1999.. British singer. b. 21 September 1972

00059276
Young Sir Georg Solti playing piano, at the time of the Geneva international piano competition, 1942
Hungarian born English conductor, 21 October 1912 - 1997

00059269
Vienna, Freiung. Street scene with people promenading, by S Granet.
Austria. Early brand of car. Postcard

00059261
Fidelio poster / announcement of performance 23 May 1814 at Vienna's Karnterthor Theatre.
Fidelio by Beethoven, German composer, 17 December 1770- 26 March 1827 / (premiered Vienna 1805)

00059260
Charles Czerny score page - Variations for Piano. For four hands, based on the favourite march of Lady Del Lago and dedicated to Countess Marie de Széchényi.
Austrian composer, 1791 - 1857. Variations Pour le Pianoforte à 4 mains sur la marche favorite della Donna Del Lago. Composèes et dedièes à Mademoiselle la Comtesse Marie de Széchényi par Charles Czerny. Cappi et Diabelli, Vienna, 1822

00059257
Charles Czerny 's score cover for Variations Brillantes, Trois Thêmes Favoris. No. 1, Air D'Opera, " Vivi Tu," Nos. 2 and 3, Airs de Ballet, " Sonnambula " and " Les Orgies de Carafa " for piano and four hands. dedicated to Agnes Hooper.
Austrian composer, 1791 - 1857 Wessel and Co, London, 1836

00059241
Arturo Toscanini conducting with baton. Italian conductor,
25 March 1867 - 16 January 1957.

00059180
Jobin, Raoul - portrait - signed


00059179
Jacques Loussier at the piano in 1964
playing Bach jazz style for t Claude Bessy's ballet at tle Comique Opera 26 Decemeber 1964 .

00059159
Pierlot, Philippe playing a viola da gamba at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Belgian viola player

00059133
Steinberg, Mark and Mitsuko Uchida playing Mozart Violin sonatas at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Japanese pianist, 20 December 1948 - and American violinist

00059122
Luiza Borac, standing next to a piano at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Romanian pianist

00059120
Woolrich, John sitting at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English composer, 3 January 1954 -

00059108
Vivien Duffield at an interview in July 2004.
English philanthropist.

00059102
Alfred Brendel performing Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, ' Emperor ' by Beethoven, accompanied by the Philharmonia Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 43, 2004. Last Proms appearance.
Austrian pianist, 5 January 1931 - . White jacket

00059068
Horn in case next to a concerto score for horn.
Aldeburgh Festival 2004.

00059051
Evelyn Glennie performing concerto for water percussion and orchestra by Tan Dun, accompanied the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Prom 24 2004.
2 August

00059049
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, performing in a church at Aldeburgh
Festival 2004. Boys singing and smiling.

00059031
Birmingham Junior Conservatoire choir singing
with child composing or scribbling in score in the foreground in Orford church at Aldeburgh Festival 2004.

00059027
Birmingham Junior Conservatoire choir singing in Orford church at Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059024
Anthony Marwood at the end of a performance at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English violinist.

00059019
Children 's choir at Aldeburgh music festival 2004
primary school with children singing, their faces reflected on the top of the piano.

00059009
Aldeburgh, view of a street with the sea in the distance and a child walking down it.
Music festival 2004. Britten connection

00058997
Trombone player performing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall. Prom 21, 2004
31 July.

00058993
Wynton Marsalis performing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall. Prom 21, 2004
31 July. American trumpet player. Director of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

00058988
Heifetz, Jascha holding his violin
Russian American violinist, 2 February 1901 - 10 December 1987

00058983
Barbirolli, John conductor of the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in a BBC studio in
1942. English conductor, 2 December 1899 - 1970.

00058970
HANDEL, George Frideric with a copy of the score of Messiah by Thomas Hudson
German-English composer, 23 February 1685 - 14 April 1759

00058948
Vincent d'Indy final page of his handwritten score for Fervaal .
French composer 27 March 1851 - 2 December 1931.

00058908
Victor Hartmann 's design of the new city gate for Kiev- part of Mussorgsky's piano suite Pictures at an Exhibition.
Finale was entitled La Grande Porte de Kiev. Memorial exhibition by M's dead friend Hartmann. Russian composer, 21 March 1839 - 28 March 1881.

00058903
Gidon Kremer receiving applause after playing Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor by Shostakovich at London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 20 2004. With Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.
31 July Latvian violinist 27 February 1947 -

00058864
Bible, Samson fighting and defeating a Lion
Samson and Delilah, Nazerite, uncut hair. Judges. Delila, Dalila, Dalilah, Simson

00058860
Bible, The children of Israel receive the manna in the desert
Moses and Aaron standing on a rock in the background - during the exodus from Egypt. Exodus

00058844
Bible, The Flood
Noah 's Ark floating while the remaining people drown. Genesis

00058834
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with Patricia Rozario singing, Stephen Layton conducting, plus choirs.

00058830
John Tavener backstage at World concert premiere of his composition The Veil of the Temple with conductor Stephen Layton at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August

00058823
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with the Choir of the Temple of the Church

00058807
Alfred Brendel Aldeburgh Festival 2003. Austrian pianist,
b.1931-.

00058757
Dave Grohl performing with his band Foo Fighters live on 3 December 1999 playing guitar. American drummer, musician, singer and guitarist
. Formely part of Seatle band Nirvana. b. 14 January 1969

00058734
Riga, Russian theatre
postcard view of river, theatre, water Published in Stockholm

00058729
English folk ballad, Widecombe Fair,
About Tom Pearce, horse, nursery rhyme

00058718
Sir Walter Scott, portrait. English novelist and poet
1771-1832,

00058710
Rotterdam canal with boats
schie, Postcard

00058675
Boss DD-5 technical guitar effects - digital delay electric guitar pedal.


00058663
Children 's choir of Young Pioneers, Soviet youth organization, with bust of Lenin in background, Tallinn, Estonia, 1966. Russia, USSR.


