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These illustrations are from The World’s Best Music: Famous Songs and Those Who Made Them edited by Helen Kendrick Johnson, Frederic Dean, Reginald DeKoven and Gerrit Smith, Vol I, The University Society, New York, 1900.
| Music: detail: cherub with violin World’s Best Music (1900)
In this detail taken from Music, a naked boy, a cherub or putti, sits on a rose briar (or a hydrangea maybe, which would be less painful); he is entirely naked, and has feathered wings. He plays the v [...] Keywords: nudity, music, musical instruments, romance, cherubs, bare feet, christmas Places shown: none Added: 2006-08-17 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | | The Rainy Day World’s Best Music (1900)
The poem as printed in the book reads: The day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fal [...] Keywords: sheet music, music, page images, poems Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-27 + S K L R N |
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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | | Music World’s Best Music (1900)
A lady plays a 16-stringed sitar or guitar, or more likely a chitarrone; she is sitting by a rosebush wearing a white dress, and plays from music. Behind her a cherub plays the violin; he is naked and [...] Keywords: love, romance, cherubs, nudity, bare feet, music, musical instruments, people, christmas Places shown: none Added: 2006-08-17 + S K L R N |
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| | When Stars Are In The Quiet Skies World’s Best Music (1900)
Sheet music for piano, a setting of Edward Bulwer (Lord Lytton)’s poem: 1 When Stars Are In The Quiet Skies Then most I pine for thee;; Bend on me then thy tender eyes, As stars look on the se [...] Keywords: music, sheet music, page images Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-24 + S K L R N |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested |