Portraits of composers, musicians and singers

Porträts berühmter Musiker, Dirigenten und SängerInnen /// Portraits de compositeurs, musiciens et chanteurs célèbres /// Retratos de compositores, músicos y cantantes famosos /// Portretter av berømte komponister, musikere og sangere /// Portrety izvestnykh kompozitorov, muzykantov i pevtsov
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Ludwig van Beethoven - Imposing
Antoine-Émile Bourdelle | Beethoven | French | The Met
Gustav Adolf Müller (1828-1901), Portrait of Ludwig van Beethoven - by Deutsch Auktionen

Ludwig van Beethoven

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Mozart and Constanze, they had the sweetest love for each other❤️
Mozart's pianoforte returns home to Vienna. The only thing is I'm not so sure this is a pianoforte, because the keys are different colored from a piano, they are inverted, as would they be on a harpsichord and there are no peddles as well, so I'm thinking this is a harpsichord.
Portrait of Mozart, painted by Greuze c.1763-64

Mozart

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German musician and composer, considered one of the most distinguished composers and pianists of the Romantic era. She exerted her influence over a 61-year concert career, changing the format and repertoire of the piano recital, while also having composed a body of work including various piano concertos, chamber works, and choral pieces. She was married to composer Robert Schumann, and together they encouraged and maintained a close relationship with Johannes Brahms / imgur.com/r/classicalmusic
Children of Clara and Robert Schumann. 1853.

Robert Schumann & Clara Schumann

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Franz Schubert, composer of Der Erlkönig, countless other Lieder, piano music, symphonies, quartets etc.
Portrait of Franz Schubert, oil on wood by Gábor Melegh, 1827; in the
Franz Schubert

Franz Schubert

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German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period // source: imgur.com/r/classicalmusic/36SLi7n
German composer, pianist, and conductor of the Romantic period // source: www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic
Brahms with a group of gentlemen after the funeral of Clara Schumann, circa 1896 // source: imgur.com/r/classicalmusic/7oPqa8q

Johannes Brahms

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Austro-Bohemian late-Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation // colorized by Marina Amaral // source: facebook.com/marinamaralarts
Gustav Mahler was an Austro-Bohemian late-Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th century Austro-German tradition and the modernism of the early 20th century
Austrian composer Gustav Mahler (1860-1911).

Gustav Mahler

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colorized photo // Polish composer and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era who wrote primarily for solo piano. He has maintained worldwide renown as a leading musician of his era // source: /www.reddit.com
Eugene Delacroix "Chopin" - I want to learn to play a piece from memory by Chopin, Beethoven, and Mozart. This is something I know I can do if I devote the time. Look for it soon!
Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849), pencil drawing (1847), by Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-1873).

Frédéric Chopin

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Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger and organist of the Romantic era // source: imgur.com/r/classicalmusic/kRN62cq
Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, music teacher, arranger and organist of the Romantic era // source: reddit.com/r/ColorizedHistory
Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt

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colorized by Klimbim // French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries // source: klimbim2014.wordpress.com
source: imgur.com/r/classicalmusic/oXQICXz

Claude Debussy

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Erik Satie（1866-1925）
Since there are no existing photographs of Erik Satie playing the piano, artist Nick Cudworth decided to take matters into his own hands and create this glorious artwork // source: imgur.com/r/classicalmusic/pFmDxSS
French composer and pianist // source: imgur.com/r/classicalmusic/COKjFpf

Erik Satie

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photo by Yousuf Karsh // Britten was an English composer, conductor and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British classical music, with a range of works including opera, other vocal music, orchestral and chamber pieces. His best-known works include the opera Peter Grimes (1945), the War Requiem (1962) and the orchestral showpiece The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (1945) // source: https://karsh.org
Benjamin Britten topping off his teacup
Michael Tippett having a glass of wine Benjamin Britten