00058637
Spanish traditional flamenco dancers, performance in folk dress, Seville, Spain.


00058636
Spanish traditional flamenco dancers, performance in folk dress, Seville, Spain.


00058613
Sergei Prokofiev opera 'War and Peace', Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. Russian composer,
27 April 1891 - 5 March 1953.

00058587
Scene from Peking Opera performance of 'Monkey King Makes Havoc in Heaven'. Chinese opera.


00058549
Frederic Chopin portrait at his birth place, Zelazowa Wola, Poland.
Polish composer, 1 March 1810 - 17 October 1849.

00058531
Oliver Twist. film still from 1948 Rank Film production of Charles Dickens Oliver asks for more. British novelist,
7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870. With Robert Newton as Bill Sykes, Alec Guiness as Fagin, Kenneth Downy as Workhouse Master, John Howard Davies as Oliver. Directed by David Lean, Music by ARNOLD BAX.

00058517
Bette Davis in her twenties. American Hollywood actress,
5 April 1908 - 6 October 1989.

00058504
Gioacchino A. Rossini holding restaurant menu. Italian composer,
29 February 1792 - 13 November 1868. Also Gioachino

00058500
Hariclea DARCLÉE creator of role as Tosca in Puccini opera. Rumanian soprano,
1860 - 1939. Created role in original produciton, Rome, 1900. Puccini: Italian composer, 23 December 1858 - 29 November 1924. Autographed postcard, with Puccin's portrait.

00058494
Antonio Gades portrait. Spanish flamenco dancer and company director,
14 November 1936 - 20 June 2004.

00058482
Richard Hickox conducting with baton, Prom 4, Royal Albert Hall, London, 19 July 2004. English conductor,
b.1948. Part of BBC Proms 2004.

00058470
Maxim Vengerov playing violin during his masterclass, Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, 1 April 2004. Russian violinist,
born 20 August 1974.

00058448
Bolshoi Ballet perform ' Don Quixote ', choreographed by Marius Petipa. Maria Alexandrova as Kitri, Covent Garden, London, July 2004. French dancer, choreographer and ballet master,
11 March 1818 - 14 July 1910. Production by Alexei Fadeyechev. Alexandrova: Russian soloist with Bolshoi, born 20 July 1978.

00058435
' South Pacific ' finale to Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein 's musical - original Broadway production - 1949 - from cast recording CD, with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza.


00058431
Cole Porter - portrait with hat taken upon his arrival in Paris on 27 September 1957. American composer,
9 June 1891 - 15 October 1964.

00059193
Fringe band at Snape Maltings, part of Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059187
Barbara Hepworth sculptures in grounds of Snape Maltings at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Britten connection

00059160
Pierlot, Philippe playing a viola da gamba at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Belgian viola player

00059150
MRIDANGAM - Indian drum. Vertical view on white background.


00059137
Mark Steinberg, holding violin while playing Mozart Violin sonatas at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Japanese pianist, 20 December 1948 - and American violinist

00059110
Vivien Duffield at an interview in July 2004.
English philanthropist.

00059095
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting Mass in B Minor by Bach, performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 41, 2004.
English conductor, 20th April 1943 -

00059090
Ian Bostridge singing the War Requiem by Benjamin Britten at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 22, 2004. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
1 August. English tenor

00059089
Simon Keenlyside and Ian Bostridge singing the War Requiem by Benjamin Britten at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 22, 2004. Accompanied by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Sir Colin Davis.
1 August. English baritone, English tenor

00059053
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, performing in a church at Aldeburgh
Festival 2004.View of boys and men and choir master.

00059042
Evelyn Glennie performing concerto for water percussion and orchestra by Tan Dun, accompanied the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Prom 24 2004.
2 August. London Royal Albert Hall

00059011
Aldeburgh, view of the beach with ships on the shore and houses on the side.
Music festival 2004. Britten connection

00058981
Gershwin, George playing his 'Concerto in F' for Walter Damrosch
premiered by the New York Philharmonic in 1925. American composer & pianist, 26th September 1898 - 11th July 1937

00058980
Goossens, Leon holding an oboe before a painting.
in 1959. English oboist and composer 1897 - 1988.

00058975
William Still Grant, portrait. American composer and conductor.
1895- 1978. First black American to attain worldwide and national recognition.

00058971
HANDEL, George Frideric by Rudolf Hoffmann
German-English composer, 23 February 1685 - 14 April 1759

00058962
Franz Schubert sitting with a score next to a village thinking drawn by Batt.
Austrian composer, 31 January 1797 - 19 November 1828.

00058930
Richard Wagner portrait. German composer & author,
22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883.

00058916
Bible, Rebecca at the well
Abraham 's servant is sent to find a wife for Isaac. Genesis

00058911
Victor Hartmann's painting of The Catacombs
- Self portrait of the author in Roman catacombs beneath the streets of Paris. Part of Mussorgsky 's composition Pictures at an Exhibition inspired by memorial exhibition of his friend's work.

00058899
Gidon Kremer playing the Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor by Shostakovich at London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 20 2004. With Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.
31 July Latvian violinist 27 February 1947 -

00058884
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice
Premiere performance at Palace Theatre, London 1972. Chorus.

00058878
John Tavener at world concert premiere of his composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August Background shows interior stalls of Royal Albert Hall

00058857
Bible, Moses kills an Egyptian to stop him killing a Jew / Israelite
Exodus

00058815
William Shakespeare play , The Winter 's Tale - scene
postcard

00058805
Simon Rattle conducting at the Royal Albert Hall


00058798
Moses and the Israelites guided by column of fire enter the desert (top right) while the Egyptian pharaoh and his army drown in the Red Sea.
History of Christianity and Judaism. Old Testament.

00058789
Henri Duparc 's art song: score cover to ' Phydilé, Leconte de Lisle ', dedicated to Ernest Chausson. Published in Paris.


