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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
When Richard Wagner came to Paris for the firstnight of his opera "Lohengrin" in 1891, he played the piano at the German Embassy, the former Hotel de Beauharnais built by Napoleon's stepson, Eugene Beauharnais.
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When Richard Wagner came to Paris for the firstnight of his opera "Lohengrin"...

Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864). Two autographs of his music, and his tuning fork.
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Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791-1864). Two autographs of his mu...

Cover pages of two first-editions of waltzes by Johann Strauss. A fan from a ball of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde with signatures of famous poets and composers.
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Cover pages of two first-editions of waltzes by Johann Strauss. A fan fr...

Johannes Brahm's personal library, bequeathed to the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde.
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Johannes Brahm's personal library, bequeathed to the Vienna...

Giuseppe Verdi's pianoforte on which he composed "Il Trovatore". On the piano the autographs of the "Tantum Ergo" and a string quartet. Above, a portrait of Verdi at age 27, a portrait of his wife, the great soprano Giuseppina Strepponi and a more recent statue of Verdi.
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Giuseppe Verdi's pianoforte on which he composed "Il Trovatore". On the piano...

The study of Hector Berlioz at his house in the Chevreuse Valley near Paris.
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The study of Hector Berlioz at his house in the Chevreuse Valley...

Anton Bruckner, composer. Obituary notice and death mask. October 11, 1896.
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Anton Bruckner, composer. Obituary notice and death mask. October...

A letter by Gustav Mahler, asking for exemption from tuition fees at the Vienna Music Conservatory. On the left his immatriculation for 1875 and a photograph of him (1901).
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A letter by Gustav Mahler, asking for exemption from tuition fees at the...

A windmill in Campo de Criptana, on the Spanish Mancha Plateau, reminiscent of the famous scene of Miguel de Cervantes' novel "Don Quijote de la Mancha" (published in Spain 1605-1615). In the foreground Don Quijote's typical outfit from the local museum.
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A windmill in Campo de Criptana, on the Spanish Mancha Plateau, reminisc...

Deed by which King Rudolf I of Habsburg invested his sons Albrecht and Rudolf with the Duchies of Austria and Styria. December 27, 1282
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Deed by which King Rudolf I of Habsburg invested his sons Albrecht and Rudolf...

The Imperial Army's campaign against the Turks, 1664: An Imperial flag, a book on the Art of Warfare and the Turkish Campaign by the Commander of the Imperial troops Count Raimund Montecuccoli, a battle plan and Montecuccoli's Fieldmarshal's baton.
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The Imperial Army's campaign against the Turks, 1664: An Imperial flag, a book...

War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714): Treaty concerning the maintenance of Imperial troops in Spain, concluded between Prince Eugene of Savoy and the English commander, John Churchill Duke of Marlborough. The Hague, December 7, 1710.
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War of the Spanish Succession (1701-1714): Treaty concerning the maintenan...