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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.

Title: World’s Best Music

Author: Johnson, Helen Kendrik (Ed.)

City: New York

Date: 1900

Total items: 14

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Music

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 has wings. I have also made a separate image with just the cherub. [more...] [$]

Crusaders attacking a castle

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 [more...] [$]

Mark Lemon

Mark Lemon was the founder and editor of Punch, a long-running English magazine. He also wrote the song, “Oh Would I Were a Boy Again” which is printed in the book. [more...] [$]

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

An engraving of Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, used to illustrate his poem, The Rainy Day set to music. [more...] [$]

Front Cover, World’s Best Music

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. [more...] [$]

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