00058752
David Bowie performing live at a concert on 4 October 1997, singing into microphone and playing guitar. British rock musician, composer, singer and song writer.
b. 8 January 1947

00058741
Duran Duran - studio shot. English pop rock band. February 2003.


00058740
Victor Hugo, French author
1826 November - 1871. Caption reads ' Photographed by his son Charles Hugo 1853'

00058716
Bavarian dance scene
traditional costume, lederhosen Munchen postcard

00058705
Venice, Piazza San Marco, Italy, view
Technografica Milan, postcard .Stamped 1909. Artist unknown.

00058700
Fishing boat on beach, Aldeburgh, England. Scenic.
Benjamin Britten and Petter Pears settled in Aldeburgh and in 1947 they established the Aldeburgh Festival. Peter Grimes connection. English composer, born 22 November 1913, died 4 December 1976.

00058657
John Philip Sousa - portrait composing in his study, holding score of his ' The Gladiator March '. American bandmaster and composer.
1854-1932 Musica

00058647
Mongolian dancers performing traditional folk dance, Gobi.


00058641
Spanish traditional flamenco dancers, performance in folk dress, Seville, Spain.


00058620
Commuters board train at Moscow Metro station, Russia.


00058540
Pinchas Zukerman plays violin with Sir Andrew Davis conducting BBC Symphony Orchestra with baton, Prom 13, Royal Albert Hall, London, 25 July 2004. Israeli violinist, violist, conductor,
born 16 July 1948. Davis,:British Conductor, born 1944. Part of BBC Proms 2004. Playing Elgar violin concerto.

00058533
Vincenzo Bellini opera La Straniera, Act 1. Engraving of scene by Focosi. Italian composer,
3 November 1801 - 23 September 1835

00058532
Oliver Twist film still from 1948 Rank Film production of Charles Dickens. British novelist,
7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870. With Robert Newton as Bill Sykes, Alec Guiness as Fagin, Kenneth Downy as Workhouse Master, John Howard Davies as Oliver. Directed by David Lean, Music by ARNOLD BAX.

00058485
Harrison Birtwistle with conductor Stephen Cleobury at UK premire for his work 'The Ring Dance of the Nazarene', Royal Albert Hall, London, 19 July 2004. English composer,
15 July 1934 - . Cleobury: English organist, conductor, 31 December 1948 - . Performance was Prom 5 of 2004 BBC Proms.

00058483
Richard Hickox conducting with baton, Prom 4, Royal Albert Hall, London, 19 July 2004. English conductor,
b.1948. Part of BBC Proms 2004.

00058424
Ray Charles playing piano during concert, with backing band in background. American pianist and vocalist,
23 September 1930 - 10 June 2004

00058412
Joe Williams in concert, Chicago Jazz Fest. American jazz vocalist,
12 December 1918 - 29 March 1999. Sang with Count Basie Orchestra during 1950s.

00058388
The Murderer and Sheriff - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Engraving from moral series 'Industry and Idleness' serving as guidelines for the 18th century apprentice. Scenes of London life. Depicting Idle, the lazy apprenctice being tried for murder. Charles Dickens connection - ' The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices'

00058383
BB King playing his customised Gibson electric guitar, 'Lucille', in concert, Saratoga, 1979. American blues singer guitarist,
16 September 1925.

00058377
Avraham Fried with audience at Wembley Conference Centre, London, 10 June 2004. Traditional religious songs popular Jewish music singer.
Sings in Yiddish, Hebrew, English. Hasidic pop

00058370
The Rake's Progress - The Wedding - (1735) engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by D Koch. A series of engravings depicting Tom Rakewell's life and his descent into madness. Tom marries a rich lady. Stravinsky connection.

00058351
HOLMES, Augusta - portrait in her study at home. Irish naturalized French pianist and composer. Composed under name of Hermann Zenta. Studied with Franck.
1847-1903.

00058350
Jury of the 1903 ' Concours Sonzogno ' in 1903: French composer Jules Massenet, Italian composer Francesco Cilea, Creton, German composer Engelbert Humperdinck, Galli, Italian conductor Cleofonte Campanini, Danish composer Asger Hamerick
(respectively from left to right) seated at table.

00058326
José (Jose) Oduardo Perez dancing in Carlos Acosta show 'Tocororo - A Cuban Tale', July 2004. Cuban dancer.
First Principal with Scottish Ballet.

00058280
Joe Pass, performing, playing his guitar, 1991. American jazz guitarist.
1929 - 1994.

00058277
Joe Pass, performing, playing his guitar. American jazz guitarist.
1929 - 1994.

00058242
Esteso flamenco guitar, with wooden tuning pegs. Acoustic


00058192
Muddy Waters performing with guitar at The Quiet Knight club, Chicago. American blues singer guitarist,
born McKinley Morganfield, 4 April 1915 - 30 April 1983.

00058190
Junior Wells performing at Theresa's Lounge, Chicago. American blues vocalist, harmonica player,
born Amos Blackmore, 9 December 1934 - 15 January 1998.

00058180
Percussionists performing on stage with brooms.
Street Percussion.

00059113
Bostridge, Ian and Thomas Ades discussing work at piano at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English Tenor 1966 -

00059067
Hesperion XXI, drummer rehearsing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Ensemble 1974 -

00059012
Aldeburgh, view of the beach and horizon with two ships on the shore
Music festival 2004. Britten connection

00058994
Wynton Marsalis performing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at London Royal Albert Hall. Prom 21, 2004
31 July. American trumpet player. Director of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

00058986
Handel caricature, ' The charming brute' by J. Groupy
A pig playing the harpsichord. Satire. German-English composer, 23 February 1685 - 14 April 1759

00058957
First Night of the Proms 1961 with Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting at London Royal Albert Hall
Promenaders BBC

00058945
Maurice Ravel
French composer, 17 March 1875 - 28 December 1937.

00058924
Poul Ruders at Aldeburgh 2001.
Danish composer b. 27 March 1949 -

00058906
Bible, Moses is placed in a cradle in the bulrushes / bull rushes
so Pharoah will not kill him. Exodus

00058832
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with Patricia Rozario singing, plus choirs.

