Interesting Photos of Famous Musicians- Which is your Favorite?

Hello Music Lovers!

Enjoy these photos of famous composers and musicians doing...well...normal things!

Which is your favorite??

 

1. Philip Glass being a New Yorker

2. Aaron Copland sorting his mail

3. Jean Sibelius posing for his grumpy bust.

4. Sergei Rachmaninoff chopping some wood for his next concerto.

5. Pierre Boulez tossing a salad

6. Leonard Bernstein an Carlos Kleiber about to play Simon

7. George Gershwin working with a personal trainer

8. Krzysztof Penderecki doing some yard work

9. Philip Glass with his kids feeding the pigeons

10. Carl Nielson knitting

11. Bela Bartok chugging a beer with his family

12. Dmitri Shostakovich blocking his son from scoring a goal

13. Igor Stravinsky drinking in bed

14. Franz Liszt being miserable with his students

15. Leonard Bernstein vacuuming the kitchen

16. Arnold Schoenberg considering bananas

17. György Ligeti having no idea

18. Krzysztof Penderecki drinking alone

19. John Cage going for a dip

20. Edvard Grieg looking miserable with his family

21. Arvo Pärt holding his wife's finger

22. Gustav Mahler doing some yardwork

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  • #21 Arvo Part.  He's happy!

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    • Steven R Hogan 

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    • Pauline
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    It is such fun to see these photos! Thank you, Dominic! My favorite is Rachmaninoff chopping some wood! :D 

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    • Claire
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    No 12. Shostakovich with his son - Family time is so important.

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  • Glenn Gould with his dog

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    • BARBARA GRIFFIN Looks like his dog decided the repertoire „BACH“ 😄

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      • Pauline
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      BARBARA GRIFFIN Thanks, Barbara! Sweet photo!

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      • Pauline
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      Andrea Buckland 😄

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    • Edmund
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    This is so interesting!!! 

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    • Victoria Chan
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    Hahaha Glenn Gould with his dog. So he did start out sitting straight!

    I also love Rachmaninoff chopping/sawing wood. 

    Thanks for posting the photos!

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  • Shame..there are no women composers.

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    • JJ
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    THESE PICTURES ARE SO AWSOME!!! thank you for posting this :)

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  • #14 Interesting to see his students. Should have some female composers in the lineup too.

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    • Sam Smith
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    Lots of fun! I have an old book that I'm guessing is out of print, since I can only find it listed at used bookstores: "Great Composers in Historic Photographs". Brahms is on the cover with wild hair and shaggy beard. Published in 1981 when I was already 27 years old... It is worth looking up a used copy.

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      • Pauline
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      Sam Smith That sounds like a wonderful book! I am on it! I want to read it! Thank you, Sam!

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      • Pauline
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      Sam Smith I just requested it through our public Library! Thanks, again!

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    • Parag Mehta
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    • Parag
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    I recall seeing a bunch of these here:

    https://www.composersdoingnormalshit.com

    Lovely stuff!

     

    Pictures have moved here it seems.

    https://composersdoingnormalshit.tumblr.com

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    16. Arnold Schoenberg considering bananas

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  • Johann Strauß jr. playing cards ("Tarock") 

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  • Such joy in the Bartok household on that particular occasion!  Thanks for sharing all these fun pictures.

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  • 19 - I wonder if those bananas inspired him!

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