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  • Music Room, with a piano harmonium built in Naples in 1868 by Achille Fummo, and floral red velvet on the walls, next to the King's Room, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Music Room, with a piano harmonium built in Naples in 1868 by Achille Fummo, and floral red velvet on the walls, next to the King's Room, in the Villa La Petraia, a 14th century Villa Medicea at Castello, Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The villa was bought by Cosimo I de Medici in the 16th century and his son Ferdinand carried out remodelling on the building with architect Bernardo Buontalenti, 1531-1608. The villa is now a museum and forms part of the Medici UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sheet music for the song Because, by Helen Guy, 1857-1936, daughter of Henry Guy, owner of the chateau 1865-99, composing as Guy d’Hardelot, in the Library, in the Chateau de Hardelot, originally the site of a 12th century castle, rebuilt over the centuries and finally redeveloped in the 19th century, in Condette, Pas-de-Calais, France. Helen Guy left the chateau to study at the Conservatoire in Paris and was a celebrated pianist, singer and composer. The current chateau dates from 1865-72, when its owner, Henry Guy, rebuilt it in Neo-Tudor style. Since 2009 the building has housed the Centre Culturel de l'Entente Cordiale, with an arts programme involving France and Britain. It is situated within the Reserve Naturelle Regionale du Marais de Condette, a protected marshland area. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Music Room, with vaulted ceiling decorated with trompe l'oeil frescoes, in the Palazzo Borromeo, built 1632-1948 by the Borromeo family, on Isola Bella, in the Isole Borromee or Borromean Islands, on Lake Maggiore, Piedmont, Italy. The palazzo, begun 1632, was designed by Angelo Crivelli, for Carlo III Borromeo and his wife Isabella D'Adda, then completed by Carlo Fontana for Giberto III Borromeo and Vitaliano VI Borromeo. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sheet music cover of 'O! Close the Gates', 1923, featuring anti immigration songs with the lyrics, 'O, what will become of our country in a few more years to be, if foreign immigration isn't barred from the USA?', displayed in the National Immigration Museum, in the main building on Ellis Island, the immigration processing centre for the United States from 1892 to 1954, at the mouth of the Hudson river in New York City, NY, USA. Ellis Island and its Immigration Museum are part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument and are managed by the National Park Authority. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Page from the only known copy of music by Valentin de Bournonville, 1610-63, composer and organist at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Title page, 1646, of the only known copy of music by Valentin de Bournonville, 1610-63, composer and organist at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, from the Archives of the Quebec Seminary, in the Musee de la Civilisation, or Museum of Civilisation, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Historic District of Old Quebec is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Silent Music III, temporary sculpture of a seated person in musical staves and notes, 2016, by Jaume Plensa, in the foyer of the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Pegasus sculpture by Eusebi Arnau, and behind, skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia, and sculpture of Les Flors de Maig (The Flowers of May) and bust of Anselm Clave, representing Catalan folk music, by Pau Gargallo, in the Concert Hall of the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Defense, 1879, sculpture by Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, remade in bronze in 2017 by the Fonderie de Coubertin in Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, on the staircase of La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. The statue depicts a winged woman with arms raised and fists clenched, leaning on a dying warrior, representing courage and resilience. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Defense, 1879, sculpture by Auguste Rodin, 1840-1917, remade in bronze in 2017 by the Fonderie de Coubertin in Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse, on the staircase of La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. The statue depicts a winged woman with arms raised and fists clenched, leaning on a dying warrior, representing courage and resilience. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Thumb, 1994, bronze sculpture by Cesar, 1921-98, in the courtyard of La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Seine at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Event or exhibition space in the La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Foyer of La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Seine at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Auditorium with wooden interior used for unamplified classical concerts, at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Auditorium with wooden interior used for unamplified classical concerts, at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Seine at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, aerial view, at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, aerial