00058818
Richard Wagner portrait last photograph 1883 by Adolf von Gross. German composer & author,
22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883.

00058810
HUMPERDINCK, Engelbert - caricature. German composer,
1 September 1854 - 27 September 1921

00058764
David Bowie performing live at a concert on 4 October 1997, singing into microphone and playing guitar under spot-light. British rock musician, composer, singer and song writer.
b. 8 Jan 1947

00058763
Blue Danube, front / score cover by Johann Strauss Austrian composer, conductor and violinist,
depicting the Danube at night. 25 October 1825 - 3 June 1899. Leeds 1927

00058761
Richard Strauss, Traumerie score cover, Opus 9 no. 4 German Composer & conductor
. 11 June 1864 - 8 September 1949. Front cover of the score. Universal edition 1903

00058737
Pyrenees musicians,
Folk band in traditional costume playing violin, cello.

00058704
Riga theatre boulevard and square.
Estonia Postcard

00058695
Fishing boat on beach, Aldeburgh, England. Scenic.
Benjamin Britten and Petter Pears settled in Aldeburgh and in 1947 they established the Aldeburgh Festival. Peter Grimes connection. English composer, born 22 November 1913, died 4 December 1976.

00058691
Aldeburgh Festival 2004 writer-in-residence, Adam Thorpe, holding books. Poet, playwright and novelist writer,
born 1956.

00058690
Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninov's first piano teacher, Anna Ornatskaya (left) with Sergei 's mother, Lyubov Rachmaninov (right).
Rakhmaninov, Russian pianist and composer, 1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943.

00058668
Graham Vick directing Benjamin Britten's opera 'Curlew River', Prom 17, Royal Albert Hall, London, 28 July 2004. English composer, conductor and pianist,
22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976. Orchestra and chorus appear in police uniforms. Performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) and Birmingham Opera Company. Part of BBC Proms season. Vick: British theatre director.

00058667
British tenor Mark Wilde as The Madwoman in Benjamin Britten's opera 'Curlew River', Prom 17, Royal Albert Hall, London, 28 July 2004. English composer, conductor and pianist,
22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976 Performed by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) and Birmingham Opera Company. Part of BBC Proms season.

00058656
HOLMES, Augusta - portrait. Irish naturalized French pianist and composer.
Composed under name of Hermann Zenta. Studied with Franck.1847-1903.

00058639
Spanish traditional flamenco dancers, performance in folk dress, Seville, Spain.
Motion, atmospheric.

00058588
Kabuki Theatre, Tokyo.
Japanese

00058563
Franz Schubert statue, Vienna.
Austrian composer, 31 January 1797 - 19 November 1828.

00058536
Alicia Markova - English ballet dancer - in Lisbon in 1954 with Alexis Rassine
standing in front of poster advertising their performance at Teatro Rivoli on 29th December 1954. AM born 1910 -

00058530
Oliver Twist film still from 1948 Rank Film production of Charles Dickens' book. British novelist,
7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870. With Robert Newton as Bill Sykes, Alec Guiness as Fagin, Kenneth Downy as Workhouse Master, John Howard Davies as Oliver. Directed by David Lean, Music by ARNOLD BAX.

00058522
Oliver Twist. Film still from 1948 Rank Film production of Charles Dickens ' book. British novelist,
7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870. With Robert Newton as Bill Sykes, Alec Guiness as Fagin, Kenneth Downy as Workhouse Master, John Howard Davies as Oliver. Directed by David Lean, Music by ARNOLD BAX.

00058516
Bette Davis acting with Errol Flynn in film 'The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex', 1939. American Hollywood actress,
5 April 1908 - 6 October 1989. Publicity film still. Directed by Michael Curtiz.

00058459
Mark Elder holding baton with Halle Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall, London, 17 July 2004. English conductor and Hallé Orchestra Music Director,
b. 1947. Prom 2, 2004 BBC Proms.

00058442
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - portrait from Musical Museum, Moscow. Artist not known. Austrian composer.
27 January 1756 - 5 December 1791.

00058426
Roscoe Mitchell playing saxophone with band, HotHouse, Chicago, 1995. American jazz composer saxophonist,
3 August 1940 -

00058408
Dizzy Gillespie playing trumpet in concert, Chicago Jazz Fest. American jazz trumpeter,
21 October 1917 - 6 January 1993.

00058400
Bob Marley performing at The Quiet Knight club, Chicago, 1975. Jamaican reggae singer songwriter musician,
6 February 1945 - 11 May 1981.

00058398
Bobby McFerrin singing in concert, Star Theatre, Merryville, Indiana, 1988. American jazz musician, vocalist and composer,
11 March 1950.

00058396
Noon in London streets - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Scene of 18th Century London street life.

00058381
Avraham Fried singing, with band and display screen, Wembley Conference Centre, London, 10 June 2004. Traditional religious songs popular Jewish music singer.
Sings in Yiddish, Hebrew, English. Hasidic pop

00058376
Avraham Fried singing at Wembley Conference Centre, London, 10 June 2004. Traditional religious songs popular Jewish music singer.
Sings in Yiddish, Hebrew, English. Hasidic pop

00058366
The Rake's Progress - the Heir - (1735) engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A Carse. A series of engravings depicting Tom Rakewell's life and his descent into madness. London. Stravinsky connection.

00058364
Marriage a la Mode - The Divorce - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Social life in 18th century England. Witty artistic interpretation.