Benjamin Britten

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Hector Berlioz fotografato da Nadar, Parigi, 1860
8 mars 1869 : décès d'Hector Berlioz à Paris. Il était né à La Côte-Saint-André, en Isère, le 11 décembre 1803. Almanach, événements 8 mars, éphéméride du 8 mars, événement du jour. L'éphéméride pittoresque et insolite, les événements historiques du jour. Histoire, faits historiques liés à cette date
Hector Berlioz (1803-1869)

Hector Berlioz

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(colorized) // French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. In the 1920s and 1930s Ravel was internationally regarded as France's greatest living composer // source: imgur.com/r/classicalmusic/9p0Fwgb
Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel, WWI veteran and ambulance driver

Maurice Ravel

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coolorized photo // Verdi was an Italian opera composer. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini, whose works significantly influenced him. By his 30s, he had become one of the pre-eminent opera composers in history
colorized by Klimbim // Verdi was an Italian opera composer. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, and Gioachino Rossini, whose works significantly influenced him. By his 30s, he had become one of the pre-eminent opera composers in history // source: klimbim2014.wordpress.com

Giuseppe Verdi

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d Richard Wagner
Munich et la Bavière, Louis II et Richard Wagner: Richard Wagner, ami des bêtes. Un article de A. Au...
Richard Wagner (1813-1883, German)

Richard Wagner

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Carl Orff, Alemania [1895-1982], fue compositor, director y pedagogo. Sus obras son la expresión musical de un lenguaje que puede orientar ...
Carl Orff-deutscher Komponist (Carmina Burana)
Carl Orff - O Fortuna (Carmina Burana) Classical Music Seriously love this song

Carl Orff

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Edvard Grieg. "Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy and at home."
colorized by Klimbim // Grieg was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the leading Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide // source: klimbim2014.wordpress.com
Edvard Grieg and wife Nina, at the piano

Edvard Grieg

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Isaac Albeniz smoking a cigar at dinner with Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Fauré with his child
John Singer Sargent - Gabriel Faure

Gabriel Fauré

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Jean Sibelius by his brother-in-law Eero Järnefelt (circa 1892) // source: imgur.com/r/classicalmusic/krz4oBf
Finnish composer and violinist of the late Romantic and early-modern periods // source: imgur.com/r/classicalmusic
Jean Sibelius chillin in a hammock with his grandson

Jean Sibelius

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colorized by Jecinci // Tchaikovsky was a Russian composer of the romantic period, whose works are among the most popular music in the classical repertoire. He was the first Russian composer whose music made a lasting impression internationally, bolstered by his appearances as a guest conductor in Europe and the United States // source: facebook.com/jecinci/
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky dressed for winter // source: www.cmuse.org
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky with his family // source: www.cmuse.org

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Schoenberg on Pinterest | Tennis Players, Postage Stamps and Php
Arnold Schoenberg in a photo booth with his second wife Gertrud
source: composersdoingnormalshit.com

Arnold Schönberg

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Igor Stravinsky
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Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century // photo by Alexander Liberman, source: everyday-i-show.livejournal.com

Igor Stravinsky

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Rimsky-Korsakov and his wife Olga with their son Andrey on the steps of their dacha, c.1912
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov | Flight of the Bumblebee music lesson

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Béla Bartók (1881, Nagyszentmiklós, Hungary - 9/26/1945, New York) with his son Péter. Composer & ethnomusicologist. One of the most significant musicians of the twentieth century. His music was invigorated by the themes, modes, and rhythmic patterns of the Hungarian and other folk music traditions he studied.
Hungarian-Jewish pianist Ditta Pásztory-Bartók and her husband, Béla, who wrote his third (and greatest) piano concerto for her. Of Ditta's own musicianship, a NYT reviewer once wrote this: "Mme. Bartok sounds as if her hands are made of steel. Her technical accuracy is absolute."

Béla Bartók

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French composer, organist, and ornithologist Olivier Messiaen with his son, Pascal // source: www.cmuse.org
Olivier Messiaen meeting Pope John XXIII
Olivier Messiaen being excited about his awesome birthday cake

Olivier Messiaen

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