view, at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, aerial view, at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, aerial view, at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Event or exhibition space in the La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bust of Anselm Clave below a sculpture of a tree entitled Les Flors de Maig or the Flowers of May, representing Catalan folk music, by Pau Gargallo, and behind, mosaic of the musician Palestrina, around the stage in the Concert Hall, at the Palau de la Musica Catalana, built 1905-8 and designed by the Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923, in Casc Antic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The hall seats 2015 people, has a Walcker pipe organ and stepped stage and is illuminated entirely during the day by windows and a huge stained glass drip-shaped skylight by Rigalt Granell & Cia. The hall was built for the Orfeo Catala choral society in Catalan Modernist style, with art nouveau inspired organic forms and much attention to decorative detail. The concert hall was listed in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000 with a rotating solar panel fin, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Event or exhibition space in the La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Auditorium with wooden interior used for unamplified classical concerts, at La Seine Musicale, a music and performing arts centre, opened April 2017, on the Ile Seguin in the river Seine, between Boulogne-Billancourt and Sevres, in the Western suburbs of Paris, France. Jean Nouvel was the lead architect from 2009 and the main buildings were designed by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastines. The complex includes La Grande Seine, a large concert hall seating 6000, an auditorium for unamplified classical music, event or exhibition spaces and the Bellini Gardens. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Le Triomphe de la Musique or the Triumph of Music, final sketch, 1966, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, copyright ADAGP, in the exhibition Marc Chagall : Le Triomphe de la Musique, in the Philharmonie de Paris. Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he designed many sets for theatres and opera houses, and music is a major theme in his work - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Artist's reproduction right - Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing and singing traditional French songs with a second female singer, at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. On the left is the Philarmonie de Paris, also known as Philharmonie 1, a concert hall seating 2400, designed by Jean Nouvel, opened 2015. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Entrance to the Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • The Cite de la Musique, or City of Music, opened in 1995 and renamed Philharmonie 2 in 2015, designed by Christian de Portzamparc, b. 1944, in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrrondissement, Paris, France. The Cite de la Musique is a complex consisting of an amphitheatre, concert hall seating 800–1000, museum of classical instruments, exhibition halls, workshops and archives. The Parc de la Villette sits on the site of Paris' old slaughterhouse district and was designed 1984-87 by Bernard Tschumi and Colin Fournier as one of Francois Mitterand's Grands Projets. It has since been developed with cultural venues, musical and science establishments built by many contemporary architects. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • La Musique en Pleurs (The music in tears), marble statue depicting Euterpe, goddess of music, 1850, Jean-Baptiste Clesinger on the top of the tomb of Frederic Chopin (1810-49), Pere Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise) Paris, France, opened 1804, designed by Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart. Named after Pere Francois de la Chaise (1624-1709), confessor to Louis XIV (1638-1713), who lived in the Jesuit house on the site of the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Tomb of Frederic Chopin (1810-49), with medallion portrait and marble statue depicting Euterpe, goddess of music, La Musique en Pleurs (The music in tears), 1850, Jean-Baptiste Clesinger, Pere Lachaise Cemetery (Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise) Paris, France, opened 1804, designed by Alexandre-Theodore Brongniart. Named after Pere Francois de la Chaise (1624-1709), confessor to Louis XIV (1638-1713), who lived in the Jesuit house on the site of the chapel. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Terminal 6 music venue on East 6th St (Dirty Sixth) in the Sixth Street Historic District in downtown Austin, Texas, USA. The area was Austin's commercial district in the late 19th century, and the buildings are mainly Victorian brick structures. It is now known for its lively bars, cafes, nightclubs and music venues. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco entitled The Song of Orpheus, painted in Art Deco style in 1929-30 by Robert La Montagne Saint-Hubert, 1887-1950, and 2 assistants, Ethel Wallace and James Newell, 1900-1985, 1 of 6 frescoes which were discovered during works in 1994 and restored in 2011, in the Grand Salon or Great Hall of the Fondation des Etats Unis or American Foundation, designed by Pierre Leprince-Ringuet, 1874-1954, and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fresco depicts Orpheus playing his lyre in the forest enchanting women and animals with his music. The Fondation des Etats Unis has a concert hall and many music studios. The Grand Salon is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Detail of a fresco entitled The Song of Orpheus, painted in Art Deco style in 1929-30 by Robert La Montagne Saint-Hubert, 1887-1950, and 2 assistants, Ethel Wallace and James Newell, 1900-1985, 1 of 6 frescoes which were discovered during works in 1994 and restored in 2011, in the Grand Salon or Great Hall of the Fondation des Etats Unis or American Foundation, designed by Pierre Leprince-Ringuet, 1874-1954, and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fresco depicts Orpheus playing his lyre in the forest enchanting women and animals with his music. The Fondation des Etats Unis has a concert hall and many music studios. The Grand Salon is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Detail of a fresco entitled The Song of Orpheus, painted in Art Deco style in 1929-30 by Robert La Montagne Saint-Hubert, 1887-1950, and 2 assistants, Ethel Wallace and James Newell, 1900-1985, 1 of 6 frescoes which were discovered during works in 1994 and restored in 2011, in the Grand Salon or Great Hall of the Fondation des Etats Unis or American Foundation, designed by Pierre Leprince-Ringuet, 1874-1954, and inaugurated in 1930, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fresco depicts Orpheus playing his lyre in the forest enchanting women and animals with his music. The Fondation des Etats Unis has a concert hall and many music studios. The Grand Salon is listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Detail of the Fado Vadio graffiti mural in the Escadinhas de Sao Cristovao, Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal. The mural celebrates traditional fado folk music, which originated from here. It was created by the Movimento dos Amigos de Sao Cristovao, a local community group, which worked with artists to create the graffiti mural. The work contains portraits of fado singers such as Maria Severa and Fernando Mauricio, song lyrics and views of the neighbourhood. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • People dancing in the street, and Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Christian Bassoul, accordionist, playing traditional French songs at Le Petit Bal de la Rue Mouffetard, a street music session held every Sunday morning, encouraging passersby to sing along and dance, at the Place Georges Moustaki, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. Photographed on 17th February 2019 by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a children's choir, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Bar at La Fabrica de Hielo, or the Ice Factory, a creative space on Playa del Cabanyal, in Valencia, Spain. The Auxiliary Navy of Valencia offered this derelict building for conversion in 2014 as part of the Cabanyal Plan, a redevelopment scheme to revitalise the area. The building now hosts exhibitions, markets, workshops and live music events. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Music Room of the Biblioteca Publica Arus, established 1895 by Rossend Arus, in his house designed by Bonaventura Bassegoda i Amigo on the Passeig de Sant Joan, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. This room houses a piano and harmonium where users could come to play musical scores housed in the library. The library is open to the public and contains over 80,000 works, specialising in freemasonry and social politics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical score and the glasses of the grandmother of Thomas Ospital, born 1990 in the French Basque country, Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing), photographed in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical score and the glasses of the grandmother of Thomas Ospital, born 1990 in the French Basque country, Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing), photographed in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Musical score and the glasses of the grandmother of Thomas Ospital, born 1990 in the French Basque country, Titular Organist of the largest pipe organ in France at the Eglise Saint-Eustache in Paris and Organist in Residence at the Maison de la Radio (new Radio France auditorium by Gerhard Grenzing), photographed in Paris, France. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fresco of a country fete, 1931, by Maurice Guy-Loe, pseudonym of Maurice Guyot, 1898-1991, in the Salon de Musique or Music Room of the Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, designed by Lucien Bechmann, 1880-1968, built 1923-35 and inaugurated in 1925, in the Cite Internationale Universitaire de Paris, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris, France. This was the first residence built at CIUP and was influenced by the style of English University colleges at Oxford and consists of 7 pavilions around a garden. The buildings are listed as a historic monument. The CIUP or Cite U was founded in 1925 after the First World War by Andre Honnorat and Emile Deutsch de la Meurthe to create a place of cooperation and peace amongst students and researchers from around the world. It consists of 5,800 rooms in 40 residences, accepting another 12,000 student residents each year. Picture by Manuel Cohen. Further clearances may be requested.