00058363
Marriage a la Mode - After the Ball - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Social life in 18th century England. Witty artistic interpretation. Richard Strauss Rosenkavalier connection

00058358
Joseph Bohuslav Foerster - portrait of the Czech composer.
1859-1951.

00058341
Leonard Bernstein portrait 1956. American conductor & composer,
25 August 1918 - 14 October 1990

00058328
Jonathan HARVEY composing music 1996. English composer,
b.1939

00058281
Joe Pass, performing, playing his guitar, 1973. American jazz guitarist.
1929 - 1994.

00058275
Led Zeppelin - Jimmy Page performing, playing his Les Paul electric guitar, in early 70s (or late 60s). English rock guitarist.
b. 9 January 1944.

00058260
Man playing the recorder, engraving c. 15th century.
Very early type of recorder superseded by Hotteterre type. From Bonnani 's Gabinetto Armonico 1723 engraving by Arnold van Westerhout

00058250
Woman in long elegant dress composing on a scroll, with a quill .
Cover of Italian music magazine, ' Musica e Musicisti ' , the musical gazette of Milan, 1904.

00058238
Political demonstration in Paris on 30 May 1968, with Vive la France placards, pledging support to President Charles de Gaulle.
Revolution. March. Political unrest.

00058218
Child clay modelling at Paddington Park Play Day , August 2003.
Workshop. Class.

00058188
Junior Wells performing at Theresa's Lounge, Chicago. American blues vocalist, harmonica player,
born Amos Blackmore, 9 December 1934 - 15 January 1998.

00058185
Muddy Waters cutting cake on Father's Day surrounded by children. American blues singer guitarist,
born McKinley Morganfield, 4 April 1915 - 30 April 1983.

00058157
German king's crown, 1350. Encrusted with jewels and gold - sapphires, pearls.
Residenz Museum, Munich, Germany

00058151
Birth of Venus. Painting by Sandro Botticelli, 1485. Italian painter.
(1444/5 - 1510). Goddess. Planet

00058146
End of Russian winter with melting snow and birch trees. - beginning of Spring


00058141
Moscow streets - Pont des Marechaux - early 1900s.
Horse drawn taxis. Shop blinds open. Russia. Pre-revolution tinted card.

00058138
St Petersburg - Nevksy Prospect street. Taken from Anitchkov birdge.
Pre-revolution. Horse and buggy, horse drawn tram. postcard

00058096
JAMMES, Francis - portrait. French poet.
1868-1938 GL Manuel

00058072
Columbine and Harlequin playing guitar and flute in garden - water colour by Brianchon
Looks like 19th century.

00058067
Francis Poulenc drawing by Roger Wild. French composer,
7 January 1899 - 30 January 1963.

00059094
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducting Mass in B Minor by Bach, performed by the Monteverdi Choir and the English Baroque Soloists at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 41, 2004.
English conductor, 20th April 1943 -

00059092
Sir Colin Davis conducting the War Requiem by Britten played by the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 22, 2004. With tenor Ian Bostridge singing.
1 August. English conductor b 25 September, 1927

00059063
Vollam, Helen playing the trombone at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English trombonist.

00059061
Harp and harpist City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( CBSO ), performing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059058
Francois Fernandez and Philippe Pierlot playing violin and viola at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. French violinist 1960 - and Belgian viola player.

00059036
Britten-Pears Orchestra, cello section, performing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Young musicians.

00059008
Aldeburgh, view of the beach and sea with a boat in the foreground on the shore and houses in the near distance.
Music festival 2004. Britten connection

00058985
Virgil Thomson and Betty Allen preparing for the New York Philharmonic 's performance of Thomson 's opera 'Four Saints in Three Acts'. American composer and American mezzo - soprano
VT: 25 November 1896 - 30 September 1989. BA: b. 17 March 1930. Photograph by John Vignoli

00058976
Goossens, Sidonie - playing the harp
1964. English harpist 1899 - .

00058968
Bach, Johann Philip painting a portrait


00058959
Malcom Sargent
in 1960. English conductor and organist 1895 - 1967 BBC

00058922
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1943. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058879
John Tavener at world concert premiere of his composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August

00058852
Bible, Jacob meets Rachel and Leah at the well
Genesis

00058846
Bible, The building of the Tower of Babel
-nations with many languages. Genesis

00058842
Bible, Adam and Eve being banished from Paradise / Garden of Eden.
Fiery angel sending them out. Genesis

00058794
Rock band Bauhaus performing on stage on 8 September 1998. Peter Murphy
Started Gothic music.

00058778
Kiss - hard rock group. Ace Frehley (previously Paul Frehley) and Gene Simmons performing with band KISS on 8 October 1996. AF American guitarist, rock star.
b. 27 April 1951

00058755
Eugene Goossens, Four Concerts, Opus 20. 1918.
The Gargoyle on front score cover London, J & W chester, 1918

00058747
Psalm 130 in original Hebrew script. Published in 1927 in Vilna, Poland.
From Rosh Hashana Makhzor / New Year liturgy. Latin version reads : ' De profundis…'

00058735
Cracow / Krakow, Jagiellonian University / Jagiellonski,
people promenading outside the university in the gardens. Poland

00058728
Alghieri Dante drawing by Alfresco di Giotto. Italian poet
1265 - September 1321 Firenze/ Florence

00058694
Alan Hacker playing bass clarinet, Aldeburgh Festival, Snape, England, 2004. English clarinettist,
b.1938 -

00058677
Fender black face twin reverb amplifier


00058664
Children 's choir of Young Pioneers, Soviet youth organization, with bust of Lenin in background, Tallinn, Estonia, 1966. Russia, USSR.
Banner in cyrilic script above stage.

00058658
Sergei Rachmaninov 's mother, Lyobov Petrarna Racmaninava - portrait. Sergei Rakhmaninov, Russian pianist and composer,
1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943.

00058645
London Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Auditorium.
Detail of circle seats lit up for performance.

00058625
Soviet children's orchestra, performing in concert, International Children's Festival, Moscow. 1990s.


00058519
Oliver Twist film still from 1948 Rank Film production of Charles Dickens British novelist,
7 February 1812 - 9 June 1870. With Robert Newton as Bill Sykes, Alec Guiness as Fagin, Kenneth Downy as Workhouse Master, John Howard Davies as Oliver. Directed by David Lean, Music by ARNOLD BAX.

