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Evocations


Evocations of famous composers, sciencists, discoverers and historical figures.



27 subcategories
Beethoven, Ludwig van

BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN

Brahms, Johannes

BRAHMS, JOHANNES

Bruckner, Anton

BRUCKNER, ANTON

Chopin, Frederic

CHOPIN, FREDERIC

Copernicus, Nicolaus

COPERNICUS, NICOLAUS

Einstein, Albert

EINSTEIN, ALBERT

Erasmus von Rotterdam

ERASMUS VON ROTTERDAM

Francois-Rene Vicomte de Chateaubriand

FRANCOIS-RENE VICOMTE DE CHATEAUBRIAND

Franklin, Benjamin

FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN

Galilei, Galileo

GALILEI, GALILEO

Haydn, Franz Joseph

HAYDN, FRANZ JOSEPH

Honoré de Balzac

HONORé DE BALZAC

Jefferson, Thomas

JEFFERSON, THOMAS

Kepler, Johannes

KEPLER, JOHANNES

Louis-Philippe

LOUIS-PHILIPPE

Mahler, Gustav

MAHLER, GUSTAV

Marcus, Siegfried

MARCUS, SIEGFRIED

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS

Napoleon Bonaparte

NAPOLEON BONAPARTE

Napoleon III.

NAPOLEON III.

Newton, Isaac

NEWTON, ISAAC

Pascal, Blaise

PASCAL, BLAISE

Proust, Marcel

PROUST, MARCEL

Schubert, Franz

SCHUBERT, FRANZ

Strauss, Johann

STRAUSS, JOHANN

Verdi, Giuseppe

VERDI, GIUSEPPE

Wagner, Richard

WAGNER, RICHARD

254 photos
Cembalo, built by Domenico Pesaurensis in 1546. The open score is of Renaissance music. On the instrument various contemporary musical manuscripts.
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Cembalo, built by Domenico Pesaurensis in 1546. The open score is of Ren...

Musical scores with music by composers Bononcini, Porcile and Guiseppe Riconosciuto and coloured print showing a stage design by Ludovico Burnancini.
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Musical scores with music by composers Bononcini, Porcile and Guiseppe Ric...

Musical scores and first editions of Mozart's works: a piano concerto dedicated to Louis-Ferdinand of Prussia by Constanze Mozart; autographs of the Freemasons' cantata and the d-minor piano concerto.
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Musical scores and first editions of Mozart's works: a piano concerto dedicat...

The score of Haydn's horn concerto with his annotation: "Written in my sleep" and a miniature medallion (watercolour on ivory), with the composer's portrait.
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The score of Haydn's horn concerto with his annotation: "Written in my sleep" an...

Score of a sonata by Joseph Haydn; a hammer-piano by Walter and Son, late 18th.
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Score of a sonata by Joseph Haydn; a hammer-piano by Walter and Son, late...

The music-room at the Esterhazy Palace in Eszterhaza, today Fertoed, in Hungary. Haydn operas were staged at the small private theater, now destroyed. His orchestral and chamber music was performed here in the music room.
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The music-room at the Esterhazy Palace in Eszterhaza, today Fertoed, in Hungar...

Autographs of all works by Beethoven, some of them in his own handwriting, from the possession of Rudolf von Habsburg, Cardinal and Archbishop of Olmuetz. Metronome by Maelzel (1811).
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Autographs of all works by Beethoven, some of them in his own handwrit...

Score from which Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was first performed. Oboe by Wolfgang Kuess, Vienna (1820).
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Score from which Beethoven's Ninth Symphony was first performed....

Memorabilia of Ludwig van Beethoven: a gold medal of Louis XVIII, Beethoven's soup ladle and spoon, his hearing aid, a walking stick, and a conductor's baton.
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Memorabilia of Ludwig van Beethoven: a gold medal of Louis XVIII, Beethove...

Autograph of Schubert's Symphony in C-major ("Die grosse C-Dur") together with Schubert's dedication to the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (Society of the Friends of Music).
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Autograph of Schubert's Symphony in C-major ("Die grosse C-Dur") together...

Portrait of Carl Czerny (1791-1857), composer and music teacher. His most famous works are "Die Schule der Gelaeufigkeit" and "Praktische Fingeruebungen", still the basic finger exercises for all pianists.
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Portrait of Carl Czerny (1791-1857), composer and music teacher. His most...

Richard Wagner came to Paris in September 1891 for the Paris firstnight of his "Lohengrin". Newspapers attacked him violently for his "bad music" and for having been a German nationalist 20 years previously. Wagner's glasses and a letter to the Princess of Saxe.
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Richard Wagner came to Paris in September 1891 for the Paris firstnight of...