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Classical musicians


455 People in group

Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold

1921-2006
Composer
Sitter in 6 portraits

Johann Sebastian Bach

1685-1750
Composer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Dame Janet Abbott Baker

1933-
Singer
Sitter in 12 portraits

Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Bt

1879-1961
Conductor
Sitter in 24 portraits

Ludwig van Beethoven

1770-1827
Composer
Sitter in 3 portraits

Sir Arthur Edward Drummond Bliss

1891-1975
Composer
Sitter in 41 portraits

(Edward) Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten

1913-1976
Composer
Sitter in 119 portraits | Artist of 5 portraits

Frederic Chopin

1810-1849
Composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Aaron Copland

1900-1990
American composer
Sitter in 1 portrait

Frederick Delius

1862-1934
Composer
Sitter in 18 portraits

Sir Edward Elgar, Bt

1857-1934
Composer and conductor
Sitter in 19 portraits

Kathleen Ferrier

1912-1953
Singer
Sitter in 15 portraits

George Frideric Handel

1685-1759
Composer
Sitter associated with 36 portraits

Gustav Theodore Holst

1874-1934
Composer
Sitter in 13 portraits

Franz Liszt

1811-1886
Pianist and composer
Sitter in 9 portraits

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd Webber

1948-
Composer
Sitter in 9 portraits

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin

1916-1999
Violinist, conductor and philanthropist
Sitter in 45 portraits

(Johann Chrysostom) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

1756-1791
Composer
Sitter in 2 portraits

Adelina Patti

1843-1919
Singer; sister of Carlotta Patti
Sitter associated with 55 portraits

Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears

1910-1986
Singer
Sitter in 31 portraits