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23 historic photographs of classical composers doing incredibly normal things
12 July 2021, 13:39 | Updated: 12 July 2021, 15:12
Beethoven played on a Broadwood Piano
Iconic preserved moments of history’s most esteemed maestros, doing very normal stuff.
Photography is vital to our world.
It gives us a deep connection to the past, preserving memories and moments of historic importance, and telling truths if ever sinister attempts are made to mask reality.
And as photography became increasingly widespread during the 19th century, classical composers began to enjoy their own moments under the flash-and-powder.
Now, from Gustav Mahler to Leonard Bernstein, we often hail these musicians’ art as so influential, so unrivalled, that we can forget they are just human beings like all the rest of us.
Human beings, with really mundane hobbies outside of the recording studio.
Seeing is believing, as these great maestros show an interest in falconry, sledging and, well, swinging. Of