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  • Fado Vadio graffiti mural in the Escadinhas de Sao Cristovao, Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal. The mural celebrates traditional fado folk music, which originated from here. It was created by the Movimento dos Amigos de Sao Cristovao, a local community group, which worked with artists to create the graffiti mural. The work contains portraits of fado singers such as Maria Severa and Fernando Mauricio, song lyrics and views of the neighbourhood. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fado Vadio graffiti mural in the Escadinhas de Sao Cristovao, Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal. The mural celebrates traditional fado folk music, which originated from here. It was created by the Movimento dos Amigos de Sao Cristovao, a local community group, which worked with artists to create the graffiti mural. The work contains portraits of fado singers such as Maria Severa and Fernando Mauricio, song lyrics and views of the neighbourhood. Picture by Manuel Cohen
    LC16_PORTUGAL_MC_174.jpg
  • Fado Vadio graffiti mural in the Escadinhas de Sao Cristovao, Alfama, Lisbon, Portugal. The mural celebrates traditional fado folk music, which originated from here. It was created by the Movimento dos Amigos de Sao Cristovao, a local community group, which worked with artists to create the graffiti mural. The work contains portraits of fado singers such as Maria Severa and Fernando Mauricio, song lyrics and views of the neighbourhood. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Abd al-Rahman III receiving the Ambassador, painted by Dionis Baixeras (1862-1943) in 1885, 19th century, and conserved in the Auditorium of the University of Barcelona, Spain. On the left,  Abd al-Rahman III can be seen receiving a Spanish Christian ambassador (right) in the Great Mosque of Cordoba in the 10th century. On the right, some examples of decorative arts (glass, pottery) and on the other side music instruments and poetry. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Edvard Grieg, 1843-1907, Norwegian composer of Romantic music, c. 1890, photograph by Charles Gerschel, 1871-1948. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Hector Berlioz, 1803-69, French Romantic composer, leaning on his music stand, late 19th century drawing for a planned statue.<br />
Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • La Danse, oil painting on canvas, 1950-52, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, copyright ADAGP. The painting is in the collection of the Musee National d'Art Moderne in the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, France, currently exhibited at the Musee National Marc Chagall in Nice. Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he designed many sets for theatres and opera houses, and music is a major theme in his work - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Artist's reproduction right - Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Artisan at work making musical instruments by hand in Bursa, Turkey. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Arnold Schonberg, 1874-1951, Austrian composer and painter, photograph with music and handwriting, 1911, by unknown photographer. Copyright © Collection Particuliere Tropmi / Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre, built 4th century AD in white marble, at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. The theatre was originally used for music concerts and was renovated in the 6th century. It is the only Roman theatre in Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre, built 4th century AD in white marble, at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. The theatre was originally used for music concerts and was renovated in the 6th century. It is the only Roman theatre in Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stone pedestal with Greek graffiti of chariot race winners, at the entrance to the theatre, built 4th century AD in white marble, at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. The theatre was originally used for music concerts and was renovated in the 6th century. It is the only Roman theatre in Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mosaic pavement and behind, the theatre, built 4th century AD in white marble, at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. The theatre was originally used for music concerts and was renovated in the 6th century. It is the only Roman theatre in Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Theatre, built 4th century AD in white marble, at Kom El Deka, or Kom el-Dikka, an archaeological site in Alexandria, Egypt, formerly a Roman residential area with late imperial villas, baths, a theatre and auditoria. The theatre was originally used for music concerts and was renovated in the 6th century. It is the only Roman theatre in Egypt. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Bar at La Fabrica de Hielo, or the Ice Factory, a creative space on Playa del Cabanyal, in Valencia, Spain. The Auxiliary Navy of Valencia offered this derelict building for conversion in 2014 as part of the Cabanyal Plan, a redevelopment scheme to revitalise the area. The building now hosts exhibitions, markets, workshops and live music events. