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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 | | Edward Bulwer, (Lord Lytton.) World’s Best Music (1900)
“Edwars, Bulwer, Lord Lytton, who wrote these dainty lines, was an historian and a poet, although preeminent as a novelist; being author of about twenty romances. He wrote a few plays, among which is [...] Keywords: people, portraits, beards, sketches Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-24 + S K L R N |
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| 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 |
Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | 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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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested | | Front Cover, World’s Best Music World’s Best Music (1900)
A marbled cover with quarter-leather binding. There are some moiré effects in some sizes because of the interaction between the textured boards of the book and the digital images. Keywords: book covers, colour Places shown: none Added: 2006-10-24 + S K L R N |
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| Crusaders attacking a castle World’s Best Music (1900)
Crusaders (Mediaeval [US. Medieval] soldiers) attack a castle. One of them has just been struck by an arrow. The man behind him wears a crown, and his hauberk bears the three lions of England. To the [...] Keywords: castles, people, battles, weapons Places shown: none Added: 2003-02-23 + 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 |
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Items in none taken from World’s Best Music (1900)
