Musical offering posters & prints

First stage performance in England of Handel's Oratorio 'Semele'. 1925 Anonymous

Title page of the first edition of The Musical Offering by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1747 Anonymous

A woman playing a stringed instrument Daniel Rebel

A couple and a lute player. Detail of the prodigal child in courtesans. Flemish School

Herb Ellis Brian O'Connor

Moriz Rosenthal, Polish-American pianist Joseph Simpson

1920s cowboy on horse singing and playing guitar Anonymous

Violin Anonymous

Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, playing the piano Anonymous

Airto Moreira Brian O'Connor

Andreas Rothkopf, Organist and Pianist Anonymous

Wilhelm Backhaus (1884-1969), German pianist Rotary Photo

Bill Kent Harry Hammond

Glenn Tipton Birmingham Post and Mail Archive

Musical instruments Captain Linnaeus Tripe

String Quartet Austrian School

The Piano Recital English School

The Old Violin, 1886 William Michael Harnett

Violin, detail Anonymous

Xie (Alexandra) Kitchin playing a violin Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

A Music Party Philippe Mercier

Lady Musician Playing a Sitar, ca. 1800 Unknown

Composer Sergei Rachmaninov Correction of the Piano Concerto No. 3 in Ivanovka, 1910 Anonymous

George Cables Brian O'Connor

Count Basie Orchestra Brian Foskett

A Young Woman with a Harp, 2009 Caroline Hervey-Bathurst

Handel conducting an oratorio, c.1740 English School

Musical quotation from the Cradle song op. 16 no. 1 in A flat minor, 1893 Anonymous

Johnnie Ray at the drums Harry Hammond

Rehearsal of an Opera, c.1709 Marco Ricci

Ludwig van Beethoven, (1770-1827), German composer Anonymous

Russian Composer Anton Rubinstein Anonymous

People making music around a table Jan van Somer

Portrait of Gustav Mahler Photographer Austrian

Harpsichord and stand Pascal-Joseph Taskin(I)

The Hollywood Bowl Anonymous