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, an opera house and performing arts centre, opened 2005, in the evening, in the City of Arts and Sciences, in Valencia, Spain. The building contains a main hall, a master hall, an auditorium and the Martin y Soler theatre, and holds operas, theatre performances and music concerts. The City of Arts and Sciences is a large cultural attraction in a drained riverbed in Valencia, designed by Santiago Calatrava and Felix Candela and built 1996-2009. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Head of Apollo, god of sun and light, protector of music, poetry and the arts, 25-50 AD, marble bust, copy of an original Greek sculpture from 4th century BC, from the area of the Tarraco Colonial Forum, in the Museu Nacional Arqueologic de Tarragona, in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. The city was an important fortified Roman colony named Tarraco and its remains are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Portrait of Rossend Arus, 1844-91, by unknown artist, in the Music Room of the Biblioteca Publica Arus, established 1895 by Rossend Arus, in his house designed by Bonaventura Bassegoda i Amigo on the Passeig de Sant Joan, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The library is open to the public and contains over 80,000 works, specialising in freemasonry and social politics. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stage curtain design, drawing with watercolour, 1966-67, for La Flute Enchantee or The Magic Flute, an opera by Mozart, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, copyright ADAGP, in the exhibition Marc Chagall : Le Triomphe de la Musique, in the Philharmonie de Paris. Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he designed many sets for theatres and opera houses, and music is a major theme in his work - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Artist's reproduction right - Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Stage curtain design, painting, 1945, for l'Oiseau de Feu or The Firebird, in gouache, ink, pastel, coloured pencils and gold paper, on board, by Marc Chagall, 1887-1985, in a private collection, copyright ADAGP. Chagall was a Russian-French artist of Jewish heritage. Throughout his career he designed many sets for theatres and opera houses, and music is a major theme in his work. In 1945 he was asked to create sets and costumes for the New York City Ballet's production of Firebird, a ballet and orchestral concert work by Stravinsky, originally written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes - Please contact ADAGP Paris for Artist's reproduction right - Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon de musique or Music Room, with leopard print sofa, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon de musique or Music Room, with leopard print sofa, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon de musique or Music Room, with leopard print sofa, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon de musique or Music Room, with gilded seating alcove and leopard print sofa, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon de musique or Music Room, with gilded seating alcove and leopard print sofa, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Sculptures on the fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mythological fresco of Venus, detail, in the Salon de musique or Music Room, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Mythological fresco of Venus in the Salon de musique or Music Room, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, and behind, portrait of the Dowager Marquise de Croix, born Eugenie de Vasse, wife of Charles-Lidwine, marquis de Croix, by Claude Marie Dubufe, 1790-1864, in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace, and right, portrait of the Dowager Marquise de Croix, born Eugenie de Vasse, wife of Charles-Lidwine, marquis de Croix, by Claude Marie Dubufe, 1790-1864, in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Fireplace in the Grand Salon, decorated by Paul Baudry and Eugene Delaplanche, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The fireplace is in red marble, onyx and alabaster, and marble figures of Harmony and Music by Eugene Delaplanche. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon de musique or Music Room, with leopard print sofa, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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  • Salon de musique or Music Room, with gilded seating alcove and mythological fresco of Venus, in Hotel de la Paiva, an Italian Renaissance style mansion built 1856-66 by architect Pierre Manguin, on the Champs-Elysees in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. The house was built for the courtesan Esther Bachmann, or La Paiva, and since 1904 has been used by the gentlemen's club, Travellers Club of Paris. The mansion was restored in 2010 by Etienne Poncelet and is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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