00058513
Bette Davis acting in film 'Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte', 1964. American Hollywood actress,
5 April 1908 - 6 October 1989. Publicity film still. Directed by Robert Aldrich.

00058508
Christina Georgina Rossetti 1866 - portrait with book by her brother Danet Gabriel Rossetti - English poet
1830 - 1894. Poetry

00058489
Alexander Goehr - portrait. German composer.
b.1932

00058457
Jonathan Lemalu singing with Halle Orchestra, Royal Albert Hall, London, 17 July 2004. New Zealand born Samoan bass baritone,
1976 - . Prom 2, 2004 BBC Proms.

00058420
Professor Longhair playing piano singing in concert, New Orleans Jazz Fest. American jazz pianist vocalist arranger,
born Roy Byrd, 19 December 1918 - 30 January 1980.

00058413
Koko Taylor singing in concert, 1988. American blues vocalist,
28 September 1935 -

00058405
Natalie Clein performing, playing her cello. Mostly Mozart Season, Barbican Centre, Summer 2004. British cellist,
b. 1977.

00058404
Buddy Guy holding guitar with Eric Clapton at Limelight, Chicago, 1987. American blues and rock guitarist and singer
born 30 July 1936. Clapton: English singer guitarist, born 30 March 1945.

00058393
Morning - London streets - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Scene of 18th Century London street lifeand society.

00058392
Goodchild as Lord Mayor of London - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Engraving from moral series 'Industry and Idleness' serving as guidelines for the18th century apprentice. London street scene. Depicting Goodchild, the industrious apprentice, parading as new mayor. Charles Dickens connection - ' The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices'. London life and society

00058387
The Thieves Den - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Engraving from moral series 'Industry and Idleness' serving as guidelines for the 18th century apprentice. Scenes of London life. Depicting Idle, the lazy apprenctice in a thieves den.. Charles Dickens connection - ' The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices'

00058338
Vincenzo Jacovacci caricature. Italian Impresario,
19th C. VERDI connection

00058330
Thomas Augustine Arne - titled 'Dr Arne'. English Composer
1710-1778 holding a score , wearing a coat edged with fur and shirt with lace cuffs and collar. W. Humphrey fecit. Published 19th January 1778 by W. Humphrey. Mezzotint .

00058321
Jacques Offenbach - portrait as young man. German / French composer.
20 June 1819 - 5 October 1880.

00058311
Charles-Marie Widor, poster for his opera ' Les Pêcheurs de St Jean ', 1906. Poster designed by Fernand-Louis Gottlob for Paris Opera House production, showing men, women and children calling out from the coast and praying to a tempestuous sea.
Widor, French organist, teacher and composer, 21 February 1844 - 12 March 1937. Gottlob, French artist, 1873 - 1935.

00058310
Moritz Moszkowski / Moskowski - portrait. Polish-German pianist and composer.
23 August 1854 - 4 March 1925.

00058259
Miles Davis playing trumpet with Wayne Shorter playing saxophone, Herbie Hancock on piano, on stage, Berlin, 1964. American jazz composer, trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist,
born 26 May 1926 - 28 September 1991. Shorter: American jazz composer and saxophonist, born 25 August 1933.

00058246
Richard Wagner 's funeral procession in Bayreuth, 1883, going past the train station. Drawing after a woodcut . German composer & author,
1813-1883. Postcard.

00058206
Jennie Lee - Aneurin Bevan's wife on the same platform with him at the September 1954 Labour Party conference in Scarborough England.
Politics. Government

00058200
Aneurin (Nye) Bevan addressing Labour meeting in 1958. Labour party politician and creator of British National Health Service as Minister of Health in the Attlee Government. Welsh politician
1897- 1960. Government. Election. Politics. Socialist.

00058189
Junior Wells performing before audience at Theresa's Lounge, Chicago. American blues vocalist, harmonica player,
born Amos Blackmore, 9 December 1934 - 15 January 1998.

00058172
Pyotr Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY's house in Klin, Russia. Russian composer
Russian composer, 7 May 1840 - 6 November 1893.

00058170
Pyotr Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY - tomb of the Russian composer,
Alexander Nevsky Cemetery, St Petersburg. (7 May 1840 - 6 November 1893)

00058147
Russian winter with house covered with snow and person nearing home. Painting by A. Prokofiev.


00058143
Moscow courtyard with onion dome church in background.
large courtyard, pastoral scene.

00058128
Classic Russian fairy tale illustration of a Gamaiun - Painting by Petr Ivanovich Subbotin
1886-1923. Gamaiun is a bird of paradise mentioned in the Apocrypha (Old Testament Bible) as a 'wise bird'. Flies in the sky and lives in the sea- has woman's face and breasts. Its cries are a prophecy of happiness.

00058117
Sir Henry Irving - British actor in role of Mephistopholes in 'Faust'
6 February, 1838 - 13 October, 1905

00058064
Jacques Ibert drawing by Roger Wild . French composer,
15 August 1890 - 5 February 1962

00058032
Spanish Inquisition victims being cruelly tortured.


00059083
Leonidas Kavakos playing Violin Concerto no. 2 in D major by Szymanowski at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 37 2004. Accompanied by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vänskä.
12 August. Greek violinist.

00059080
Wu Man playing the pipa and Joel Fan playing the piano accompanied by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Robertson at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 38, 2004.
13 August. Featuring members of the Silk Road Ensemble.

00059078
Wu Man, Joel Fan, Yo-Yo Ma, Bright Sheng and Wu Tong with the London Sinfonietta at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 38, 2004.
13 August. Featuring members of the Silk Road Ensemble.

00059057
Aldeburgh, Crag Path, houses and dog sitting in car in the foreground in road which overlooks the sea.
Aldeburgh Festival 2004. Britten connection

00059055
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, performing in a church at Aldeburgh
Festival 2004. Boys singing.

