A porcelain figurine depicting two composers. Mozart and Beethoven
Tilt up shot of African American male and female composers using keyboard controller and laptop while writing music together in recording studio with colorful neon light
The main entrance of the Konzerthaus in Berlin. Magnificent columns.
No people medium shot of music producer or composers workstation at small home recording studio, with synthesizer, microphone, computer screens with audio editing software, loudspeakers
Sculptures of famous composers at the Vienna State Opera. Steadycam shot
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USA - 1940 - Pianist Jose Iturbi performs a portion of Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu."
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USA - 1941 - Duke Ellington's band plays while Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, the swing dancers, perform.
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USA - 1930 - The songwriting duos of Jerome Kern and Otto Harbach, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and Oscar Hammerstein and Sigmund Romberg are introduced along with snippets of their songs at Warner Brothers Silver Jubilee party.
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USA - 1930s - Ira Gershwin sits at the piano to discuss a book of "Porgy and Bess" sheet music.
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USA - 1930s - Home movies of Ira Gershwin relaxing in his backyard with his pet dog.
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USA - 1940 - Pianist Jose Iturbi performs a portion of Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu."
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USA - 1940 - Pianist Jose Iturbi begins a performance of Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu."
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USA - 1940 - Pianist Jose Iturbi concludes a performance of Chopin's "Fantaisie-Impromptu."
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USA - 1940 - Pianist Jose Iturbi performs a section of Isaac Albeniz's "Sevilla."
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USA - 1940 - Pianist Jose Iturbi concludes a performance of Isaac Albeniz's "Sevilla."
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USA - 1940 - Pianist Jose Iturbi performs a section of Isaac Albeniz's "Sevilla."
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USA - 1940 - Pianist Jose Iturbi begins a performance of Isaac Albeniz's "Sevilla."
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USA - 1930s - Tap dancers Bessie Dudley and Florence Hill begin performing with Duke Ellington's band (narrated in 1956).
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USA - 1930s - A trumpet player and trombonist in Duke Ellington's band solo on "Stormy Weather."
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USA - 1930s - Duke Ellington's band concludes a performance of "Stormy Weather," set to imagery of rainfall (narrated in 1956).
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USA - 1930s - Tap dancers Bessie Dudley and Florence Hill conclude a performance with Duke Ellington's band (narrated in 1956).
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USA - 1930s - Duke Ellington's jazz orchestra concludes a performance at the Cotton Club.
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USA - 1930s - Duke Ellington's band plays at the Cotton Club while a narrator lists off some of the musicians he taught (narrated in 1956).
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USA - 1941 - Whitey's Lindy Hoppers, the swing dancers, begin performing in a hotel lobby to Duke Ellington's music.
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USA - 1941 - In this musical, Duke Ellington's band begins a performance with a solo by saxophonist Ben Webster.
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1964 - While Bill Dixon's jazz band plays, a narrator ponders the music as a tool of international communication.
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1964 - Bill Dixon's jazz band plays at a nightclub in a freestyle.
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1943 - Irving Berlin, Alan Hale, Michael Curtiz and cinematographer Bert Glennon work on the set of "This is the Army."
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1943 - Irving Berlin and director Michael Curtiz meet with an army consultant and other crew members for "This Is the Army."
1937 - In this animated film, an orchestra of animals gets their concert interrupted when a trombonist tries to attack a fly, and everyone tries to wake up a cat sleeping instead of playing his horn.
HOLLYWOOD - 1936 - A pianist composes a score for an Oswald Rabbit cartoon.
1941 - In this Frank Capra documentary, museums dedicated to Tchaikovsky and Tolstoy in war-torn wintry Russian villages are shown (narrated in 1943).
1937 - In this animated film, a lion conducts a silhouetted orchestra of animals on stage.
1937 - In this animated film, an orchestra conductor who is a lion takes to the stage to tell the audience that cartoon animals are capable of art more dignified than slapstick.
1937 - In this animated film, a concert put on by an orchestra of animals is ruined when they all start using their instruments to fight each other.
CALIFORNIA - 1937 - Music and sound effects are recorded for Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss bids goodnight to the sleeping animals who listened to his forest concert.
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss plays a waltz in a forest for an audience of animals.
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss plays one of his waltzes on the violin in a forest.
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss dresses up as a woman to waltz with himself.
1942 - In this animated film, a singing bird provides the inspiration for one of Johan Strauss' waltzes.
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss dances to one of his own waltzes in a forest.
1942 - In this animated film, a dancing squirrel and rabbit provide the inspiration for one of Johan Strauss' waltzes.
1937 - In this animated film, an animator paints different animals playing instruments on separate pages.
Quiet anticipation in an empty opera house before the curtain rises
Mastering guitar techniques and tone adjustments in a cozy studio setting