00059034
Rehearsal of string quartet in Blythburgh Church, Aldeburgh Festival
2004.

00059007
Aldeburgh, view of the beach with a boat in the foreground on the shore and houses in the near distance.
Music festival 2004. Britten background

00059003
Alan Hacker with clarinet on his knees at the Aldeburgh Festival
2004. English Clarinerttist and conductor 1938 -

00058995
Wynton Marsalis performing with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall. Prom 21, 2004
31 July. American trumpet player. Director of Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra

00058974
Goossens, Sidonie - final appearance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra on the first night of the proms
July 17 1981. English harpist 1899 - .

00058938
Friedrich von Schiller - portrait
German poet and dramatist 1759-1805

00058927
The Red Violin. Directed by Francois Girard. 1998, New Line Cinema
Film still Bob Marshak / New Line

00058920
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1943. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058848
Bible, The burning of Sodom and Gomorrah
Lot and his daughters leaving the city. Lot 's wife turns to look and is turned into a pillar of salt. Genesis

00058750
Blur performing live in concert on 10 June 1997. British rock band, here Damon Albarn singing into microphone.
b. 23 March 1968

00058721
Bari, Petruzelli theatre
Guiseppe Lobuono, Bari

00058717
BBC Wireless Orchestra, Bournemouth, 1924
Palm in background. Orchestra established before BBC was set up.

00058715
Colmar, train station
Strasbourg

00058699
Street scene, Aldeburgh, England. Scenic.
Benjamin Britten and Petter Pears settled in Aldeburgh and in 1947 they established the Aldeburgh Festival. Peter Grimes connection. English composer, born 22 November 1913, died 4 December 1976.

00058698
Fishing boat on beach, Aldeburgh, England. Scenic.
Benjamin Britten and Petter Pears settled in Aldeburgh and in 1947 they established the Aldeburgh Festival. Peter Grimes connection. English composer, born 22 November 1913, died 4 December 1976.

00058696
Fishing boat on beach, Aldeburgh, England. Scenic.
Benjamin Britten and Petter Pears settled in Aldeburgh and in 1947 they established the Aldeburgh Festival. Peter Grimes connection. English composer, born 22 November 1913, died 4 December 1976.

00058692
Aldeburgh Festival 2004 writer-in-residence, Adam Thorpe, sitting in empty hall. Poet, playwright and novelist writer,
born 1956.

00058679
Marshall JTM 45 head amplifier


00058670
CIMAROSA, Domenico - portrait. Italian composer
17 December 1749- 11 January 1801.

00058649
Mongolian musician playing traditional instrument, in folk dress, Gobi. Mongolian horse-head fiddle, or moriin huur.


00058626
Armenian Dance Company in performance, Yerevan, Armenia, former USSR (Soviet Union) state.
Traditional, folk.

00058612
Bolshoi Theatre on Teatralnaya Ploshchad, Moscow. Interior showing chandelier, balconies lit up for performance, with audience.


00058578
Childrens choir, Soviet style, performing in concert, International Children's Festival, Moscow.


00058559
Carl Nielsen portrait as boy playing violin. Danish composer & conductor,
9 June 1865 - 3 October 1931. Painted by daughter Anne Marie Telmanyi, 1961. Found at Nielsen Museum, Odense, Denmark.

00058557
Anne Marie Carl Nielsen portrait.
Wife of Danish composer & conductor Carl Nielsen

00058542
Pinchas Zukerman and Sir Andrew Davis receive applause after performance, Prom 13, Royal Albert Hall, London, 25 July 2004. Israeli violinist, violist, conductor,
born 16 July 1948. Daavis, British Conductor, born 1944. BBC Symphony Orchestra in background. Part of BBC Proms 2004. Playing Elgar violin concerto.

00058538
Gibbons, Orlando . English Composer and organist
1583 -1625

00058534
Enrichetta Meric Lalande in scene from Vincenzo Bellini opera La Straniera. Italian composer,
3 November 1801 - 23 September 1835. Lalande: French soprano, 1798-1867.

00058495
Bolshoi Ballet perform Tchaikovsky ’s ' Swan Lake', in Yuri Grigorovich production. Covent Garden, London, July 2004. Russian composer,
7 May 1840 - 6 November 1893. Grigorovich: Russian dancer and choreographer, born 2 January 1927. Ekaterina Shipulina as Odette, Vladimir Neorozhny as Prince Siegfried.

00058472
Maxim Vengerov listening to student play violin during his masterclass, Duke's Hall, Royal Academy of Music, London, 1 April 2004. Russian violinist,
born 20 August 1974.

00058447
Bolshoi Ballet perform ' Don Quixote ', choreographed by Marius Petipa. Covent Garden, London, July 2004. French dancer, choreographer and ballet master,
11 March 1818 - 14 July 1910. Production by Alexei Fadeyechev.

00058439
Ludwig van Beethoven - portrait by Willibrond Joseph Mähler dated 1804 / 1805. German composer.
17 December 1770- 26 March 1827

00058418
Ornette Coleman playing saxophone during concert, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1982. American jazz composer and musician,
9 March 1930 -

00058409
Hoagy Carmichael performing in concert, Carnegie Hall, New York, 1979. American jazz composer and performer,
11 November 1899 - 27 December 1981.

00058401
James Booker playing piano at New Orleans Jazz Festival. American blues pianist singer,
17 December 1939 - 8 November 1983.

00058391
Idle on the Road to Execution - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Engraving from moral series 'Industry and Idleness' serving as guidelines for the18th century apprentice. Scenes of London execution. Depicting Idle, the lazy apprentice, being executed for murder Charles Dickens connection - ' The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices'. London life and society

00058384
Goodchild's Wedding Day - engraving by William Hogarth, English painter and artist
November 10, 1697 -October 26, 1764. Printed by A H Payne. Engraving from moral series 'Industry and Idleness' serving as guidelines for the 18th century apprentice. Depicting Goodchild, the industrious apprentice preparing to marry master's daughter . Outdoor London scene with street band. Charles Dickens connection - ' The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices'

00058352
HOLMES, Augusta - portrait. Drawing by French female artist Huet. Irish naturalized French pianist and composer. Composed under name of Hermann Zenta. Studied with Franck.
1847-1903.

00058337
ALLEGRI, Grigorio Italian singer and composer.
(1582-1652). Particularly known for his 'MISERERE'

00058333
Otto von Bismark, wearing Prussian military uniform. Prussian Politician, 1815-1898.
Became leader of Germany after unification.

00058324
VILLA-LOBOS, Heitor with cigar. Portrait. Brazilian composer
1887-1959

00058317
Johann Jacob Froberger 's score to his ' Toccata I ' from the printed work ' Partite di Toccate, Canzone, Ricercate di Cimbali, Organi e Instromenti ', Mainz, 1693. German pianist, master of the clavier and organ, and composer.
19 May 1616 - 7 May 1667.

00058316
Johann Jacob Froberger 's score to his ' Lament on the Death of King Ferdinand IV ' for organ or cembalo. Autograph copy dedicated to Emperor Ferdinand III, 1656. German pianist, master of the clavier and organ, and composer.
19 May 1616 - 7 May 1667.

00058309
Otto Nicolai - portrait as young man. German opera composer and conductor,
1810-1849.

00058302
William Byrd 's handwritten score to ' O mistress Myne '. English composer
1543 - 4 July 1623

00058282
HUGO, Victor - postcard portrait with house in Paris where he died - French poet, novelist, writer
(1802-1885). Wrote Les Miserables.

00058223
The Black Cat Rag by Frank Wooster & Ethel B. Smith. Score cover.
St Louis, Frank Wooster Music publishers, 1905

00058212
Rene Jacobs conducting Concert Koln at the Barbican, London 29 June 2004. Belgian counter-tenor and conductor,
b. 1946

00058179
Dancers with Rubicon Dance company performing on stage with solo percussionist, Cardiff, Wales.


00058175
WAGNER, Richard - Danieli Hotel, Venice, where the German composer stayed.
German composer & author, 22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883.

00058159
HUGO, Victor. French poet and writer romancier,
(1802-1885)

00058152
Cosima Wagner - Copy of a marble bust of Richard Wagner's wife by Gustav A. Kletz (original at Bayreuth)
(Kletz: 1824 - 1908) (CW: 1837 - 1930)

00058134
Old Russian musician playing balalaika.
Russia.

00059076
Wu Man playing the pipa and Joel Fan playing the piano accompanied by the London Sinfonietta conducted by David Robertson at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 38, 2004.
13 August. Featuring members of the Silk Road Ensemble. Chinese string instrument

00059065
Hesperion XXI, harpist in ensemble rehearsing at Aldeburgh Festival
2004. Ensemble 1974 -

00059054
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, performing in a church at Aldeburgh
Festival 2004. Boys singing.

00059013
Aldeburgh, church with choir boys entering and singing.
Music festival 2004. Britten connection

00059006
Aldeburgh, view of the sea with a boat in the foreground on the shore.
Music festival 2004. Britten connection

00058973
Britten, Benjamin conducting a rehearsal of the English Chamber Orchestra at Long Melford
in 1967. English composer, conductor and pianist, 22 November 1913 - 4 December 1976

00058965
BACH, Johann Sebastian, engraving after the portrait by Haussman
with facsimile of Bach 's signature. German composer & organist, 21 March 1685 - 28 July 1750

00058956
Vincent d'Indy illustration on score of L'Etranger.
Drawing by Sert.. French composer. 27 March 1851 - 2 December 1931.

00058952
Vincent d'Indy as a soldier in 1870.
Corporal in 105 th infantry regiment. French composer 27 March 1851 - 2 December 1931.

00058940
Ophicleide
From Caussinus' tutor in 1837

00058926
The Red Violin. Directed by Francois Girard. 1998, New Line Cinema
Film still f Bob Marshak / New Line

00058919
Mariss Jansons conducting the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra at the London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 19, 30 July 2004. Latvian conductor
b. 1943. Bayerischer Rundfunk.

00058904
Gidon Kremer playing the Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor by Shostakovich at London Royal Albert Hall, Prom 20 2004. With Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.
31 July Latvian violinist 27 February 1947 -

00058873
Bible, Esther saving her people
by telling Ahaseuerus that Haman was planning to kill her.

00058872
Bible, Judith displaying the head of Holofernes
after chopping it off and saving Jerusalem.

00058850
Bible, Rebecca at the well
Abraham 's servant is sent to find a wife for Isaac. Genesis

00058831
John Tavener backstage at World concert premiere of his composition The Veil of the Temple with conductor Stephen Layton and Nick Kenyon ( Proms Director ) at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August

00058821
World premiere of concert version of Sir John Tavener 's composition The Veil of the Temple at London Royal Albert Hall Prom 23, 2004
1st August with Patricia Rozario singing

00058819
Richard WAGNER - Palazzo Vendramin in Venice on canal.
Wagner died here on 13 February 1883. German composer & author, 22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883.

00058811
GERSHWIN, George - painting a portrait of
Arnold Schoenberg (December 1936). American composer & pianist (1898-1937)

00058785
Musical ' Singing in the Rain ' performed at London's Sadlers Wells, August 2004, with Adam Cooper as Don Lockwood and Josefina Gabrielle as Kathy Selden.
Songs and music by Arthur Freed-Nacio Herb Brown

00058777
Medieval recorder on red background.


00058775
Two medieval recorders on red background.


00058726
Antonin Dvorak, portrait, Czech composer,
8th September 1841 - 1 st May 1904

00058714
Faust, and Marguerite, opera by Gounod
Postcard, Hildesheimer & co., printed in Germany

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